Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Blogging Platforms space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
John O’Nolan
Founder & CEO of Ghost
Founder at @TryGhost. Tweets about open source, startup life, non-profits, and publishing platforms. Travels the world with a bag of kites.
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About Ghost: Professional, modern, open source publishing
Ivo Spigel
Co-Founder and Editor of Tech.eu
Co-founder of IT solutions company Perpetuum Mobile and Croatia’s premier startup program, ZIP. Former editor at The Kernel; regularly writes columns for Forbes Croatia and is working on a book with interview of European startup founders.
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About Perpetuum-Mobile, Tech.eu, ZIP – Zagreb Entrepreneurship Incubator: Tech.eu provides tech news, data, market intelligence, and insights into startup activity.
Mats Stigzelius
Founder of Takumi
Having started his career at McKinsey & Company, Mats Stigzelius has spent the last dozen years working in Strategy Consulting and Private Equity. His experience includes developing brand strategies, implementing business plans and arranging financing for companies across a number of industries in Europe and North America, including Retail, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Media and Telecoms sectors. Before joining Rainmaking in January 2010, Mats spent five years in Private Equity with a focus on the Retail sector, completing 15 acquisitions, refinancings and exits in that period, in addition to sitting on the board of a number of companies as a Non-Executive Director. Mats holds a 1st Class Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Manchester University and over the years he has lived in Finland, Holland, USA and the UK. Mats currently lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife and two young sons.
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About Rainmaking, Takumi: Takumi is a platform that gives large brands and advertising agencies access to branded influencer creative at scale.
Gummi Eggertsson
Co-Founder,COO & CFO of Takumi
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About Sidekick Health, Takumi: Takumi is a platform that gives large brands and advertising agencies access to branded influencer creative at scale.
George Palmer
Founder of SendOwl
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About SendOwl: SendOwl is a software company that develops tools for selling digital products through social media and blogs.
Holly Stephens
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Subly
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About Subly: Subly makes content simple, by automatically transcribing, translating, and adding subtitles.
Tim Jarvis
Co-Founder & CEO of Fabrik
Tim Jarvis is an award-winning creative director and co-founder of Fabrik and Frēsh. As CEO of Fabrik Tim supports and champions creativity; helping creatives find a voice and audience for their talents regardless of their background, geography or experience. He designs products and brands, engineers desirability and builds communities.
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About Fabrik, Fresh Future: Fabrik is the fastest way on earth for creatives and small studios to build a beautiful, powerful portfolio website.
Matt Bell
Founder of Shnack
Welcome to my profile! I’m a full stack marketing specialist with five years experience encompassing disruptive digital marketing and growth hacking strategies, spanning diverse industries including SAAS, startups, eCommerce, hospitality, and SME’s. I’m currently the founder of Shnack, and airTeam.
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About Shnack: Shnack let’s you discover the best places to eat for anyone who is coeliac, vegan or dairy free. Find somewhere new to eat today!
Pradeep Singh
Founder of Nepali Blogger
Pradeep Kumar Singh is a blogger, Social media enthusiast and an Internet entrepreneur. A Social Media enthusiast, he manages and writes for multiple blogs.
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About Nepali Blogger, Sociler, WPism: Blogger, Social Media enthusiast and an Internet Entrepreneur.
