Testimonials & Case Studies
Listen to our Ignite Cohort
The experience of working with them was fantastic – they were way faster and more agile than other training providers, constantly listening to us, adapting and experimenting. I suppose I should have expected that from an entrepreneurial partnership! The pace was balanced by pragmatism and a focus on impact. The team went to great lengths to collect insight into what was working and how we could embed new practice. Our business now has a cohort of entrepreneurial leaders that are more enabled to make decisions and push their business forward. They are more self-aware, hungry for feedback and are using a more innovative and entrepreneurial approach in their work.
Fernando Bonaduce
Investing in our people is critical to the success of our business and working directly with entrepreneurs has inspired us to think differently, not only in what we do, but in how we approach opportunities and challenges. Using a customer-led approach, working in partnership with Entrepreneurial – Spark, over the last three years we have co-created a unique entrepreneurial development academy to adopt and role model the traits of successful entrepreneurs and apply these in a large organisation to be more change-ready, innovative and inspire our people to believe in more.
Gordon Merrylees
Entrepreneur profiles
The Great Escape Game is a multi-award winning escape game that was founded in 2015. Since launching the team of 70 have expanded across three sites that boasts bars, kitchens, and corporate offerings, and have had over 300,000 players through their doors.
Key to Getting Started?
Sheer hard work and no sleep! A lack of knowledge often comes back and bites you, so to try and minimise this, ensure you surround yourself with a wealth of experience, from mentors to programmes.
Hannah Duraid
Claire Amelia
Bridal Emporium is an independent bridal boutique for the fashionable, boho and modern bride to be. Based in the heart of Leeds, we opened the doors in 2014 selling predominantly vintage wedding dresses. Claire Amelia joined the ESpark programme the following year with the intention of growing the business. Since working through the programme, I’ve celebrated the shops 5th birthday and my team has grown from the odd intern to a group of four talented women.
Entrepreneurial Spark Is?
An amazing platform to network with like-minded entrepreneurs. It’s a chance to utilise the knowledge in an empowering environment and to learn new business assets and skills.
Adam Welch
Tom Orange is a leading specialist recruiter of logistical staff supplying to many of the Midlands blue chip companies. Since joining the E-Spark programme when we were just 8 months old with no investment, we have now reached an internal headcount of 5 and a turnover of £1.5M. The programme really taught us to know our numbers inside out and gave us a blueprint to achieve a step by step business plan.
Entrepreneurial Spark Is?
A fantastic exhilarating accelerator programme with everybody at the same stage with one goal in mind, but no competition.
Rent-2-Rent came to E-Spark with a seed of an idea and today, just 3 years later, our property management business HMO Heaven creates beautiful affordable accommodation for young professionals. It turns over £400k, owns property worth over £1m, employs a small team and has big plans for growth.
Key to Getting Started?
Believing that success was possible and taking steps towards our goals even after failures, even when we felt afraid and especially when it felt impossible.
