Smarta 100 Blog

What happens when you gather five top entrepreneurs in a room, plus an excited audience buzzing with business ideas and passion? You get the Smarta 100 Academy together with O2.

Rowan Gormley, the founder of Naked Wines, talks about bagging the big prize at last year's Smarta 100 and explains why he decided to do good with the £10,000 cheque.

As we continue the countdown to this year's Smarta 100, we have caught up with previous winners. Here Simon Duffy, the founder of natural male grooming business Bulldog, explains what it was like to win in 2010.

As the entries for this year's Smarta 100 continue to come in, we are catching up with previous winners. Here Scott Allison, the founder Teamly, the productivity tool, explains how he enjoyed the experience of becoming a Smarta 100 winner.

Advice, networking, free drinks and fun were in abundance at the second sold-out 'Smarta 100 Academy together with O2' event on Monday night.

As the entries for this year's Smarta 100 continue to come in, we are catching up with previous winners. Here Paul Aitken, the founder of short-term loan provider borro, explains how he enjoyed the experience of winning the Smarta 100.

The second Smarta 100 Academy event together with 02 delivered a true business masterclass. Entrepreneurs packed into London's One Alfred Place eager to learn about different ways they can seek funding for their businesses.

As we continue the countdown to this year's Smarta 100 we have caught up with former winners. Here Camille Johnson from Pink Ribbon Lingerie explains how she enjoyed taking part in the process last year.

As the entries for this year's Smarta 100, together with O2, continue to come in, we are catching up with previous winners. Here Adam Baker from Blottr explains why he decided to enter last year and how winning spurred on his business.

As the entries to this year's Smarta 100, together with O2, keep coming in, we are catching up with previous winners. Here Rainbow Hart from Splats explains why she entered her business last year and what it is like to be a Smarta 100 winner.