Inspiring Stories - Digital

Inspiring Story: Jonathan Pfahl - Helping people become stars

Originally from Sydney Australia, Jonathan has spent his entire business career setting up companies and investing in both shares and property. He was recently declared one of Britains Best Directors under 30 by Who’s Who Publications.

Inspiring Story: Phil Crowshaw - Mixes business with TV

Phil Crowshaw’s desire for variety in his work led him to set up online business TV channel Expertsonline.tv

Inspiring Story: Alastair Mitchell and Andy McLoughlin - They know how to Huddle up

Alastair Mitchell and Andy McLoughlin are co-founders of Huddle, an online service that provides simple, secure workspaces containing powerful project and collaboration tools.

Inspiring Story: School of Everything unleashes unused skills in local neighbourhoods

This website matches up would-be learners and would-be teachers

Inspiring Story: Helen Anderson helps to bring broadband to South Witham!

When large internet suppliers decided it wasn't worth the investment to provide South Witham, Lincolnshire and surrounding villages with broadband, Helen Anderson and other residents disagreed and decided to do it themselves!

Inspiring Story: Simon Stevens - Wheelies enables disabled users to connect in a virtual world

The world’s first virtual disability nightclub, Wheelies is based in SecondLife, the internet-based virtual world where people can interact, play and do business, Wheelies has become a meeting point for disabled users to connect and discuss developments in disability issues.

Inspiring Story: The Freeconomy Community gets people exchanging skills - simply for the love of sharing!

This skill, tool, space and land sharing website builds closer, stronger communities through the power of sharing.

Inspiring Story: Slivers-of-Time helps people work on their own terms

This innovative new form of web-based employment allows people to find bits of work which they can do in between unpredictable commitments in their life, such as childcare, starting a business or studying.

Inspiring Story: Savvy Chavvy gives a voice to young gypsy travellers

This social networking site gave young gypsy travellers a voice and the opportunity to change the way their community is perceived.

Inspiring Story: Ali Clabburn - Liftshare uses online solutions to cut CO2 emissions and bring people together!

This integrated online car-sharing solutions for councils, businesses, hospitals and community groups across the UK encourages and enables more efficient use of car journeys.

Inspiring Story: FreqOUT! harnesses free wifi to engage with young people in London

This innovative programme combines wireless technology and emergent arts/education projects, and works to engage socially excluded young people.

Inspiring Story: FreqOUT: Art and technology combined

Artist to the stars Jenny Irish has turned her own creative talents to helping young people find a voice. She leads a series of exciting and unusual initiatives combining art and technology: FreqOUT!

Inspiring Story: Foluke Akinlose

Make Your Mark Ambassador Foluke Akinlose tells us the story of Precious Online and why lack of funding shouldn't stop you following your dream.

Inspiring Story: 'Why not turn your iPod into a bad ass teen?'

Ashley Davison is one impressive young man. Following a one year art course he came up with the idea for hoodies as a cover for ipods. He’s sold the rights to that business and will earn a royalty every time a hoodie is sold. Coming up with that idea gave him the idea for his current venture, www.fixdit.com. Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation recently interviewed Ashley and shares his great story with us here!

Inspiring Story: 'Why not turn your iPod into a bad ass teen?'

Ashley Davison is one impressive young man. Following a one year art course he came up with the idea for hoodies as a cover for ipods. He’s sold the rights to that business and will earn a royalty every time a hoodie is sold. Coming up with that idea gave him the idea for his current venture, www.fixdit.com. Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation recently interviewed Ashley and shares his great story with us here!

Inspiring Story: Edwin Bartlett

Ed Bartlett used his passion for gaming to create a unique opportunitity for advertisers: to "engage new worlds" with in-game advertising.

Inspiring Story: Jerome Touze and Peter Ward

Jerome Touze (right) and Peter Ward established travel social networking site Where Are You Now? (WAYN) in September 2002. WAYN helps travellers stay in touch with their friends but also publishes reviews of hotels, restaurants and tourist sites.

Inspiring Story: Oliver Bishop

Having been named as one of the top ’30 under 30’ in 2004 by Media Week for co-founding search marketing agency Espotting, it was obvious Ollie Bishop was on to great things.

Inspiring Story: Hard to find ASuitThatFits?

Warren Bennett (left) and friend David Hathiramani, launched ASuitThatFits in June 2006. ASuitThatFits is the world’s first online tailor-made suit company, creating high quality, individually hand-tailored suits, with prices starting from £110.

Inspiring Story: Matthew Lovett

At 16 Matthew Lovett founded the of Wow Group, an umbrella brand for several affiliate marketing websites.