10×10 SPOTLIGHT : ROCKET PRINT & PROMOTIONS

Picture this. It’s a wet Saturday afternoon somewhere in Ireland. A lonely figure with a pushchair marches stoically, head down against the light rain, occasionally leaning over to check on his infant son. A few years back, this was a regular Saturday event for Noel Reeves, rain or shine. It was his only escape from […]

10X10 SPOTLIGHT : DESIGNED FOR DOGS

NOT AS MAD AS IT SOUNDS! “If a dog continues to chew stuff he shouldn’t after the age of 2, he’ll likely chew stuff forever!” That’s exactly the kind of insight that Designed for Dogs entrepreneur Holly Bryant gets on a daily basis from research with her growing list of dog-loving customers. She makes good […]

10×10 SPOTLIGHT : THE AWARDS PEOPLE

How to Bootstrap a Business Rachel Hargrave is perhaps one of the most tenacious and resilient business entrepreneurs we’ve come across. Here’s why. At the age of 28, she left the security of full-time employment with a creative agency and, along with a partner, started up her own full service marketing communications agency, The Phoenix […]

10×10 Spotlight: Tricklenet

Saving the Equine Race Trickle Net’s founder Ellen Chapman is on a mission. A few years back, her horse became ill and was given a restricted diet plan meaning he needed less hay. Ellen needed a way of simulating the natural trickle feeding rhythm of horses in the field. Finding nothing on the market, Ellen […]

10×10 Spotlight: Red Herring Games

The Game Playing Business Jo Smedley murders people for a living. Really. To explain, her business, which she set up in 2007, creates and sells imaginative murder mysteries (or just mysteries in which case Jo Smedley does not murder anyone). The market for these role-play stories is interestingly diverse: everyone from people wanting fun […]