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Social enterprises among finalists in Talent Unleashed Awards

Howard Lake | 13 October 2014 | News

Fifteen finalists have been announced by Talent International in the Talent Unleashed Awards. Run in association with WIRED, the awards celebrate individuals who have “used technology in a creative or entrepreneurial way to transform business or the social landscape”.
Social enterprise finalists include:

The overall winner will be announced at the Haymarket Hotel in London on 23 October. They will receive a trip to Richard Branson’s Centre for Entrepreneurship in South Africa this November.
Other finalists include:

 
The judging panel for the Talent Unleashed Awards includes Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson; executive director of digital in the Cabinet Office, Mike Bracken; Telefonica’s head of channel, Jennifer Rigby; founder of Rewired State and Young Rewired State, Emma Muqueeny; Balderton Capital principal, Rob Moffat; Nate Lanxon, editor at Wired.co.uk; and Talent founder, Richard Earl.
Jon Butterfield, CEO of Talent’s UK operation, commented:

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“Our finalists represent some of the UK’s best technology talent and our nominees could be the names behind the Instagrams and Twitters of tomorrow, so we’re delighted to recognise their potential and support them in their development.”

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