Accomplished Entrepreneurs Awards | London Business School

About the awards

Successful alumni businesses often go under the radar as ventures burgeon five or ten years down the line. These awards recognise our entrepreneur alumni building remarkable businesses and inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Growing a thriving business throws up huge challenges, and current students can learn a lot from those who have overcome obstacles and stuck with it.

The award is also a way of showing that the School’s entrepreneurship programmes have real-world impact, and that what you learn in your time at the School can be applied to your future entrepreneurial goals.

Categories:

Early-stage ventures: these are ventures that have been in existence for approximately five years – long enough to have perfected a product, developed a robust business model and are on the cusp of rapid growth.

Later-stage ventures: ventures that have been operating for around a decade, by which time they will be well into growth and on their way to becoming ‘established’ (perhaps with an exit in sight).

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Judging and criteria

The awards are judged by a committee of previous award winners and the criteria includes the venture’s sales and profit levels, proven ability to raise capital, record in creating employment and the inventiveness of its business model.

The winners are immortalised with a plaque in the Ratcliffe Building.

Contact us

For any information about the awards and how to nominate contact the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at innovation@london.edu.

"Raise your company profile. Celebrate innovation. Many winners have come from very unconventional places - send us your nomination!"

Julian Birkinshaw

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

"I am extremely honoured to be receiving the 2019 Accomplished Entrepreneurs Award. Building a global professional services champion from scratch within only six years I feel like is only possible in such an incredible vibrant and agile environment as London Business School. The alumni network has been incredibly valuable for my success throughout the years."

Lawson Conner

IEP2002

Accomplished Entrepreneur Award Winners Named

LBS alumni Franz Thomas Fuerst and Saurav Chopra are recognised for creating exceptional entrepreneurial value

Lawson Conner and Iglu Founders Recognised By LBS

A former hedge fund partner and a frustrated skier, who both turned stumbling blocks into successful businesses, have been recognised at the Accomplished Entrepreneur Awards.

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If your business model isn’t working, change it

Saurav Chopra, co-founder of Perkbox, on how to reinvent your business and other lessons for entrepreneurs

By Rob Morris, Jeff Skinner

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10 tips for a successful start-up

LeCab founder and LBS Accomplished Entrepreneur Award winner Ben Cardoso has this advice for would-be entrepreneurs

By Kathy Brewis

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3 lessons from an aerospace engineer turned entrepreneur

Nuno Sebastião on entrepreneurial lessons and tackling fraud with machine learning

By Anna Johnston

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Previous winners

2019

Early-stage Winner Gerhard Grueter Managing Director and Co-Founder, Lawson Conner

Programme: IEP2002

Lawson Conner is a regulation technology firm and outsourced compliance services champion, serving a blue-chip client base in the financial services sector, globally.

Later-stage Winner: Richard Downs CEO Iglu.com

Programme: MBA1998

Iglu.com is Europe’s largest retailer of cruise and ski holidays. A one stop shop for cruise and ski products in a live, simple to use website backed up by product experts.

2018

Early-stage Winner: Franz Thomas Fuerst Managing Director / CEO WebID solutions GMBH
Programme MBA 1996

WebID solutions GMBH is the initiator of a fully AML-compliant video identification and is now positioning itself to become one of the premier players in the global identity management space. They provide seamless online processes for identification and signature anytime, anywhere, from any device. WebID has created a brand new space with AML-compliant video identification, receiving approval from the German Federal Ministry of Finance as the first company ever. WebID was also the creator of the first signature service based on the Qualified Electronic Signature as defined by the eIDAS regulation, enabling a real-time online lending process for the first time in Central Europe.

Later-stage Winner: Saurav Chopra CEO and Co-Founder Perkbox
Programme: MBA 2004

Perkbox is a cloud-based employee perks and engagement platform serving business of all sizes. Perkbox believes that happy and engaged employees perform better and stick around for longer. To that end, they’ve created a platform that rewards and recognises employees to help build happier, more productive company cultures.

2017
Le Cab - Benjamin Cardozo MiM2011	Feedzai - Nuno Sebastiao SEMBA2009
2016
Move Guides - Brynne Herbert MBA2012	Brightwave - Charles Gould JEMBA2006
2015
Vagabond wines - Stephen Finch MBA2005	Dharma Life - Gaurav Mehta MBA2010
2014
Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel - Chitra Stern MBA2000	WorldRemit - Ismail Ahmed DLEMBA2010
2013
Tortilla Mexican Grill - Brandon Stephens MBA2005	Dr Thom - Dr Thom Van Every MBA2002
2012
Encore International - Mark Dickinson MiFPT1998	OmniComplete - Simon Schneider MBA2007 and Janeen Chupa-Brimacombe MBA2007
2011
Research Now - Chris Havemann MBA1999	QualitySolicitors - Saleem Arif MBA2005
2010
Regent's Park Healthcare - Anil Ohri SEMBA1999	NX Bakery Group - Ian Zilberkweit MiFPT2000