Fraser Doherty
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Fraser Doherty is a Scottish entrepreneur from Edinburgh, CEO of SuperJam. He is also director of the registered Scottish charity, The SuperJam Tea Parties.
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[edit] Charity work
Doherty, through SuperJam, has invested in various charitable projects. The SuperJam Tea Parties, which runs tea parties for lonely elderly people who live alone or in care homes, was established by Doherty in 2008. The company reports to have run over 120 such events between March 2008 and March 2009, with the largest events attracting over 600 guests. The company organizes various ‘knitathons’, encouraging the public to knit for good causes. In 2008, several thousand knitted squares were collected, sewn into blankets and sent to orphanages in India.[citation needed]
[edit] Books
Doherty published his first book on 5 August, 2010, The SuperJam Cookbook. The book contains recipes for making jams, cakes and desserts and was launched with a "Vintage Tea Party" at the Bethnal Green Working Mens' club in East London.
On 21 April, 2011, Doherty published his second book, SuperBusiness. The book is a guide to starting your own business, based on SuperJam's journey from village fetes in Scotland to supermarket shelves around the world. The book was launched with a Village Fete themed party at The Rocket in North London.
[edit] Awards
Doherty was the 2007 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year, an international award given to the top student entrepreneur worldwide. Over 750 students from around the world competed in the 2007 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.[citation needed]
[edit] Other awards
- Enterprising Young Brit Award (2004)[citation needed]
- Outstanding Young Person of The World Award (2007)[citation needed]
- Biggart Baillie Innovation Award (2007)[1]
- Start-ups Young Entrepreneur of The Year (2007)[2]
- John Logie Baird Innovation Award (2008)[3]
- Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award (2008)[4]
- BT Essence of The Entrepreneur Award (2009)[citation needed]
- Nectar Business Entrepreneur of The Year (2009)[5][not in citation given]
[edit] Books
- The SuperJam Cookbook (2010)
- SuperBusiness (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1218252.0.0.php
- ^ http://www.amenworld.com/static/award_winner.html
- ^ "Jam boy Scotland's top innovator". BBC News. 10 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7775200.stm.
- ^ The Scotsman (Edinburgh). 28 November 2008. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Winners--display-the-.4744790.jp.
- ^ http://www.nectar.com/business-sba2009/
[edit] Further reading
- Jimenez, Daniel (22 February 2008). "College Entrepreneurs of the Year". Young Money. http://www.youngmoney.com/entrepreneur/student_entrepreneurs/248. Retrieved Nov. 20, 2011.
- Linder, Melanie (March 3, 2009). "The First Million: Fraser Doherty". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/09/teen-millionaires-startups-ent-success-cx-ml_0211doherty.html. Retrieved Nov. 20, 2011.
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