{"id":46949,"date":"2015-10-12T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=46949"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:31:46","slug":"lean-start-up-of-the-year-2015-meet-the-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/lean-start-up-of-the-year-2015-meet-the-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean Start-up of the Year 2015: Meet the finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Such was the popularity of Eric Ries&rsquo; <i>The Lean Startup<\/i>, an entire movement has grown up around the methodology he described in his book.<\/p>\n<p>And many of the UK&rsquo;s tech start-ups, in particular, ascribe to the desire to run their businesses as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible. In recognition of that, we created the Lean Start-up of the Year category to find celebrate and some truly outstanding businesses that are growing fast on limited resources.<\/p>\n<p>While well-funded businesses too may follow the model laid out by Ries, our six finalists have got where they are without raising more than &pound;25,000 of external finance.<\/p>\n<h3>Nutriment<\/h3>\n<p>Family-run raw pet food company which uses human-grade meat, vegetables and superfoods to create its products for cats and dogs. In less than two years with no funding,&nbsp;it has grown to a seven-figure turnover and 26 staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-nutriment\/\"><strong>View the full profile here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Whites Technology Group<\/h3>\n<p>Provides foreign exchange, international payments and technology services to businesses in the financial technology market. 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