{"id":695,"date":"2011-03-31T10:25:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T10:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=695"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:19:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:19:49","slug":"ben-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/ben-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Way: The Rainmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ben Way, 27 <br>Company<\/strong>: The Rainmakers, Brightstation Ventures, ViaPost, The Horsesmouth <br><strong>Web<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makingrain.com\">www.makingrain.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightstation.com\">www.brightstation.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viapost.com\">www.viapost.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Serial entrepreneur and technical whiz-kid Ben Way has set up a string of businesses, was on the Sunday Times Rich List at 19, has advised the White House on 3G technology, was crowned Entrepreneur of the Year by Gordon Brown, was the technical architect for social mentoring charity The Horsesmouth and sits on the $100m Brightstation Ventures fund for tech startups. 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