A Burnham-On-Sea entrepreneur who invented a new GCSE revision product has been named as a finalist in the 2019 Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
Nathan McGurl, who lives in Burnham-On-Sea, has fought off stiff competition to be one of the six business founders in the final South West heat of the Start-up Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The Great British Entrepreneur Awards celebrate the incredible stories that have taken entrepreneurs to where they are today, regardless of size.
Burnham-On-Sea.com first reported on Nathan’s product The Study Buddy in February, and based on his own experiences, Nathan says it has helped many students and their parents to structure and plan their revision in the run up to GCSEs.
“It’s been an incredible nine months,” Nathan told Burnham-On-Sea.com this week.
“When I came up with the method for my own son, I never imagined that it would be something used all over the country – let alone finding out I’ve been shortlisted for this prestigious award!”
Nathan said of his chances at going through to the final: “The calibre in my category is really high. It’s genuinely an honour to be just listed alongside some of those companies.”
“Regardless of how it goes, I’m already looking forward to next year with some exciting developments planned to help more and more students manage revision at home!”
2019 is the seventh year of the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Previous winners include Julie Deane OBE of Cambridge Satchel Co., James Watt of BrewDog, Alan and Juliet Barrett of Grenade and Shaun Pulfrey of Tangle Teezer.
Across all eight regions there are a total of 630 finalists competing across 13 categories, including Start-up, to become this year’s Great British Entrepreneur of the Year.
Revealing the finalists, founder of the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards, Francesca James, said: “With the changes to the format of the Awards, 2019 was always going to be an exciting year for us.”
“But looking at the shortlist, I can safely say this is our strongest year yet. We have such a diverse range of businesses in terms of size and industry, and the calibre really is quite incredible.”
Details about The Study Buddy’s approach to managing revision, as well as products to help get started, are at: www.thestudybuddy.com.
