Fraser Doherty
Fraser Doherty MBE is a Scottish entrepreneur from Edinburgh, CEO of SuperJam. He is also director of the registered Scottish charity, The SuperJam Tea Parties. 21 Doherty, through Super, 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 121 such events between March 2008 and March 2009, with the largest events attracting over 602 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.
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 Men's 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.
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. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to business.[1]
Other awards
- Biggart Baillie Innovation Award (2007)[2]
- Start-ups Young Entrepreneur of The Year (2007)[3]
- John Logie Baird Innovation Award (2008)[4]
- Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award (2008)[5]
Books
- The SuperJam Cookbook (2010)
- SuperBusiness (2011)
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60895. p. b18. 14 June 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Scotsman (Edinburgh). 28 November 2008 http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Winners--display-the-.4744790.jp. Missing or empty
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Further reading
- Jimenez, Daniel (22 February 2008). "College Entrepreneurs of the Year". Young Money. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- Linder, Melanie (3 March 2009). "The First Million: Fraser Doherty". Forbes. Retrieved 20 November 2011.