studied law at the University in Leeds and it was here that she met her future business partner, Kirsty Weir. She now juggles building a successful business with being a young mother. Their business idea was Gapwork, which provides help to young people who want to travel and work overseas. She herself had enjoyed a spell working in Italy. The business was designed to be web based but it has diversified and there is now a range of books and other teaching resources which focus on helping people become more enterprising. Beginning Gapwork with very limited resources, Rebecca and Kirsty received early support from a ‘business angel’. They won the 2003 Sunday Express Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. This has led to them to writing a regular business column for the paper. They also produce a small business case every month for the Yorkshire Business Post. Here they critique and offer advice to a wide range of new businesses in the early growth stage.
The Value of Ideas
Rebecca Jordan
I’m not really bothered about what the big corporations are doing or the big deals that are being made in the world, but I love the fact that so many brilliant things come about in the world because people have a very small idea and then just run with it and develop it into a fantastic product or service.
studied law at the University in Leeds and it was here that she met her future business partner, Kirsty Weir. She now juggles building a successful business with being a young mother. Their business idea was Gapwork, which provides help to young people who want to travel and work overseas. She herself had enjoyed a spell working in Italy. The business was designed to be web based but it has diversified and there is now a range of books and other teaching resources which focus on helping people become more enterprising. Beginning Gapwork with very limited resources, Rebecca and Kirsty received early support from a ‘business angel’. They won the 2003 Sunday Express Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. This has led to them to writing a regular business column for the paper. They also produce a small business case every month for the Yorkshire Business Post. Here they critique and offer advice to a wide range of new businesses in the early growth stage.
