Michael Smith
Michael Smith is the chief executive of Mind Candy, who create games and puzzles
that span multiple media. Smith now heads the company of 18 full-timers with an
increasing reputation for excellence. Its second web-based virtual world launches
this September, aimed at 7-12 year olds and described as Club Penguin meets Tamagotchi.
Sam Killcoyne
While most of his peers were watching Hollyoaks, Sam Killcoyne was running his own
club night (and later festival) for under 18s. While it’s almost impossible to write
anything about him without sounding patronising or condescending, Killcoyne has
been at the forefront of a movement which has captured the spirit of a new, digital
age: combining the “anyone can do it” aesthetic of punk with a media savvy MySpace
twist.
Sarah McVittie
Sarah McVittie is the founder and CEO of the Texperts, a UK-based service which
lets people text in any question and have it answered within minutes. This year
alone she has effectively steered her company through a complete rebrand, tripled
the size of the company to 265 people in order to meet the demand and successfully
raised £1.5 million of funding to take the company to the next stage.