2 Young Entrepreneurs + 2 Flying Kiwis = 1 Great Winner

"IMeasureU are a worthy winner of the Spark 2013 $100k Challenge marking our 10th anniversary which attracted an impressive group of finalists with great ideas.
We rely on volunteer mentors and judges with business experience and passion. Many of them come from the angel community and we were delighted to have members from the Flying Kiwis group making themselves available this year. We look forward to their continued support in the future."
Geoff Whitcher, Chair of the Spark Program

"The Spark programme has been a great catalyst to turn our ideas and work of the last years into a business. The structure and spirit of Spark was really good to get us started in the right direction.
After our first meeting with our mentors Heath and Rudi we realised that whilst we had done lots, heaps more work was ahead of us. They listened carefully and explored with us all options before forcing us to focus in order to get a handle on market validation.
Our business idea evolved and we pivoted here and there but things got clearer and clearer as we met every week. Heath and Rudi had many helpful ideas and suggestions some of which we took on, some of which we did not."

"Since winning the prize we had a celebratory dinner and a first follow-on meeting when they connected us with the ex-CEO of Footlocker US, Ron Halls. Great insights from Ron and we will recalibrate our approach for the prototype that we will run with Shoe Clinic."
​ Thor Besier + Mark Finch, co-founders IMeasureU