Founders of first "global market for contacts" named in Future 100 Young Social Business Leaders

Robyn Scott and Hamish Forsyth, co-founders of OneLeap (http://oneleap.to), were yesterday announced as members of the Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs of the Year. This comes on Social Enterprise Day during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) November 19, 2011 - One founder started without schooling in Botswana bush

Ms Scott, also a best-selling author, was raised in the Botswana bush, didn't go to school before 14, and has already started an Oprah-magazine featured social enterprise. Mr Forsyth was previously a kiwi diplomat in China and a No10 strategy adviser.

The Future 100 Awards (http://future100.co.uk), backed by Ernst and Young, were first launched in 2008 to recognise the success of young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 who demonstrate outstanding entrepreneurial flair and innovation in progressing a responsible business venture.

OneLeap is Special Delivery for the web. Users pay a fee to get their short pitch directly in front of a busy recipients. The fee, which goes to the recipient's favourite charity, shows the recipient that the sender is serious, and creates a positive impression. The message is guaranteed to be read, or the fee is refunded. Recipients choose the maximum number of messages they want to read, and get a guaranteed high quality messages that stand out from the timewasters in their inbox. As well as helping people with great ideas "get through" it's an easy way to help the recipient's favourite charity. The connection fee is set by market demand for the high value contact's attention.

OneLeap's distinguished members (oneleap.to/featured) include Sir Paul Judge, Lord Dennis Stevenson, and Paul Birch, Bebo- Co-founder entrepreneur and angel investor. OneLeap is one of the Nexters (included photos) - the UK's top 20 technology social enterprises supported by the Prime Minister.

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