{"id":294,"date":"2013-07-15T11:13:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T11:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:46:11","slug":"and-the-winners-are-firetext","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/and-the-winners-are-firetext\/","title":{"rendered":"And the Winners are&#8230;FireText!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FireText team woke up feeling pretty proud this morning after winning \u2018Best Start Up\u2019 at the 2013 Unlocking Potential awards on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The evening was spent feasting on paella whilst overlooking the sunny Cornish coastline at Falmouth&#8217;s National Maritime Museum. We felt honoured to be a part of the night\u2019s success stories and to share our journey with so many other worthwhile nominees and winners.<\/p>\n<p>We were up against some really worthy nominees in a tough category and had a nerve-racking wait until the penultimate award was presented to hear our names.<\/p>\n<p>Dan and James took to the stage to accept the award:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/0713-0236-PR4Photos-Unlocking-Potential-Awards-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/0713-0236-PR4Photos-Unlocking-Potential-Awards-2013-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"FireText - Unlocking Potential - Awards 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/0713-0236-PR4Photos-Unlocking-Potential-Awards-2013-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/0713-0236-PR4Photos-Unlocking-Potential-Awards-2013-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dan Parker, co-founder said &#8220;It&#8217;s fantastic to be recognised for all our hard work and we&#8217;re so pleased for FireText and all of our wonderful customers to be awarded as the Best Start Up 2013.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our hand crafted award is taking pride of place at FireText HQ.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/award-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"award\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/award-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/award-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/award.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re now wondering what\u2019s next. 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