2Fluid: Web design, development and e-commerce. -
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Published on: 7/1/2001
Last Visited: 10/11/2009
In the white walled offices of 2Fluid, a new web design and solution company, Jacqueline Doherty is hosting the launch party she thought might never happen.
Twice before she decided to go at it alone only to be lured into working for somebody else.
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As guests including designers, media types, financiers, assorted friends, advisers and technical wizards gather in the refurbished Georgian Terrace, Doherty reflects on the advantages she has over many other start-ups.
She has no debt after making £3m in cash and shares from the sale of Reality Solutions.
That is a big help but it does not guarantee success and Doherty knows the hard work starts here.
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Doherty says she has always been determined and hardworking and believes she has earned what she has achieved.
But there have been some lucky breaks on the way such as the invitation to join Caledonian Publishing The Herald newspaper stable now part of SMG to head its new media operations.
She was working for Delphic, a small multimedia Company in New Lanark, designing some of the early web pages for Shell, Scotrail and British American Tobacco.
After two years she got the first itch to go it alone and applied to the Prince's Youth Business Trust for a grant and to Nat West bank for a loan.
She managed to raise £10000 and was due to set up in workshops in Motherwell when she got a call from Caledonian.
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It was not easy says Doherty with young children and other people coming and going but it was the beginning of what became Reality.
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When GUS bought the company last summer providing Gorman with £25m in cash and shares, Doherty again seized on the opportunity to start her own business this time with the added benefit of an estimated £3m payoff.
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Kerr's connections could prove important to the company but Doherty is eager to thank others such as Scottish Enterprise Glasgow for providing strategic advise as well as Gorman and fellow entrepreneur Tom Hunter for their inspiration.