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Startup No 187 - StartupRealities 2020 series  EntrepreneurshipScore is a rankings company that compiles an annual ranking of the world's 1,000 leading entrepreneurs and calculates a separate entrepreneurship rating to anyone who requests this service. The #EntrepreneursRanking is similar to the ranking of tennis players and is based on a range of factors in the following categories:  - profitability of one's startups/scale-ups;  - value of owned company stakes, shares and assets;  - dividends and salary income received;  - funding raised from investors and venture capitalists (VC); and  - positive media exposure during the year. The company shortlists fewer than 2,000 entrepreneurs globally for the Top-1,000 #EntrepreneursRanking and compiles the ranking free of charge for the ranked individuals. On the other hand, the #EntrepreneurshipRating is based on similar factors but is a paid service open to anyone. All ratings are made public once compiled and ran...

StartupRealities No 150 ViewAssessor  is a restaurant rating service which assesses the view from each restaurant and gives it a star rating, TripAdvisor-style. The company also pre-assesses properties for viability of conversion into restaurants and bars based on the view that the property's windows and terraces afford. CEO QUOTE " Why do people go to a restaurant? Three reasons: the food, the company and the view. However, food is more or less a commodity nowadays, unless you are diving into the culinary arts space. The company - you bring with yourself. So what's left is the view. We are the tripadvisor of the vistas that restaurants and cocktail bars open up for their customers and we are proud to do what we do ," said ViewAssessor founder and CEO  Vierra Assey . View of London from Crystal Palace (July 5, 2020)

StartupRealities No 147 YoungRankings  produces annual standard-format rankings of children in relationship to various commercial brands and organisations, e.g. " 10 under 10 loyal ice cream X customers ", or " 15 under 15 girl scouts leaders ". To ensure that high ethical standards are maintained, rankings participation for under-age children and teenagers requires parental consent and is merit-based rather than consumption based. For example, ice cream customers are rated for their passion for the brand of ice cream, their creativity, social media profile, videos, and engagement with the brand - and not based on monetary value of the consumed ice cream. The company also gives profile and visibility to the parents of each ranked (winning) participant unless they request anonymity. CEO QUOTE "You have surely come across many of those 20 under 20, 30 under 30, 40 under 40 rankings. But no one before us had ventured into the under-15 or under-10 space. Child...

StartupRealities No 120 NicheRankings is an online media company which produces a range of "Top-10" format rankings in niche areas. For example, in the education space the company produces rankings such as "Top 10 British Universities for Chinese Students" or "Top 10 Portuguese Universities for Brazilian Students." The company rarely goes beyond the "Top-10" format given the specialist niches that its rankings inhabit. CEO QUOTE "Top-1,000 or even Top-100 of anything is too much information in a crowded world. On the other hand, the three winners model that sports championships adopt and award medals for is too simplistic. So we've zeroed in on the golden mean with the NicheRankings Top-10 format," - said company founder and CEO Nic Rankard. Top 3 places at a sports podium (image source: Wikipedia )

StartupRealities No 57 PoliticalScoring is a statistical company that produces national rankings of the top 1,000 or top 100 politicians in all UN-recognised countries and in some territories. All major countries get their top 1,000 politicians ranked, including all G20 countries and those with a population of over 50 million. Smaller countries get a top-100 ranking. The composite score calculated by the company results in a rank similar to the rank of tennis players. METHODOLOGY The #PoliticsTop1000 and #PoliticsTop100 score is composed of a range of factors, including votes won at elections, public approval ratings, significance of positions held, speeches in parliament, media interviews, social media performance (including key tweets on Twitter) and social media following. Points are deducted for involvement in political scandals or for scandalous social media posts made by politicians. Big countries INTERNATIONAL RANKING The company also produces a #Top5000 ranking of polit...