{"id":50967,"date":"2017-10-10T17:14:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=50967"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:28:49","slug":"young-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2017-meet-the-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/young-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2017-meet-the-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2017: Meet the finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Climb Online<\/h3>\n<p>Climb Online is a digital marketing agency specialising in SEO and paid search, founded by former Apprentice winner Mark Wright in partnership with Lord Sugar. 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