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Founders Interview: Flash Pack

The Startup Magazine

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews, we sat down with Lee Thompson and Radha Vyas, the co-founders of Flash Pack , a lifestyle travel company specialising in adventure trips for solo travelers in their 30’s – 40’s. . Flash Pack turned over its first £ 1 million in 2016/17 and grew to £4 million revenue in 2017/18.

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5 Phases Of Every Startup That Regulate Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Thus it’s important to set your company culture early to be a global company, without a specific national bias, since the speed of change is so great. Consolidation.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. These days, a popular approach is to create a “pop-up” store or “flash mob” event in the midst of another gathering, like a Super Bowl, to get attention and scaling for your brand. They won’t find you.

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Burning Platform: Flashing Red Lights around Green Policy

deal architect

In the 57th episode of Burning Platform, we host Kurt Marko of MarkoInsights. He is an IT analyst, consultant and regular contributor to a number of technology publications including Diginomica and AvidThink. Coming out of Stanford with a BS and.

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Meet the 32 Israeli Centaurs that reached $100M in ARR

VC Cafe

Today there are over 1,000 unicorns globally. billion in 2021, and so far the fears of a recession haven’t materialised in 2022 despite the global slowdown in venture activity. ” Bessemer. But becoming a Unicorn, or receiving a billion dollar valuation is no longer an indication of growth. Israeli startups raised $1.1

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5 Lifecycle Stages Of A New Venture Test Your Culture

Startup Professionals Musings

This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Thus it’s important to set your company culture early to be a global company, without a specific national bias, since the speed of change is so great. Consolidation.

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Can Your Business Survive The Traditional Life Cycle?

Startup Professionals Musings

This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Thus it’s important to set your company culture early to be a global company, without a specific national bias, since the speed of change is so great. Consolidation.

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