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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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Using Limited-Time Offers and Flash Sales for Promotion

The Startup Magazine

Marked by their brevity and exclusivity, limited-time offers and flash sales are time-sensitive promotions that create a sense of urgency and excitement among customers. If you have an online retail shop, for instance, you can introduce a 24-hour flash sale on selected items.

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How To Pull Customers To Your Website With Real Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Skip the Flash videos. If you’re going to err, use them too much rather than too little, except for a Flash front-end and popups. You need a blog and social media interaction to keep your content fresh and responsive to the market. Sprinkle graphics and pictures. Provide a “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)” page.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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Steve Would Be Proud: How Apple Won The War Against Flash

techcrunch.com

Late Thursday, an extraordinary thing happened: Adobe announced in a blog post that it would not provide Flash Player support for devices running Android 4.1 , and that it would pull the plugin from the Google Play store on August 15. It’s tough to believe now, but at one point, Flash on mobile devices was actually considered a feature.

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7 Strategies For Accelerating Growth In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I recommend that every entrepreneur and small business investigate and implement as many as possible of his seven new business force multipliers that I will paraphrase here: Information sharing through social media networks. Flash mob activities created for immediate impact.

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10 Ways To Become A Web Influencer In Today’s Market

Startup Professionals Musings

If you’re going to err, use them too much rather than too little, except for a Flash front-end and popups. You need a blog and social media interaction to keep your content fresh and responsive to the market. Sprinkle graphics and pictures. Graphics, pictures, and videos make a website or blog more interesting and enchanting.

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