Post on 14-Apr-2017
Delivering Escapes: From idea to reality Nena Chaletzos, CEO founder of Luxtripper
What is the difference between a start up and
a small business?
Team of
22
3rd
Funding
Round
(VC)
UK’s
favourite
Faceboo
k Page
Travel
Tech
Compan
y
Valued at
£20m Founded
2013
More than
100K
members
The Travel Problem - too many online travel sites
What if you could find your perfect holiday
in seconds?
To be the best in the world for online tailor-made
holidays and save billions of hours lost searching.
Nail that Business Plan!
• Landscapes
• Economics
• How is it currently done?
• Where are the painful points?
• Where to get the supply from?
• Where is our customer?
• Build Technology solution
• Fund IT!
Engagement
Selling the dream
Friends and Family
Customers Staff
Supplier
6 M
on
ths
Value Proposition
Cash is King!
Crowdcube
10% Success VC Revenue
…The train is leaving the platform
Embedding a Culture of Execution and Ownership
over Outcomes and Failures
Clear Process, Automation, Repetition to Build
Foundations to Scale
Love your Staff, Treat them Firm but Fair
Networking, Advisors and Mentors
Technology Roadmap Planning
Metrics, Metrics, Metrics!
How are we
enabling
scale?
What’s Next?
The Future
• Overcoming perceptions
• Having 10 different hats
• 80 hour weeks
• Everyone needs you
Life as an Entrepreneur
• Clear vision, scope, and
plan
• Clear communication
• Cash in the bank
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