Flexpay
9 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 15, 2022 by Darryl Hicks · said 8 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2022 8 mentions in 1 episode
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Jun 15, 2022 positive
Hicks: Flexpay advisor secured a 14-executive meeting at Visa Canada HQ
“Like I called up one of my advisors, next thing you know, I'm sitting in Toronto at Visa Canada headquarters with 14 executives talking about What it is that Flexbay is doing and how we can better integrate into Visa's ecosystem.”
Jun 15, 2022 positive
Hicks: Advisory boards should provide strategy and connections, not operational execution
“And then how you interact with these people is really around three things. It's conversations, strategy, and connections. So conversations, not action. Strategy, not execution. And connections is really the biggest part, right? What do you need to do and who d…”
Jun 15, 2022
Hicks used Dan Martell's own framework to recruit Martell as an advisor
“Actually, one of my advisors and mentors and friends, Dan Martell, walked me through a framework of how to build a world-class advisory board, which I then used that framework to get him on my advisory board, which is a fun little hack.”
Jun 15, 2022 positive
Hicks: Engage startup advisors on demand rather than on recurring cadences
“And every single one of my advisors, this is key, said, I can do this, but I cannot commit to like monthly meetings or quarterly meetings or anything like that. Like call me anytime, email me anytime, ad hoc, you're stuck. Great. I know a lot of people, and Da…”
Jun 15, 2022
Hicks: Flexpay built its initial product for internal company use
“We built the initial version of Flexpay for ourselves, so we had a lot of, like, boxes already checked off as far as, you know product market fit and, you know basic, you know, functional tech stack that really gave everything we need to do, reporting and stuf…”
Jun 15, 2022
Hicks: Flexpay reserved its eighth advisory board slot for M&A
“And in full transparency, I only filled seven of the boxes at the beginning, because I was like, I need to keep one free. For the stuff that I don't know yet. Like, I don't know what I don't know as I'm going to discover things as I scale this business. Right.…”
Jun 15, 2022 positive
Hicks: Flexpay added an advisor purely for network and brand credibility
“One of the people that I added onto my board was kind of purely for that reason. Really the only value I knew this person was going to bring was their connections. How many people they know and how many people know them. And just to be able to go around and sa…”
Jun 15, 2022 neutral