Scaling and Selling Startups. Fireside Chat with Lowell Ricklefs of Traction Advising

May 25, 2019, 3:00 – 6:00 PM

Terminal, 34 Irakli Abashidze, Tbilisi, 0179

Lowell has grown and sold companies in US and Europe, and now helps founders scale and exit with his company Traction Advising M&A. Prior to this, Lowell was the CEO of Flexminder (sold to JellyVision), an exciting and fast growing company in Seattle that automates costly manual healthcare reimbursement processes (a $190B problem in the US). He is a mentor at Techstars in Seattle

In-person event

About this event

Lowell is the Managing Partner at Traction Advising M&A. He is a mentor at Techstars in Seattle.

Prior to this, Lowell was the CEO of Flexminder (sold to JellyVision), an exciting and fast growing company in Seattle that automates costly manual healthcare reimbursement processes (a $190B problem in the US). While selling FlexMinder he became aware of a hole in the marketplace where investment bankers were not interested in helping founder/CEO's sell their companies ($5M-$30M valuation) so he started doing it himself. As a seasoned F500 leaders, he brings energy and integrity, and the ability to quickly and aggressively scale a business.

As COO of Toluna, Lowell transformed the organization into a global leader and #1 fastest growing company in France; in a four year period he increased revenues from $15 M to $120 M. He also served in executive roles in sales, operations and strategy.


Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Lowell Ricklefs

    Traction Advising

When

When

Saturday, May 25, 2019
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM UTC

Agenda

Networking and registration
Fireside Chat with Lowell
Networking Reception
VIP After Drinks

Organizers

  • Colin Donohue

    Kernel

    Tbilisi Director

  • Giorgi Tukhashvili

    Startup Grind Tbilsi

    Co-director

  • Nia Basaria

    Startup Grind Tbilisi

    Chapter Co-director

  • Tamar Tukhashvili

    Startup Grind Tbilisi

    Team Member

  • Merab Tevdorashvili

    Team Member

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