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From Flink to Blocks: Oliver Merkel on hypergrowth, venture’ssss
CEO, Flink
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From Flink to Blocks: Oliver Merkel on hypergrowth, venture’ssss
From management consultant to the mastermind behind one of Germany's fastest-growing unicorns: Oliver Merkel reveals for the first time how Flink grew from zero to €80 million in revenue in just one year, was valued at over $2 billion – and then suddenly found itself on the brink of collapse at the end of 2023. In the OMR Podcast, Merkel also discusses why the delivery service survived, unlike Gorillas, Getir, and others, why the 10-minute delivery promise was actually expensive marketing, and his new company, Blocks. With our partner Canon and Canon Cinema EOS cameras, you can take your cont…
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