{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c775c20c-79c7-4b26-9123-fb527fa2064a/4e544630-78cc-4a23-8c6f-5852161dc388?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"444: Leading Your Company to a Ten Year Unicorn Journey with Mark Flickinger","description":"<p>Today's interview is with Mark Flickinger. He is the Chief Operating Officer of BIP Capital - a talent capital focused entrepreneurial advisor and VC.</p><p>As an engineer, leader, consultant, coach and doer, he inspires organizations to realize their potential. He have been described as someone with an uncanny ability to create strategy and then realize it through execution.</p><p>Our interview focused on</p><ul><li>Building and operating companies through various stages of growth</li><li>Fundraising, talent acquisition, operational expertise, marketing/branding and business development</li><li>What entrepreneurship is like in the south eastern part of the United States.</li></ul><p>In short, our focus was on leadership of key team members to attract, engage and nurture for their own long-term success with a certain approach that as a result adds human capital value to the company at strategically critical milestones on the growth scale to become a unicorn.</p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned In The Episode</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Website:</strong> <a href=\"http://bipcapital.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://bipcapital.com/</a></li><li><strong>The State of Start-ups℠ In the Southeast Report:</strong> <a href=\"http://bip-capital.com/the-state-of-startups\" target=\"_blank\">http://bip-capital.com/the-state-of-startups</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Tayo Rockson"}