{"id":641,"date":"2011-04-05T04:43:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T04:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=641"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:18:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:18:52","slug":"andrew-pearce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/andrew-pearce\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Pearce: Powwownow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andrew Pearce<br>\nAge<\/strong>: 32<br>\n<strong>Company<\/strong>: Powwownow<\/p>\n<p>Once isn&rsquo;t enough for Pearce. Having started call centre company Inkfish, which was sold for &pound;12m with him taking a seat on its FTSE 400 board, he&rsquo;s doing it all again. This time, with co-founder Paul Lees, Pearce is applying the easyJet logic to voice conferencing, offering low-cost calls without bridging fees or registration. With just seven in-house staff, Powwownow is operating in seven European countries, plans to be in the US and Japan next year and expects to see turnover grow from &pound;1.25m to &pound;6m in 2006. Pearce is conscious of not becoming a one-trick pony and plans to diversify the company&rsquo;s offerings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Powwownow grew to have 207,000 people and businesses using its service across 15 countries. It was sold to PGI in December 2013 in a deal worth a reported $52.5m. Pearce went on to found Thortful in 2015 &ndash; a company that connects consumers to artists and designers from around the world creating unique greetings cards.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Pearce Age: 32 Company: Powwownow Once isn&rsquo;t enough for Pearce. Having started call centre company Inkfish, which was sold for &pound;12m with him taking a seat on its FTSE 400 board, he&rsquo;s doing it all again. 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