Steve Duke

Co-Founder

London, United Kingdom9 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of a community for mental health innovators.
Scaled Wayflyer from pre-seed to Unicorn.
Led marketing at LetsGetChecked, contributing to its unicorn status.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in mental health innovation and SaaS growth strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipWritingGrowthMarketing StrategyMarket EntryMarketingCustomer AcquisitionManagement ConsultingStrategic Planning

Other Skills

TeamworkPublic SpeakingStrategyStakeholder ManagementBusiness Process ImprovementSalesBrandingBusiness AnalysisData AnalysisFinancial ModelingMarket ResearchMicrosoft OfficeEngineeringPowerPointMicrosoft Excel

About

I write about the mental health industry and run a vetted community for mental health innovators > https://www.thehemingwayreport.com/community I believe we need new solutions to mental illness. My work is focused on helping the people who make those solutions to build commercially and clinically successful businesses. To read my stuff, check out thehemingwayreport.com Before this, I worked as a management consultant at McKinsey, and after that, I helped build two unicorns (LetsGetChecked and Wayflyer).

Experience

Hemingway

Founder

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Helping innovative mental health organisations to be commercially and clinically successful. Writing about everything I learn with The Hemingway Report.

TeamworkPublic SpeakingStrategyLeadershipManagement ConsultingWriting

Wayflyer

Head of Growth

Jan 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Helped scale Wayflyer from pre-seed to Unicorn.
Started Growth function from scratch
Opened three new markets, accounting for >20% of company revenue
Hired >30 people
Built Wayflyer brand from scratch
Part of Executive Leadership Team
Worked extensively with Sales, CS, and Product teams
Supported the business in raising multiple rounds ($100s of millions in debt and equity)
Supported sales teams in driving pipeline to deliver massive revenue growth;
2020 - $3.5m
2021 - $17.5m
2022 - $41.5m

GrowthMarket EntryStakeholder ManagementBusiness Process ImprovementSalesMarketing Strategy

Letsgetchecked

Head Of Marketing and Growth

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr · Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Joined early team and led marketing function. LetsGetChecked is now a unicorn.

MarketingCustomer AcquisitionBusiness AnalysisData Analysis

Mckinsey & company

Management Consultant

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · Ireland

Delivered 9 projects across several industries and functions, all sponsored directly by CxO-level clients
Experience leading multiple work streams on projects and managing several stakeholder relationships
Developed significant experience in problem solving, financial modelling, market research, story-lining and presenting to executive teams and boards
Primarily focused on corporate and business unit strategy
Functional focus on marketing and growth

Management ConsultingFinancial ModelingMarket ResearchStrategic Planning