Rich Martell stumbled across the the idea for Floxx
(originally FitFinder) entirely by accident. What started as a game
with friends - texting each other when they spotted someone
attractive - has now become an internet phenomenon. Students from
universities across the UK are 'Floxxing' daily, ex-Dragon Doug
Richard is backing the business, and there's a mobile application
on the way. Here's how Martell made it all happen.
"A year ago, I would have never dreamed I would be sitting here,
an entrepreneur with a fast-growing company," says Martell. But
then no one could have predicted that FitFinder, a website he
created in a few hours on a Tuesday night, would have captured the
imagination of student bodies at 52 universities across the UK.
Within a week of launch, the site was gracing every laptop
screen in the UCL library and Martell knew he was on to
something.
Popularity turned to notoriety as UCL attempted to close the
site down, claiming it brought the university into disrepute. But
salvation appeared in the form of serial investor Doud Richard.
Watch the incredible story of the birth of Floxx and find out
why the former Dragon has high hopes for the business.
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