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TECH HIPPIES
To celebrate their first year as Revolution Four the team are giving
away trees. Have these techies gone hippy? We find out from
founders Nik & Justine.
Nik & Justine rebranded a year ago to distinguish their creative
digital agency from the Whitfield’s serviced offices. To mark their
first year, they’re giving trees to their clients. Nik said, “A tree is the
personification of long term, sustainable growth, thus symbolic of
a successful collaboration with our clients.” Justine continued, “We
also wanted to do something a bit different, something that lasted a
longer than a cake or bottle of wine.”
ENVIRONMENT
They are encouraging their clients that receive the trees to plant them
around their work space or somewhere within the community to
help their environment. The pair were inspired at Virgin Disruptors
conference in London back in 2016 after seeing Cyrill Gutsch founder
of Parley for the Oceans. Shocked at the state of the polluted oceans
around the world, within weeks the entire office was paperless, all
single use plastic banned & as many green initiatives adopted as
possible.
CULTURE
Their hippy values also extend into their culture. Their office space
immediately welcome you into world more akin to a cafe than a
business, with loads of plants, bold artwork, unorthodox furniture &
bespoke art. The team are dressed casually, some of them bring their
dogs in; racks of wine sit next to computers. There’s iMacs from the
Nineties, classic tech now used as art.
Nik & Justine have encouraged this culture to ensure a creative
environment. Justine said, “we love thinking outside the box, evolving
unusual ideas; stuff that will set us apart from the competition. We’ve
tried to build a creatively fertile setting where ideas flourish.” Nik
added, “There’s so much incredible software available right now so
we have incredible opportunities to be thinking imaginatively. This
empowers us to fashion super-efficient & innovative solutions for our
clients.”
COLLABORATIVE OUTSOURCING
Outsourcing is one of their more popular solutions. The team
support a range of clients, some instructing them on an ad hoc
basis, others who use them as an extension of their own business.
Nik said, “Outsourcing retainers allow firms to dip in and out of our
wide talent pool, giving access to expertise often at a fraction of the
cost of employing staff.” Outsourcing has become hugely popular
over the last few years mainly due to the easy integration & seamless
productivity achieved as we embrace productive technology. Again,
the environmental benefits are legion.
TECH HIPPIES
Nik & Justine are big fans of the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool &
Shoreditch, London and seem to have brought a bit of that culture to
the Wirral; some free-thinking innovativeness blended with a deep
fascination with cutting edge technology, together with a genuine
care for their planet.
Justine concluded, “We can’t wait to see the trees growing around the
Wirral and further a-field as we leaf the Wirral and put down roots
elsewhere and see what technology is around by the time they’ve
grown up.”
Ready to scale-up your company? Have a chat with the
entrepreneurs over a coffee or glass of wine by calling 0151 348
7044 or message them thrive@revolutionfour.co.uk @Revolu4ion
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