Read our privacy policy to understand who we are, how we collect data, what we do with data, and what rights you may have over that data
defineXTEND Ltd t/a High-Velocity Startups (“defineXTEND”) is a company registered in England and Wales (company number 08031789). Our website address is: http://www.highvelocitystartups.com/. To contact us for privacy notice and policy purposes, that is if you have any questions relating to your personal information including any rights you may wish to exercise, please contact [email protected]. This notice may be updated from time to time, and we will take reasonable steps to inform you about the changes made to the notice. This notice was last updated on 15 January 2024.
Aside from reasons required to display the website to its visitors as is typical is collected via the website, we collect information such as your contact and financial details for communicating regarding the services or executing payment regarding the same. We also collect information you may share for the purposes of our providing you advice, and as a result you may be providing data that is considered sensitive or special category under the UK GDPR regarding either you or a third party, such as information relating to an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, health, sex life, or sexual orientation. Such sensitive or special category data will be processed by us in accordance with data protection law. The remainder of data is processed under legitimate interests for the purposes of conducting business with you as a client. If we have obtained consent by you to use contact details for marketing communications, then we will process such information for that purpose additionally. For the avoidance of doubt regarding the display of the website, we do not use any information automatically collected by our webhosting provider such as IP address, browser type, device type, or any other technical information for any analytics or advertising purposes.
The website does not currently collect any data that we could use to identify you and therefore there is no data we could share with anyone, nor is there any consideration over data retention and other matters involving data when using this website.
As for doing business with defineXTEND or its advisors, defineXTEND will retain any personal information collected by you when there is an ongoing legitimate business need such as being able to communicate with you during an engagement with you or to perform any necessary ancillary activities. Additionally, we may disclose your information to third parties who provide services on our behalf, such as our webhosting provider, online workspace provider, email provider, and other data storage providers all of whom are subject to and enforce their own privacy policies in accordance with data protection law. We may, if the disclosure is deemed necessary, share your information to any law enforcement or other authority with a legal or regulatory basis to comply with applicable laws or regulations, to assert any rights we have reserved, and to protect the interests or rights of you or other parties. In any other case, information may be shared with others if the data subject relating to such information has provided consent.
The personal information we process may be processed in accordance with the previous section using providers not located in the United Kingdom where our company is registered. As a general policy, any such information is stored or transferred within either the United Kingdom or with service providers in jurisdictions (third countries) with an adequate data protection regime to protect personal information. In the event your personal information may need to be processed within countries that do not have relevant adequacy regulations in place, we will implement relevant international data transfer addendums or agreements or applicable standard contractual clauses.
We will store personal information collected from you only for as long as we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so. In any other case, we will either delete or anonymize it as soon as is practicable to do so. In any event, if it is not easily practicable to delete or anonymize such data, we will store such data in a way that it cannot be processed besides for the purposes of anonymization or deletion.
You may contact [email protected] to access, correct, update, request deletion of, request restriction of processing of, request objection to processing of, or request data portability of any information we may hold about you. You may request not to be subject to any automated decision-making. You may request to opt out of any marketing communications. You may request to withdraw your consent. If you make a request, we will respond in accordance with applicable data protection laws. You may complain either to us or to the Information Commissioner’s Office regarding our collection and use of your personal information.
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How we create value to drive your business forward
Where in business a specialist typically holds one function, such as a marketing specialist, technology specialist, HR specialist, and the list goes on, a multifunctional consultant has proven reputation in delivering results in more than one specialty.
Our Principal Advisor provides mentoring to business owners on how to tackle operational management challenges, and additionally trains key members on business modeling, risk management, and agile project management practices. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)®.
The saying goes, "jack of all trades, master of none", implying that if you do too many different things, you can't do any of it all too well. One variant of this saying, however, includes, "but oftentimes better than master of one".
Our Principal Advisor is a solicitor qualified to practice in the laws of England & Wales, and has advised dozens of businesses worldwide as a legal advisor. Most of his clients are based in the U.S., UK, Canada, and Australia.
Trust a multi-specialist. The Principal Advisor of High-Velocity Startups has a proven track record in desktop/web application architecture, leading large teams to execute on projects in multiple disciplines ranging from software to marketing to research, acting as the key lawyer for multiple successful organizations, and has as well acted as COO for multiple organizations. In this case, it is the multiple trades that sets the Principal Advisor apart, enabling him to deliver results by connecting the dots between multiple disciplines to deliver integrated value that manages numerous risks.
Our Principal Advisor has been a technology entrepreneur, and in this role he has worn all of the hats. Through challenges faced at a self-funded and corporate sponsorship level, he has dealt with people, process, and technology challenges, and he has also dealt with the key challenges startups face in validating their product, market, and funding route. Having acted as advisory board member to multiple startups, and having the direct skills required to implement, he and his team can accelerate startups from idea to scaleup stage, boosting their confidence to hit their next milestones.
The Principal Advisor acts as a fractional operations leader for multiple businesses with high annual turnover, working closely with the CEO or Managing Director to tackle key operational challenges and positioning the CEO / MD to go to the next level. This service is a continuous multifunctional consulting engagement, typically spanning months with flexible service levels.
Our Principal Advisor is a Certified Chair™ of the Advisory Board Centre, and he regularly speaks on advisory board topics, helping numerous organizations plan out their vision for setting up and running advisory boards. Working with company directors and startup founders, he aims to apply best practice in the utilization of advisory boards for startups and established businesses alike.
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We offer a Velocity Assessment and Strategy Sessions.