"No deal has to be like any deal done before" | London Business School

One of Ireland’s most successful internet entrepreneurs, Ray Nolan has been instrumental in the success of a number of high profile companies in the Irish technology sector.
Ray founded Hostelworld.com in 1999 when he identified an opportunity to introduce online bookings to youth and tourist hostels. As CEO, Ray grew the company to become a leading worldwide brand with distribution contracts in 170 countries and more than 12MM visitors a month. He sold it in November 2009, returning more than $500MM on just $150K total investment.
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London Business School students created the TELL Series in 2009 to put the spotlight on entrepreneurship in Europe. The TELL Series showcases successful entrepreneurs' personal stories of building high growth businesses. Successful founders, investors and key figures from the European entrepreneurship world share their start-up stories, lessons learned and thoughts on the future.
Tell Series is sponsored by the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Frog Capital.