Tim Long is an Entrepreneur, whom has over 10 years’ experience helping entrepreneurs and his teams embrace new ways of thinking and doing business. A Leader and seasoned professional in sales management and business development in both private and public B2B and consumer markets. He has a proven entrepreneurial track record of building and managing revenue centers. Areas of functional expertise:1) Strategic business development and partnership alliances2) Sales organization & management; building from scratch or expanding existing groups3) Empowering his team of 100+ employeesTim empowers teams to put the customer at the centre of the innovation process. This is done by drawing on principles from design thinking, the lean startup and agile development to deliver 'lean innovation' programs which help accelerate complex problem solving to quickly design and test prototypes, learn about the customer problems in order to deliver product market fit.As a leader Tim is passionate is to develop his teams and create systems that empower organizations to the highest level of performance. It is about making ideas happen by inspiring and empowering others to do things differently, solve complex problems and be creative. Tim is passionate about doing things differently, thinking outside the box, pushing boundaries, embracing innovation – this is what he thrive on in the workplace. Tim is recognised for my strategic, creative input to an organisation’s success, agile leadership style, and is adept at thinking through strategy from development to execution. Importantly, Tim thrives in environments where entrepreneurial spirit can shine through, whether it be challenging traditional ways of doing things or embracing new ideas in product development, partnerships, pricing, distribution, acquisition planning and customer experiences.