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The People Playbook with Jason TaylorAndrew Lockhead - CEO & Co-Founder, Stay22What does it take to lead a company through crisis, reinvent the business, and come out stronger on the other side?On this episode of The People Playbook, Jason Taylor sits down with Andrew Lockhead, CEO & Co-Founder of Stay22, for a candid conversation about entrepreneurship, leadership, trust, and building a company that can adapt when everything changes.Andrew shares how Stay22 responded after losing 90% of its revenue during the pandemic, why transparency became critical during uncertainty, and how the company tested new ideas and rebuilt its business from the ground up.
2026-09-2925 min
Un café avec Judith FetzerAndrew Lockhead : perdre 90 % de ses revenus et bâtir Stay22Cette semaine, je reçois Andrew Lockhead, cofondateur et PDG de Stay22!En 2020, son entreprise perd 90 % de ses revenus en une semaine. Les événements s’arrêtent, une partie des investisseurs retient l’argent promis et Andrew doit prendre des décisions difficiles pour son équipe. Quelques années plus tard, Stay22 travaille avec des milliers de créateurs de contenu à travers le monde et obtient un investissement de 122 M$ US. summitpartners.comOn plonge dans une conversation sur les pivots d’entreprise, la croissance, le financement et le leadership. Andrew raconte comment son équipe a te...
2026-09-281h 20
On R'Dress ÇaDe quasi-faillite à 475 millions en 5 ans | On r'dress ça (Ep 13)Andrew Lockhead et son équipe de Stay22 viennent de lever 167 millions CAD, valorisant sa compagnie à près de un demi-milliard de dollars!Et pourtant, durant la Covid, il avait perdu près de 90% de ses revenus, la plupart de ses investisseurs et 16 employés sur 24.Dans cet épisode, Andrew raconte comment il a frôlé la faillite pendant la pandémie, vécu le chaos en coulisses et pris les décisions qui ont tout changé. Une discussion honnête sur la résilience, les pivots stratégiques et le mythe du overnight success.
2026-02-271h 29
CanadianSME Small Business PodcastStay22 CEO: How a Startup Survived 90% Revenue Loss & Disrupted TravelWelcome to the CanadianSME Small Business Podcast, hosted by Kripa Anand. In this episode, we explore how Andrew Lockhead, CEO and Co-founder of Stay22, is disrupting the travel and entertainment industry with innovative monetization tools and a resilient startup journey.Andrew shares his insights on building strong company culture, navigating product-market fit, and leading through challenges such as the pandemic. From empowering creators to monetize content to shaping the future of event and travel technology, Stay22 is transforming the way industries adapt and thrive.Key Highlights:Building Culture: How Stay22’s leadership dynamic fo...
2025-10-0214 min
SaaSpasseEp.144 - Destination 50 millions$ (M&A, pivot & croissance)Aujourd’hui, on jase avec Andrew Lockhead, CEO chez Stay22, une plateforme travel tech de monétisation pour créateurs & médias dans l’industrie du voyage.Stay22 c’est 2.5M$ CAD en VC, 75 employés, ~50M$ de revenus cette année et 3500 partenaires dans le monde.On retrace le parcours d’Andrew : vivre du bullying, son pivot personnel et son profil ‘’vendeur-hustler’’.CHAPITRES :(0:00) Intro + présentation d'Andrew & Stay22(5:55) Quelques métriques(10:50) Sa première business (création, apprentissages et M&A)(15:40) Le process M&A via Acquire.com et les le...
2025-07-101h 35
Travel Trends with Dan ChristianKey Trends for 2025: Live from PhocuswrightSend us Fan MailIn this must-listen episode, we dive into the groundbreaking innovations and trends unveiled at the Phocuswright conference in Arizona, setting the stage for the travel industry in 2025. Join us as industry visionaries and thought leaders share transformative ideas on AI, personalized travel, and the power of collaboration in travel tech.• Insights from CMO Michelle Denogrean from MindTrip on enhancing consumer travel experiences• Ben Sann discusses simplified communication for tour operators with TourOptima• iWander's Marius Nigond on AI travel companions and local insights• NYU Professor Richie Karaburun emphasizes the importan...
2025-01-101h 38
Flagship PodcastSurviving and thriving with Andrew Lockhead, co-founder & CEO @ Stay22Andrew Lockhead is a rockstar founder building the next Canadian flagship. The start-up launched in 2016 made its mark in the affiliate field of accommodations. They have built a global platform for travel content creators with $500M GMV and a $36M ARR run-rate on the path to $100M. We spoke about The genesis story of Stay22 Surviving the pandemic and now thriving on a remarkable trajectory How they've incorporated LLMs into their business model Leadership lessons and the operating model How Andrew thinks about the future of...
2024-12-1333 min
A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for FoundersCOVID nearly bankrupted him. Then with AI he grew from $0 to $25M ARR in 4 years. | Andrew Lockhead, Founder of Stay22His travel startup crashed 90% overnight. Here’s how he used AI to grow past $2M/year—to $2M a month:For a while, Andrew was crushing it. Accelerator -> $750K pre-seed -> $2M ARR -> $2.5M seed round. Then COVID hit. He was selling to events like CES, SXSW, etc. Revenue dropped from $160K/month to under $10K... overnight. Investors from his seed round refuse to wire funds. After nearly going bankrupt, he finds a way to pivot. A year later, his business takes off.2020 - $02021 - $1M202...
2024-05-1341 min
Ta Face B / Your B SideTa Face B : Andrew Lockhead, CEO @Stay22Dans cet épisode de Ta Face B, tu découvriras qu'Andrew pratique l'ultimate frisbee, qu'il a Toy story comme film culte, qu'un moment marquant de sa vie lorsqu'il était en école primaire et secondaire a forgé son caractère, et que son anecdote est vestimentaire ! Support the showListen to all the episodes, rate and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts!--Écoute tous les épisodes, laisse nous une note et un commentaire partout où tu écoutes tes podcasts!Contact: Instagram (EN) Instagram (FR) TwitterLinkedinFaceboo...
2024-02-2418 min
Complice NumériqueEP.21 - 3 précieux conseils pour une entreprise florissante avec Andrew Lockhead de Stay22Le temps est la ressource la plus importante que vous avez! Andrew Lockhead le CEO de Stay22 nous prodigue de précieux conseils suite aux problèmes rencontrés lors de la crise de la pandémie du covid 19. Cette crise a divisé le revenu mensuel de Stay22 par huit et a conduit Andrew à réadapter sa stratégie et à optimiser chaque minute de son temps. Il nous donne de précieux conseils sur l’importance d’investir sur des profils seniors plutôt que des profils juniors ou encore sur l’obligation de tout entrepreneur de devoir toujours s’adapter aux cri...
2023-03-2136 min
The Speaking Club: Mastering the Art of Public SpeakingMy Five in Five Discoveries for Success and Happiness - 241Five years ago, I launched The Speaking Club and it's been an interesting journey. From me talking to myself in a little cubby hole, wondering if anyone would listen, to the show being downloaded in over 190 countries and it becoming a top 1% podcast, regularly in the charts. To recognise this milestone, I decided that I wanted to share my biggest learnings over the past five years, some of which I've already covered with you in podcast episodes and some which haven't. I hope that some of the aha moments I've had and share with you...
2022-10-1422 min
Modèle d'affairesModèle d'affaires | Épisode 4 : Stay22 : le double pivotDans ce quatrième épisode, Arnaud échange avec Andrew Lockhead, président de la startup technologique montréalaise Stay22. Ce dernier a fait preuve d’une résilience et d’une agilité exemplaires au cours des deux dernières années, alors qu’il perdait 90% de son chiffre d’affaires et que son plus gros fournisseur mettait fin à son contrat. Nous parlons des modèles d’affaires Multi-Sided Market, Hidden Revenue et Long Tail.Ce balado a été réalisé par Phonique.ca
2022-06-0726 min
Startup MontréalLeadership et gestion des talentsOn vous propose des témoignages d'entrepreneurs, des conseils d'experts, pour vous inspirer dans votre propre expérience de leader et de fondateur de startup.
Les Mercredis Startup sont proposés en collaboration avec Cisco Designed.
On commence avec une édition sur le leadership et la gestion des talents et nous recevons pour parler de l'importance du mentorat:
▶️ Andrew Lockhead, fondateur de Stay22
▶️ Julie Lacasse, Corporate Director & Board Member, Track Tik
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2021-09-2358 min
Moment of TruthMOT - Philip & Hannah and Emily, Andrew & Geoff (Apr 13, 2021)Coastal Routes Radio podcast with U of Guelph - Philip Loring, Dr. Hannah Harrison and Emily De Sousa. / Plus (encore) update with Andrew Lockhead & Sir Geoff Palmer from Edinburgh Scotland.
2021-04-1455 min
Moment of TruthMOT - Andrew Lockhead & Sir Geoff Palmer (Mar 31, 2021)(encore) Andrew Lockhead (June 2020) on Dundas Street being renamed / Plus update with Andrew Lockhead & Sir Geoff Palmer from Edinburgh Scotland.
2021-04-0156 min
The Spill OverTHE S.P.I.L.L OVERHappy Friday!!! Tonight we Ray J, OBJ, Antown Rose, Andrew Gillium,Trump, and more...........Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-spill-over--4510642/support.
2020-09-191h 55
Rad Season Action Sports PodcastAndrew Lockhead on Event Travel, Building Stay22 and Revolutionizing the Events IndustryAndrew Lockhead is a Canadian travel and entertainment entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Stay22. In 2016 native Montrealers, Andrew and co-founder Hamed came up with the concept of Stay22, a location-based and interactive map that helps event-goers and travelers book accommodations and travel experiences near events or destinations.The challenge for event and festival goers is there are so many accommodation sites to choose from. The goal was to make travel easy so they created a map to search and compare the hotels and Airbnb’s near the event location.Andrew is passionate about revolutionizing the events in...
2020-09-1730 min
Montreal StartupsStay22 Co-Founder & CEO: Andrew LockheadAndrew Lockhead is a serial entrepreneur exploding with passion. When a new idea comes to him, he just can’t get it out of his head. So when Andrew and his co-founder Hamed came up with the idea for Stay22, they hit the ground running. Three years later, Stay22, a FounderFuel alumni, is re-shaping the way travelers book accommodation for events using an intuitive maps.
2019-08-1340 min
How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.Ep. 15 How I Raised It with Andrew Lockhead of Stay22 on 2.9.18Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Lockhead of Stay22, a platform that helps people search for places to stay around events and venues. The Company has raised capital from TravelPort Labs, Founder Fuel, 7 Gate Ventures and Real Ventures.
2018-02-2023 min