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May 29, 2019

Get Market Fit CEO Vicky Brock: On lonely startup life & suicidal thoughts

Serial entrepreneur Vicky Brock shares her experiences in Sifted's debut series on mental health. 


Kitty Knowles

6 min read

Vicky Brock, CEO of Clear Returns outside her offices in the East End of Glasgow.

Serial entrepreneur Vicky Brock, 46, is founder and CEO at Get Market Fit, a Scottish corporate innovation firm which this year launched the data technology startup VistalWorks. Brock was previously founder and CEO at e-commerce refunds company Clear Returns and has founded five businesses to date.

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