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Editor's pickThursday 26 March 2026

Founders Unfiltered

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Pan from EatClub sharing how he survived COVID shutting every restaurant overnight and scaled 7x through it, real founder resilience stories.

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Pan Koutlakis shares his journey from foodora Australia CEO to co-founding EatClub, a restaurant marketplace using dynamic pricing to fill tables. When COVID-19 forced restaurant closures, he continued building the company, which emerged significantly scaled with $27 million in funding and a $200 million+ valuation. The talk covers his experience navigating rapid growth, recruiting industry figures like Marco Pierre White, and pivoting through a major crisis.

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