From being elected CEO for her mock company at the age of 16, Alicia Navarro has been on an awe inspiring entrepreneurial journey. She taught herself to code on a Comador 65, used her unique imaginary to get over any job insecurities and ask for what she's worth, left Burning Man when there was an offer to buy her company, and later found the important of "flow state" and started the company, Flown.

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Alicia is a serial entrepreneur, with a passion for product, brand, design and culture.

She is currently the founder and CEO of Flown, a communal focus platform that helps professionals battle distraction and isolation at work. Started during the first COVID lockdown, Flown is a “Twitch for work” where members work on camera, in the virtual presence of others, with the aim of increased focus, accountability and sense of community. Alicia’s vision is to leverage the science around deep work and flow states to make work a source of joy.

Prior to Flown, Alicia was the co-founder and CEO of Skimlinks, a platform helping publishers such as Buzzfeed, Conde Nast, Hearst, and Aol monetize their commerce-related content. Alicia started the company in her living room in Sydney, Australia, and over 11 years grew it to a $50m/year business based in London with operations in San Francisco and New York. Skimlinks was acquired by Connexity in 2020 (also during the first COVID lockdown!).

Alicia has also worked as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at firstminute and Breega Capital, trained as an Executive Coach, was the Chairman to Yourkeys (acquired by Zoopla in 2021), and an advisor and mentor to many startup founders.