Shefa Weinstein – CEO and co-founder of Shopetti
[quote style=”boxed”]I don’t think I would have done anything differently. It hasn’t always been easy, but each choice I made impacted the trajectory of our company. I had to learn…
E-commerce sounds simple. Sell stuff online. But anyone who’s actually done it knows the truth. It’s logistics and marketing and customer service and technology and inventory management all happening at once. The founders in this section have built the companies and tools that make it work.
These interviews cover every angle of online commerce. Direct-to-consumer brands. Marketplaces. Shopify apps. Payment solutions. Fulfillment. The conversion optimization rabbit hole that you can fall into and never come out of. And the customer experience side, because in e-commerce, the experience is the brand.
The founders here are candid about what’s hard. Returns. Shipping costs. The Amazon question. Building customer loyalty when switching costs are zero and the next competitor is one search away. These are real problems, and the conversations here offer real perspective on solving them.
You’ll find insights on product-market fit for physical goods, digital marketing for e-commerce, subscription models, international expansion, and the art of turning first-time buyers into repeat customers. Whether you’re launching your first online store or scaling an existing one, these founders have been where you are.
[quote style=”boxed”]I don’t think I would have done anything differently. It hasn’t always been easy, but each choice I made impacted the trajectory of our company. I had to learn…
[quote style=”boxed”]Even the things I did not do well, I learned a lot from.[/quote] Originally from North Little Rock, Ark., Kerry McCoy moved to Dallas after high school, where she…
[quote style=”boxed”]I closed it, cried, and then put my big girl pants on.[/quote] Becky Sturm is the owner and founder of 3waybeauty and StormSister Spatique and the co-founder of the…
[quote style=”boxed”]Sell, sell, sell. I make sure items are priced to make a profit yet are in line with what folks want to spend on kids’ items.[/quote] Dawn Martin is…
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[quote style=”boxed”]Get out of the office. Read, meet with people smarter than you, engage with other entrepreneurs. Your job as an entrepreneur isn’t to get caught in the weeds. You…
[quote style=”boxed”]Lean In by Sheryl Sanders is a thought-provoking book that every woman in business should read then pass to their husband, partner, and boss.[/quote] Kelly Mistry is the owner and…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have talked to more people about my idea earlier on and I would have released a more minimal MVP to users faster.[/quote] Alex Gonzalez is the co-founder…
[quote style=”boxed”]Anyone who says they’d not change a thing must be insane since why would you want to make the same mistakes twice when you now know the answer? [/quote]…
[quote style=”boxed”]”…we keep our overhead as low as possible. Call it bootstrapping or call it Lean – we call it ‘keep it in the bank.’” – Shannon Hughes, Spur Studio[/quote] Okay,…
[quote style=”boxed”]”When I make a mistake, or something doesn’t work, I figure out why not and I learn.”[/quote] Cynthia is a co-founder of Gift Gather. Gift Gather is a web…
[quote style=”boxed”]”At some point, you’ll just know which advices are good or bad when you listen to your own instinct.”[/quote] Ray Dipasupil is founder, CEO, and product engineer at StanceTrader,…