Tony Hsieh – CEO of Zappos
[quote style=”boxed”]I think it’s best to start small and grow slowly, rather than trying to grow as quickly as possible.[/quote] In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced…
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 think it’s best to start small and grow slowly, rather than trying to grow as quickly as possible.[/quote] In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced…
[quote style=”boxed”]I’d pay more attention to people, because at the end of the day, it’s your relationship with people that matters the most. No surprises there, since teammates, customers and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Create a vision people can believe in, inspire them to achieve more than what they believed possible, and lead from the front and not from the corner office.[/quote] Kevin…
[quote style=”boxed”]I have always surrounded myself with the best people I can afford and I recommend this approach to everyone. Do not hold onto poor performing employees because it makes…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ever tried, ever failed. Never mind. Try again. Fail better.”[/quote] The CEO and Co-founder of Kiosked, Micke Paqvalén, is a serial-entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience from international…
[quote style=”boxed”]I just did a formal exercise to try to map this out. There is a 90-minute focused block in the morning to get a big task done and there…
[quote style=”boxed”]I usually am up at 6 am and get to the office by 7. I also try to run a couple times a week. Through the day, I am…
[quote style=”boxed”]I want someone out there (hopefully it will be me) to create an incubator program for startups that mimic the lifestyle of the guys from the show Entourage. Wouldn’t…
[quote style=”boxed”]Alarm,snooze,snooze,snooze,emails,star-jumps,porridge,emails,work on website,cycle somewhere nice,shop,emails,sort out future presents,run on the spot,emails,laugh,doodle,tea-break,star-jumps email,email,email,website design,shower, zzzzzzzzzzzz.[/quote] Ned Corbett-winder grew up in an artistic family in the welsh countryside, he pursued art,…
Meet Ned Corbett-Winder – Founder and Creator of NOTANOTHERBILL
[quote style=”boxed”]Also, when in doubt, act. Lots of people have great ideas, but if you don’t actually start working on them then they stay just that… ideas.[/quote] Bo Fishback is…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ask iconoclastic questions. Assemble talented and diverse teams of smart and motivated people. Challenge them to combine their expertise to solve new obstacles. Make people explain it in English….
Erik Severinghaus is a Chicago based entrepreneur and business leader. As a student at the University of North Carolina, he founded a successful consulting company, helped launch iContact (a leading…