According to DigitalCommerce360, consumers spent a staggering $861.12 billion online with U.S. merchants in 2020. This is a 44% increase in spend year over year which is thought to be the "highest annual U.S. eCommerce growth in at least two decades." There are clearly many opportunities and avenues for expansion and success in the eCommerce market.
On today's episode of Link Up Leaders, Francois and Lisa are sitting down with Stefan Haney of Foundry to discuss and explore the new opportunities in growth, innovation, and leadership that have been created by brand aggregators, COVID, and Eastern Europe.
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💥About Our Guest💥
Stefan is an ex-Amazon veteran, an experienced senior business and technology leader with a proven track record of launching new technology, delivering business results, mission-critical programs, projects, and systems in a variety of industries. He leads Vantage International to deliver Business/Technology Assessments, new Software and Data Analytics capabilities, and training for adapting Amazon-style concepts (i.e. bar-raising, CX Reviews, team organization structures, Decision through writing) into your organizations. In his previous role at Amazon, Stefan led the team driving design and development for product shopping pages, aka "Detail page". As a member of the Amazon Consumer Shopping leadership team, Stefan contributed to the strategy and innovation driving Amazon's home page, navigation, checkout, and product pages worldwide, across all devices (PC, phone, tablet). Specialties: software development, agile software development, UX design, product management, project management, global highly available systems, forecasting, procurement, inventory planning, SAAS, machine learning applications.
Foundry is a brand acquisition firm setting a new standard for eCommerce performance and brand excellence with its data-driven technology platform. The team finds exceptional online businesses and nurtures them into epic, enduring brands to curate a selective portfolio of companies that households depend on to make life better. Founded by the group that built Amazon Marketplace, in addition to founders of transformational billion-dollar eCommerce brands, Foundry partners with entrepreneurs for the long term. It aims to profitably scale online brands to build the leading collection of top consumer companies with private equity, continuous resources, a vast network, and unmatched experience.
For more information, visit https://www.foundrybrands.com/
📚Referenced Reading📚
📙Good to Great by Jim Collins
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=good+to+great+jim+collins&qid=1626357588&sr=8-3
📘Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christiansen
https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation/dp/1633691780/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3T50R4NGRV7O2&dchild=1&keywords=innovators+dilemma&qid=1626357834&sprefix=innovators+d%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-1
📗The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement/dp/0884271951
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