Meet the CEO

Building a company is hard work. Building a global company is a real challenge. Creating a global anti-agency in a pandemic is a once in a lifetime challenge.

So how is it possible that a team from Newzealand thinking digital solutions and customer focus on a completely new level gain momentum in the current environment and become the fastest-growing agency globally? This can be done by finding and connecting the right people and then care for them. If your people recognise that you honestly care, the bonding is on a different, more intense level.

That is one of the topics I have the pleasure to talk about with Todd Welling, Global CEO of OVERDOSE. He is sharing his experience and insights on how to think differently.

Growing a Startup or a company is hard work. If you try to go international and have to have the challenges of countries you maybe have never even been to by yourself.

Dealing with local authorities and laws is a pain in the**. But to grow in a market, it is essential to know what customers really want, how marketing and sales structures work efficiently and what social skills are expected in the market. As a foreigner, this challenge is tough to achieve - and help is at hand.

Gernot came across all these hurdles during his time as Intrapreneur and, together with his co-founder, started his own company more than 7 years ago.

How that felt, and his personal challenges in growing a company are topics we cover in this episode.

Gernot Schwendner on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gernotschwendtner/

Back in 2011, Rob, Bas, and Sabi were running an online store selling phone accessories. Things were great, and the business was growing. However, they couldn’t find a time-saving solution for their most frustrating problem: shipping. As the adage goes, if you want something done, do it yourself. In a quest to solve the problem, they decided to build the software themselves, and by themselves, we mean they asked a programmer pal to help. With the transaction paid in beers and a mac screen, Sendcloud was born.

The all-in-one shipping software for online shops Sendcloud, headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, offers 80 connections to shop systems and marketplaces of all kinds. According to its own information, the company has customers in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands, particularly the UK and Austria, helping e-commerce companies scale their business.

Sendcloud's mission is to increase the competitiveness of online retailers by optimizing the shipping platform for the entire shipping route from checkout to return. The spectrum of customers ranges from small to large online retailers and ranges from industries such as fashion and electronics to food and beverages.

Rob has (together with his team) managed to build a performance-driven company and a place where people really like to work. As we know, those two things often relate, and it isn't easy to maintain both things in a growth market like the e-commerce industry.

As you will hear, Rob has a passion for his company and even more to change as this should be for all good entrepreneurs.

Rob van den Heuvel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robvandenheuvel92/