Capture what corporate habits you must ‘unlearn’ to launch a successful startup – Jonas de Cooman, Co-Founder & CEO @ Spott
Episode 7 of the Launch Stories: The Global Startup Podcast podcast, hosted by Hosted by Zoltan Vardy, titled "Capture what corporate habits you must ‘unlearn’ to launch a successful startup – Jonas de Cooman, Co-Founder & CEO @ Spott" was published on February 1, 2022 and runs 27 minutes.
February 1, 2022 ·27m · Launch Stories: The Global Startup Podcast
Summary
On this episode of Launch Stories, I speak to Jonas de Cooman, Co-founder & CEO of Spott, a marketing platform that helps brands sell more by adding interactivity to videos and images on their digital channels. You’ll hear what Jonas had to ‘unlearn’ after a career at Coca-Cola and Unilever to build a successful global business as an entrepreneur and why he had to develop a ‘bullshit detector’ to make sure he hired the right people. You’ll also hear what pivotal change in sales strategy led to Spott generating 2,000 customers in 90 countries. Links: https://spott.ai/ https://www.unilever.com/ https://www.coca-cola.com/ https://polsky.uchicago.edu/programs-events/new-venture-challenge/ https://polsky.uchicago.edu/ https://www.ikea.com/ https://www.amazon.com/ https://appsumo.com/ If you like it, subscribe, leave a review and share it with your friends! https://zoltanvardy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/zvthelaunchcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoltanvardy/ https://www.instagram.com/zoltanvardy/
Episode Description
On this episode of Launch Stories, I speak to Jonas de Cooman, Co-founder & CEO of Spott, a marketing platform that helps brands sell more by adding interactivity to videos and images on their digital channels. You’ll hear what Jonas had to ‘unlearn’ after a career at Coca-Cola and Unilever to build a successful global business as an entrepreneur and why he had to develop a ‘bullshit detector’ to make sure he hired the right people. You’ll also hear what pivotal change in sales strategy led to Spott generating 2,000 customers in 90 countries.
Links:
https://polsky.uchicago.edu/programs-events/new-venture-challenge/
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