Ep182 – Rolf Weber (CEO – Marley Spoon Australia) on building culture through resilience

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep182 – Rolf Weber (CEO – Marley Spoon Australia) on building culture through resilience May 9, 2024 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Ep182 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was Rolf Weber, the CEO of Marley Spoon Australia. Rolf joined Marley Spoon as their Australian CEO in March 2015 Prior to this he co-founded, BrandsExclusive in 2009, before they were eventually fully acquired in 2014. He then went on to launch and invest in a number of businesses including being a Founding shareholder and Director in Mad Paws. In this episode we covered a broad range of topics including: Lessons from launching, growing and exiting BrandsExclusive The ups and downs of the Marley Spoon journey including their IPO with a market cap of over $260 million, to some of the challenges during Covid Building a culture of resilience & much more! Timestamps: 1:47 – Rolf’s Background 3:56 – Moving from Germany to Australia 6:23 – His time at Ikea 9:35 – Launching Brands Exclusive 11:32 – Importance of co-founder dynamics 15:53 – Advice on making the leap to startups later on in your career 20:01 – Fundraising in 2008 23:00 – Building a business with the intention to sell from the beginning 28:49 – Clauses founders should be aware of during an acquisition process 31:45 – How he approached next career steps post acquisition 37:59 – Staying balanced during ups and downs of entrepreneurship 43:13 – The decision to join Marley Spoon 46:59 – Operational challenges during Covid 52:58 – Differences between building Brands Exclusive and Marley Spoon 59:58 – Preparing for and going through an IPO, operating in public Our partners A big thank you to Justus Hammer for his help with this interview. 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Head over to vanta.com/playbook to get access to this exclusive discount Links mentioned Rolf’s links Rolf’s LinkedIn Marley Spoon People mentioned Daniel Jarosch Justus Hammer Sam Kothari Bjorn Behrendt Alexis Soulopoulos Jeff Bezos Fabian Siegel Companies mentioned IKEA brandsExclusive Marley Spoon PwC eBay Playbook Ventures Everlab APN Media Mad Paws Telstra Amazon Blue Apron Feedback/connect/say hello: [email protected]@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits: Music: Paycheck Other channels: Find all of the links for the podcast on Linktree here https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startupplaybook/Ep182_-_Rolf_Weber.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 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