FF 010: Becoming Europe's Hottest Startup with Carl Waldekranz, Co-Founder and CEO @ Tictail

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

The Twenty Minute VC

Finance, Venturecapital, Tech News, News, Siliconvalley, Technology, Investing, Startups, Business

4.4 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Carl Waldekranz is the CEO and co-founder of Tictail. With the vision of creating the worlds most used and loved e-commerce platform Tictail has been called the Tumblr of e-commerce and been celebrated as one of Europe's hottest startups. The vibrant community now hosts more than 85,000 stores on their service. Due to this phenomenal growth Tictail recently closed a $22m Series B from Balderton, Acton, Thrive and Creandum.

In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

1.) What were Carl's entrepreneurial origins and how did Tictail get started?

2.) What does Carl's idea creation process look like? How does Carl brainstorm?

3.) Tictail now sells 2m products on their platform but how did they get their first customers?

4.) At what moment in the Tictail journey was Carl the most worried or frightened?

5.) What would Carl say are the essentials for funding? How did Carl meet his investors? What is the difference between the different funding rounds for startups?

6.) Why did Carl pitch other startups before pitching VCs?

7.) Question from Daniel Waterhouse @ Balderton: How has Tictail maintained the magic company culture in Sweden, whilst expanding to NY?

8.) If Carl could start his time with Tictail again, is there anything he would have done differently?

Items Mentioned In Today's Show:

Carl's Fave Book: The Score Takes Care of Itself, My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh

Carl's Fave Blog or Newsletter: First Round Capital Blog

As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC, Carl and Tictail on Twitter right here!

If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry and a few mojito sessions, you can follow Harry on Instagram here!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You are listening to a very special episode of Founders Friday with your host Harry Stebbings.
0:04.8	And today we welcome the founder of one of Europe's most exciting start-ups.
0:09.4	It is, of course, Carl Waldercrans.
0:12.6	Carl is the CEO and co-founder of Tick-Tale, with the vision of creating the world's most used and loved e-commerce platform.
0:20.6	TickTail has been called the Tumblr loved e-commerce platform, Ticktail has been called the
0:22.4	Tumblr of e-commerce and been celebrated as one of Europe's hottest startups. The vibrant
0:28.2	community now hosts more than 85,000 stores on their service. Due to this phenomenal growth,
0:35.4	Ticktail recently closed a 22 million series B from Balderton, Acton, Thrive and CREandum.
0:42.2	Prior to Ticktail, Carl co-founded and sold a digital agency called Superstrikers, where he was a art director who helped develop the brand identity for companies such as Spotify, rap and Bambusa,
0:56.3	together with co-founded Kajdrobin.
0:58.9	Carl also founded Keyflow, a mobile guest list app company.
1:03.2	But before we dive into today's amazing interview with Carl,
1:06.4	Jim Collins, the writer of good to great, said,
1:09.3	people are not the most important asset, the right people are.
1:13.3	And hiring that right person is very difficult. However, this process is made all the more simple using hiring screen, which analyzes your requirements and compiles a shortlist of the best candidates using their blink algorithm.
1:28.3	Head on over to www.hiringscreen.com to check it out.
1:32.9	But without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, it's time to present Carl Waldercran's co-founder and CEO at Ticktail.
1:40.1	Three, two, one, zero. You have now arrived at your destination.
1:48.9	Carl, welcome to Founders Friday. I'm delighted to have you on the show.
1:53.4	Delighted to be on the show, Harry.
1:54.9	Now, I'd love to kick off today's show by hearing a little about your background and the origins of Ticktail.
2:01.7	Oh, sure, of course.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Twenty Minute VC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Twenty Minute VC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.