#14 What it takes to build something great without a head start | David Schaap - a podcast by Agnes Bilik

At the age of 13, David started developing an interest in programming as a result of online gaming activities. That’s how he managed to have a small side income in the following years. When he was 16 David started working as an accountant for Deloitte, but after 2 years he realized that accountancy is not going to be his future career path and since then he became an entrepreneur. In 2013 he founded Nyon/Fashion Cloud, a buying tool for retailers in the fashion and shoe industry, that also developed into a platform that allows brands and retailers to work together by sharing data and eliminating inefficient manual labor.   



What we talk about 🤔:

[1:11] How his childhood shaped his path

[4:43] How David discovered programming at the age of 13

[5:38] How he ended up working for Deloitte when he was 16

[9:42] Lessons learned during his early entrepreneurial career

[15:04] How to find a business idea

[16:36] How to get customers to finance your idea  

[19:32] Challenges at the start of Nyon/Fashion Cloud

[23:44] The moment the vision for his company developed

[25:16] Problems after the merger of Nyon and Fashion Cloud

[32:49] Activities that helped the integration

[34:24] Scary personal decision

[40:32] Hard business decision

[43:45] Learnings about company valuations

[45:13] Key takeaway  



Contact 📝:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/d-schaap/

Website: https://fashion.cloud



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