Mission First - Entrepreneurs for future | 29. FASHION How to build the “Linkedin” of sustainable fashion supply chains (Lukas Puender, Retraced)

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If you are interested in B2B partnership, SaaS product development, Sustainable fashion, or Supply chain, this episode is definitely for you!

🌟 How do you develop an online sustainability fashion platform with 55 brands onboard, more than 3.000 suppliers and more than 2 million products?

🌟 What happens when you find out spreadsheets are great for lots of things, but they fail when the amount of data gets too big?

🌟 What happens when you find out there is no existing solution to track transparency in supply chains?

Retraced happens!

Retraced started as a simple green marketing tool in 2018.

The simple tool grew into a whole sustainability management platform in 2020 when Covid pushed the company to a pivot.

How did this happen?

Lukas Puender and his team listened to their clients and they worked together with them to develop the perfect solution.

🚀 Today Retraced has grown to 30 people, working from 10 different countries

🚀 They’ve raised 2.5M+ in funding

🚀 Their revenue is 7-digit and it has +15% month-on-month growth

And they still listen to their clients.

Retraced still has its chat function. A client can send them a question and in minutes it will be answered. This is a KPI that’s tracked.

Their platform usage tracking makes them even more client-centric, helping their partners in the onboarding and the improvement of the platform.

So who else, if not Lukas shared his advice on 💡How to become successful in B2B sales by seeing your clients as partners 💡

Among it you will find:

✅ How to find the best solution together

✅ “Fake it till you make it”-mentality is a double-edged sword that quickly cuts deep

✅ Why invest early into a project?

✅ Innovation is good, solving a problem is better

✅ How to build a team you can trust

Get this and more in the new episode. 🎧Listen to the episode

Resources:

Lukas Puender LinkedIn

Retraced website

Book: Chris Voss - Never split the difference

⚡️⚡️⚡️DONT MISS the best of season 1 ⚡️⚡️⚡️

= 10 episodes of less than 10 minutes to download and listen to here.

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Chapters

MF29 Lukas Puender Retraced
00:00
Innovation is good, solving a problem is better
12:24
When you find a real product-market fit everything becomes easier
23:23
See your clients as your partners
24:44
"Fake it till you make it" is a double-edged sword that quickly cuts deep
36:38
Focus on one target group and one clear need
41:22
Don't innovate everything from scratch, there are great people out there with a lot of experience
51:48
As a founder, hire the experts in their fields and let go, trust them with the job
53:14

About Mission First - Entrepreneurs for future

DONT MISS OUR BEST OF SEASON 1: 10 audio episodes shorter than 10 minutes with the best entrepreneurship advice of the first season! Visit GTImpact.com to download or listen to this best of series.

Welcome to Mission First, the podcast to learn from successful entrepreneurs who are building a sustainable future for our planet and its people! Growing a company that aims at having a sustainable impact is not easy! That’s why I created Mission First.

In each episode, I interview one entrepreneur with a company mission related to the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Our guests are entrepreneurs who have recently gone through these difficult first years successfully.

Together we discuss their challenges and what they have learned on the way. We go into detail, with a specific focus on company culture, leadership, financing, growth and business strategy.

That way you learn hands-on tips on how to build a better future and a successful company too.

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Mission First - Entrepreneurs for future

Together we discuss their challenges and what they have learned on the way. We go into detail, with a specific focus on company culture, leadership, financing, growth and business strategy.

That way you learn hands-on tips on how to build a better future and a successful company too.

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

If you are interested in B2B partnership, SaaS product development, Sustainable fashion, or Supply chain, this episode is definitely for you!

🌟 How do you develop an online sustainability fashion platform with 55 brands onboard, more than 3.000 suppliers and more than 2 million products?

🌟 What happens when you find out spreadsheets are great for lots of things, but they fail when the amount of data gets too big?

🌟 What happens when you find out there is no existing solution to track transparency in supply chains?

Retraced happens!

Retraced started as a simple green marketing tool in 2018.

The simple tool grew into a whole sustainability management platform in 2020 when Covid pushed the company to a pivot.

How did this happen?

Lukas Puender and his team listened to their clients and they worked together with them to develop the perfect solution.

🚀 Today Retraced has grown to 30 people, working from 10 different countries

🚀 They’ve raised 2.5M+ in funding

🚀 Their revenue is 7-digit and it has +15% month-on-month growth

And they still listen to their clients.

Retraced still has its chat function. A client can send them a question and in minutes it will be answered. This is a KPI that’s tracked.

Their platform usage tracking makes them even more client-centric, helping their partners in the onboarding and the improvement of the platform.

So who else, if not Lukas shared his advice on 💡How to become successful in B2B sales by seeing your clients as partners 💡

Among it you will find:

✅ How to find the best solution together

✅ “Fake it till you make it”-mentality is a double-edged sword that quickly cuts deep

✅ Why invest early into a project?

✅ Innovation is good, solving a problem is better

✅ How to build a team you can trust

Get this and more in the new episode. 🎧Listen to the episode

Resources:

Lukas Puender LinkedIn

Retraced website

Book: Chris Voss - Never split the difference

⚡️⚡️⚡️DONT MISS the best of season 1 ⚡️⚡️⚡️

= 10 episodes of less than 10 minutes to download and listen to here.

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Chapters

MF29 Lukas Puender Retraced
00:00
Innovation is good, solving a problem is better
12:24
When you find a real product-market fit everything becomes easier
23:23
See your clients as your partners
24:44
"Fake it till you make it" is a double-edged sword that quickly cuts deep
36:38
Focus on one target group and one clear need
41:22
Don't innovate everything from scratch, there are great people out there with a lot of experience
51:48
As a founder, hire the experts in their fields and let go, trust them with the job
53:14

About Mission First - Entrepreneurs for future

Together we discuss their challenges and what they have learned on the way. We go into detail, with a specific focus on company culture, leadership, financing, growth and business strategy.

That way you learn hands-on tips on how to build a better future and a successful company too.

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Mission First - Entrepreneurs for future

Together we discuss their challenges and what they have learned on the way. We go into detail, with a specific focus on company culture, leadership, financing, growth and business strategy.

That way you learn hands-on tips on how to build a better future and a successful company too.

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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