#22 David Nothacker, CEO & Co-Founder of sennder | Making It Real Podcast with Jan Brinckmann

David Nothacker is co-founder of Europe’s leading digital
freight-forwarder platform, Sennder. The Berlin-based unicorn has
recently raised an additional $80 million in funding at over $1
billion in valuation and will use this funding to expand into new
regions. David started Sennder 1.0 as an MBA graduate but failed,
as his co-founder left him five minutes after signing the
investors term sheet. After overcoming this difficulty and
setting a clear vision with new co-founders, he managed to turn
the company into a unicorn with a team of 800 employees. If you
want to find out more about how to excel in #winnertakesitall
markets, whether it is a good idea to exit a built-up venture and
how to build effective teams, then listen to the full episode!


https://www.linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann


https://www.linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann


https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-nothacker


https://www.sennder.com


0:00 Introduction


1:12 What is sennder?


2:44 All about the numbers: employees, revenue expectations,
valuation of sennder


4:06 How David started sennder


7:40 What is harder to get as a platform business - demand or
supply?


11:02 How to find co-founders and how working together works best


16:04 What David thinks about having luck as an entrepreneur and
his exit strategy


20:19 Lessons learned on how to grow faster than the competition


23:20 How to onboard talent in a fast growing company (from 200
to 800 employees in one year!)


26:14 Organizing digital teams and sharing the culture


28:31 Quick-fire round: favorite activity | method to stay
productive | personal hero


32:14 Outro