#14 What it takes to build something great without a head start | David Schaap

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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