00:12:05 · S1, S3, S4, S5, S7
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00:12:50 · S7, S10
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00:13:20 · S10, Levi Fawcett
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00:13:50 · Levi Fawcett, S8
[00:13:50] S9: Optimization. So I think it was just that. Just worked incredibly hard, didn't give up, and get it in front of customers well before it was ready. I think one of the biggest moments, actually, I think it was probably probably was when we launched with eBay Australia. They were one of our earliest marketplace customers. Within a few months of launching with them we could see we were increasing their conversion rates enormously. That was really the moment for us because suddenly that was clear the value we were providing and it was clear that it made a much better buyer experience, which was our number one goal. [00:14:24] S8: So I guess earlier on in the Partly story, we're working with smaller businesses and we discovered that the problem was far more fundamental. It was a case of asking why five times to actually get to the root cause. So it really was this layer and layer until we finally reached this fundamental problem. I think the biggest lesson I've learned is who you spend time with and what people you surround yourself with. The people you spend time with are the people that you become more like and I think that that's proven to be incredibly true. Those are the people that influence each other. So that's probably been the biggest reinforcement of a lesson that I think many have been taught since they
00:15:08 · Levi Fawcett, S8
[00:15:08] S9: were a child. I would say the number one most important thing is actually to never give up. The thing that separates successful founders or successful companies, I really do think is just never giving up. The second most important thing is to be brutally honest about the business. Are you really solving a painful customer problem? Make sure that your business can actually make sense and be really honest about it, right? If your plan is to start a company and it'll be free until you figure out how to make money, that is a terrible plan. Finally to tie all that together in terms of pivoting, would say you can very clearly see those fundamentals are not strong. Still don't give up, but be very willing to really fundamentally shift the focus of the business and don't be afraid to solve the global problem. Who had built clearly successful world class businesses invested in Partly. Dylan Field from Figma, Akshay from Notion, these are all people that have actually helped us along our journey. I say that's a lesson learned because this is something that Dylan told me that everyone has told me. Don't sacrifice the quality of the team. It's much better to take long time to hire than it is to hire someone who lowers the bar of the team overall. And a great team with a very, very clear mission is pretty hard to beat. [00:16:26] S8: Now is when I feel the momentum is as fast as it's ever been. Like, I think that the speed of growth has only ever gotten faster. So like with every day, for me, it feels like we've gained more momentum.
00:16:26 · S8, Levi Fawcett
[00:16:26] S8: Now is when I feel the momentum is as fast as it's ever been. Like, I think that the speed of growth has only ever gotten faster. So like with every day, for me, it feels like we've gained more momentum. [00:16:39] S9: To me, I don't care much, to be honest. You know, like it's a it's a great title, fastest growing, but the reality is it all comes down to how we execute. None of this will matter in five years, right? What will matter in five years is have we built solid business foundations? Today we have we have an office in London, we're powering eBay. Planning to scale, we will be spending a lot more of our time in Europe. The structure of the business already lets us scale fairly well. [00:17:04] S8: I don't think every entrepreneur needs to be solving a global problem. However, in my experience, solving the big hairy audacious problem is almost the same level of difficulty as small localized problem. If I'm going to put all of my energy, all of my effort, all of my thought and time into solving problem, I'm gonna put that into the big global problem as opposed to a localized problem.