{"id":18310,"date":"2022-02-08T16:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabricegrinda.com\/?p=18310"},"modified":"2023-04-24T07:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T07:53:23","slug":"episode-30-a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/episode-30-a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 30: A Conversation with Thomas Plantenga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thomas-p-19651414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Plantenga<\/a> is the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vinted<\/a>. He was born and raised in the Netherlands. Thomas was previously a Venture Partner at FJ Labs and an early member of OLX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past decade, Thomas has lived in: Amsterdam, S\u00e3o Paulo, Buenos Aires, Nairobi, Cabarete, Barcelona, and New York.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fabricegrinda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/VINTED_Thomas_Plantenga-1024x714-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18322\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grinda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/VINTED_Thomas_Plantenga-1024x714-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grinda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/VINTED_Thomas_Plantenga-1024x714-1-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thomas never intended to join Vinted. He flew from New York to Vilnius for 5 weeks to simply to have a deeper look at Vinted\u2019s metrics. At the end of the 5th week, Thomas proposed an aggressive plan to the team, and to his surprise the team accepted. It was here Thomas knew that the Vinted team was committed to succeeding no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 30:  A Conversation with Thomas Plantenga\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/76JGbR7TabQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vinted now is one of the largest online marketplaces for buying, selling, and exchanging new or secondhand items. They are on a mission to make secondhand first choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top-takeaways\"><strong>Top takeaways<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Decisions are easier to make when the team has the company\u2019s best interest in mind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure teaches us where we can improve. Vinted failed to enter the UK market twice before finally succeeding on the third attempt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyper-focus in the early days and then branch out. In the summer of 2016, Vinted made a difficult decision to cut the team in half which allowed Vinted to survive and focus on solving their main issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you prefer, you can listen to the episode in the embedded podcast player:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/21116660\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the above Youtube video and embedded podcast player, you can also listen to the podcast on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>iTunes: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga\/id1532336635?i=1000541363878\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga\/id1532336635?i=1000541363878\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spotify: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5KlvjJrp1tbhbTCNKVqrJk?si=7cace7c492d24940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Plantenga is the CEO of Vinted. He was born and raised in the Netherlands. Thomas was previously a Venture Partner at FJ Labs and an early member of OLX. &hellip; <a href=\"\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8222;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playing-with-unicorns"],"acf":[],"contentUpdated":"Episode 30: A Conversation with Thomas Plantenga. Categories - Playing with Unicorns. Date-Posted - 2022-02-08T16:29:44 . \n Thomas Plantenga is the CEO of Vinted. He was born and raised in the Netherlands. Thomas was previously a Venture Partner at FJ Labs and an early member of OLX.\n Over the past decade, Thomas has lived in: Amsterdam, S\u00e3o Paulo, Buenos Aires, Nairobi, Cabarete, Barcelona, and New York.\n Thomas never intended to join Vinted. He flew from New York to Vilnius for 5 weeks to simply to have a deeper look at Vinted\u2019s metrics. At the end of the 5th week, Thomas proposed an aggressive plan to the team, and to his surprise the team accepted. It was here Thomas knew that the Vinted team was committed to succeeding no matter what.\n Vinted now is one of the largest online marketplaces for buying, selling, and exchanging new or secondhand items. They are on a mission to make secondhand first choice.\n Top takeaways\n Decisions are easier to make when the team has the company\u2019s best interest in mind.\n Failure teaches us where we can improve. Vinted failed to enter the UK market twice before finally succeeding on the third attempt.\n Hyper-focus in the early days and then branch out. In the summer of 2016, Vinted made a difficult decision to cut the team in half which allowed Vinted to survive and focus on solving their main issues.\n If you prefer, you can listen to the episode in the embedded podcast player:\n In addition to the above Youtube video and embedded podcast player, you can also listen to the podcast on:\n iTunes: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga\n Spotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/a-conversation-with-thomas-plantenga\n ","Category":["Playing with Unicorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18310"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20045,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18310\/revisions\/20045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}