Thomas Plantenga

4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 12, 2024 by Thomas Plantenga · said 10 times in 4 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Feb 12, 2024
Insight
Plantenga: Steering marketplaces by average CAC instead of marginal CAC is dangerous
“So therefore, it's very, very important to consistently really look at the marginal cost and not the average cost of all your cock, because that's also a very, very big mistake, right? You can say, I have a cock of This. Okay, nice, but what is, let's say, you…”
Thomas Plantenga Feb 12, 2024 ▶ 43:03 Thomas Plantenga & Alex Taussig: Vinted CEO's Ultimate Guide to Scaling Marketplaces | E1114 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 12, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Plantenga: Vinted going public will be no different than private fundraising
“And I think I'm not worried about it because. Every time I talk to somebody about Vinted that they didn't know our financials, they were very skeptical about it. Secondhand, who's buying secondhand? Is this ever going to be a business? And then you show the fi…”
Thomas Plantenga Feb 12, 2024 ▶ 1:11:21 Thomas Plantenga & Alex Taussig: Vinted CEO's Ultimate Guide to Scaling Marketplaces | E1114 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 12, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Plantenga: Etsy buying Depop caused existential panic at Vinted
“So Depop got sold to Etsy. And we were shitting our pants. Like I thought Josh Silverman is gonna like take a bit baseball bat and smash us into the ground because Etsy is a company I very much look up to. They're a great company. Josh is a great CEO. And I th…”
Thomas Plantenga Feb 12, 2024 ▶ 27:55 Thomas Plantenga & Alex Taussig: Vinted CEO's Ultimate Guide to Scaling Marketplaces | E1114 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 12, 2024 negative
Opinion
Plantenga: Predatory seed term sheets in small European markets handicap startups
“Like if you look what kind of like seed stage term sheets get to the table of like people I know building companies and I get like in these small markets in Europe, but it's like financial rape and it does a lot of damage. It's, it does a lot of damage because…”
Thomas Plantenga Feb 12, 2024 ▶ 58:06 Thomas Plantenga & Alex Taussig: Vinted CEO's Ultimate Guide to Scaling Marketplaces | E1114 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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