The magic formula of growing in all directions at once with Daniel Gebler, Picnic | TLH #21

<p>One of the largest food and logistics tech scale-ups (with investment from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust) is coming to Tech Leaders Hub!</p> <p>Our guest is Daniel Gebler, co-founder and CTO at Picnic, a cutting-edge Dutch company revolutionizing the way people buy groceries in the Netherlands, Germany, and France</p> <p>What makes Picnic special?</p> <p>There are three general directions in which a business of this type can grow:</p> <ol> <li>massive expansion,</li> <li>massive robotized automation,</li> <li>new business lines.</li> </ol> <p>Most companies can only do one out of three at the same time.</p> <p>But Picnic is not like most companies.</p> <p>Their explosive growth in recent years confirms that their business strategy is working extremely well.</p> <p>Just last year, they raised $706 million from investors including The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. They were also named the number one startup in the Netherlands by LinkedIn.</p> <p>Unlike most companies, Picnic is managing to grow in all directions at once: expansion, automation and new business lines are all happening in parallel.</p> <p>On top of that, they’re managing to make it happen with 10x fewer developers than would normally be needed for such an effort.</p> <p>Naturally, we decided to invite them to Tech Leaders Hub to find out how they did it!</p> <p>Tune in to benefit from Daniel’s vast experience as a tech leader.</p> <p>Get more guides, news, and videos from STX Next!</p> <p>Website: <a href="https://stxnext.com/" target="_blank">https://stxnext.com/</a></p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/stx-next-python-experts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/company/stx-next-python-experts</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/STXNext/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/STXNext/</a></p> <p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StxNext/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/StxNext/</a></p> <p>Behance: <a href="https://ww