E9 - William Miller & Renaldo De Jager: DealersOnline

"It gets exponentially more complex having to deal with a big team rather than one, two or three people, as you have to adapt your leadership style to individuals rather than taking a blanket approach." Now, this is a lesson that I got from our next guests, the founders of DealersOnline,  William Miller and Renaldo De Jager.So DealersOnline is a SaaS business in the automotive industry that helps dealerships respond to rapid changes in markets and consumer behaviour. DealersOnline started because William - who worked in the dealership environments in many sales roles - had enough of the problems related to corruption, stock management and transparency in dealership-to-dealership car sales. He partnered with Renaldo - an IT Specialist and Software Developer, who at the time was actually a client of William's - to come up with an auction platform that provides a more transparent and efficient transaction of stock between dealerships at a higher return.Since implementing that first solution, DealersOnline has evolved into a business of 136 people that doesn't only facilitate these online auction sales in multiple environments, but also does fleet disposals for corporates and banks, and provides new software to dealerships to help them stay relevant in rapidly changing markets.In this episode, we're going to talk about how the importance of adapting to rapidly changing technology is the key to staying relevant and growing up. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the episode.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This podcast is brought to you by Metavolve. We help entrepreneurs structure their businesses for growth. We take the chaos out of scaling businesses by turning entrepreneurial intuition into aligned and committed leadership teams with clear strategic direction. We optimise the execution of strategy by helping people adapt to the inevitable change that strategy creates. Working with us to define or execute your strategy means you get access to experienced experts in business strategy and organisational psychology. You get the benefit of a blend of people-centric and commercial perspectives that can understand your context from every angle. And you get the benefit of not being dependent on us for the long term because we share our knowledge and tools with your people to improve their ability to solve future problems. To get in touch with one of our experts, head over to our website. If you would like to get in touch with our host, Cameron Coutts, then you can connect with him on LinkedIn.This episode is brought to you by Metavolve. Metavolve is a team of focused experts who want scaling entrepreneurs like you to succeed 👉 contact our team Do you have a scaling business and valuable insights about your industry? Be our next guest!