Aune Aunapuu is the Founder and CEO of Yaga - marketplace for pre-loved fashion. Launched in 2019, Yaga is one of South Africa’s most popular online fashion platforms, with over 5 million visits per month with over 5 000 new items listed every day. They raised 2.3 M USD at the end of last year from a range of prominent investors with backgrounds in companies such as Bolt, Planet42, Wise, Veriff, Katana and Klaus.
In this episode we talk about:
- Pre-loved fashion and circular economy
- Scrappy tips for getting first users for a new marketplace
- Doing business in emerging markets
- Competing against bigtech competitors
- Working with influencers
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