#61: Claude Ritter - Co-Founder of Delivery Hero & Cavalry Ventures - GTD, Growth, and Grit

Topics:Getting sued 20+ times by a single competitor.The once in a lifetime constellation of founders at Delivery HeroGrowing through acquisitions.Entrepreneurial partners at CavalryLinking your to-do to your calendarWhy aspiring entrepreneurs should work in product rolesUnsustainable growth - how to look at the quality of the growth of a startupThe two most common mistakes entrepreneurs makeClaude Ritter is co-founder and managing partner at Cavalry Ventures, primarily focusing on the marketplace and SaaS business models. Claude co-founded Book a tiger, a digital facility services company that he ran as the CEO up until the sale of the business to the rival Helpling in early 2020. Since its launch in 2014, Book a tiger has raised more than $40m in venture capital and operates a network of >500 employed cleaners as well as more than 100 other facility services companies that partner with it.Prior to Book a tiger, in 2010, he co-founded the Berlin-based company Delivery Hero and served 4 years as the chief product officer (CPO). Delivery Hero is the world's largest food-ordering network with a presence in 40+ markets and in 2017 it went public on the Frankfurt stock exchange with a valuation of roughly $5bn (DHER).Before Delivery Hero, Claude spent 5 years as CEO of The NetCircle, a web company that develops and operates large-scale community websites. He also co-founded DUQI, a Chinese real-time photo-sharing site, and Aionics, a web agency based in Switzerland.Book recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205Email: [email protected]: https://autoexec.vc/  /  https://cavalry.vc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/critter/?originalSubdomain=deTwitter: https://twitter.com/clauderitter/