How did SixthContinent experience massive revenue growth from $7M to $60M in one year?

Francesca Roveda, SixthContinent

How do you react when you are told you can’t do something? Do you rise to the occasion and prove the haters wrong or pack up your toys and go home?

Francesca Roveda is Co-Founder of SixthContinent which is an e-commerce platform.

Francesca was told she couldn’t break into the male-dominated finance industry so she set out to prove she could and SixthContinent was born to give people more purchasing power.

Francesca Roveda

SixthContinent

Francesca Roveda is Co-Founder of SixthContinent which is an e-commerce platform.

 

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner, I’m the Founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. A lot of the entrepreneurs that I interview come up with innovative models, innovative business models, innovative products. And I have to be honest, today’s guest did something really innovative and I don’t fully understand it, but I think I get the heart of why it’s so exciting for people.

All right. The guest that we’re going to get to meet today is Francesca Roveda. How do you pronounce your last name? I love how you did it, I’m trying to reproduce what you did. Roveda.

Francesca: Right. It’s Roveda.

Andrew: Roveda. When we first connected it was, like, so cool, I said, “I got to say it that way.” So here’s what she did, she is the Founder of a company called SixthContinent. The way it works is you buy gift cards, the same kind of gift...

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