Caen Contee – Operating Locally at Global Scale with Lime

My guest on this episode is Caen Contee. If I had to use one phrase to describe Caen, it would be that he is a man of action. His work today spans so many different areas, all of them focused on driving a positive impact on a global scale through business success. Caen is a founding partner at Ozone X Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm backing purpose-driven tech companies founded by underrepresented founders across the world. He is also the Chief Business Officer of Linear Labs, a very exciting electric motor company. All of this builds on the incredible work he did as an executive on the founding team at Lime, the global leader in micromobility, where he led global expansion, spearheading the company’s efforts in over 100 cities across 30 countries. We get into so much in this episode — from Lime's growth strategy in key cities like Paris to tactical advice on hiring early international growth teams. ----- Episode Highlights (2:31) The early days of micromobility expansion (3:55) Launching Lime in Europe (6:44) Early launch strategy in Paris (10:44) Managing global information flowsin an organization (15:22) Iterative learning in international expansion (23:58) Caen's day to day leading Lime internationally (31:48) Analogies between international expansion and VC (39:26) How capital providers can support international expansion (43:06) Maintaining physical, mental, and emotional health in high stress, high growth roles --- Dive Deeper Thanks so much for listening to Landed from Venture Desktop. To access transcripts and other key takeaways, subcribe for free at venturedesktop.com/landed or follow me on Twitter @brettbivens.