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Jonathan Legge, Co-Founder and CEO at &Open: Over $35 Million Raised to Create the Future of Corporate Gifting

Author
Front Lines Media
Published
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Episode Link
https://categoryvisionaries.podbean.com/e/jonathan-legge-co-founder-and-ceo-at-open-over-35-million-raised-to-create-the-future-of-corporate-gifting/

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jonathan Legge, CEO and Co-Founder of &Open, a corporate gifting platform that's raised over $35 Million in funding.


Topics Discussed:


  • Jonathan’s unusual background in design, starting an ecommerce business with his brother, and why Brian Chesky is an inspiration

  • How &Open became Airbnb’s Global Gifting partner

  • Where corporate gifting goes wrong, and how &Open makes corporate gifting thoughtful again 

  • Curating products, logistics, and having the patience to stay self-funded for as long as it was strategic

  • How gifting is really about creating connections and establishing relationships, and how Jonathan plans to “scale thoughtfulness”

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