Sean Percival is an American investor and entrepreneur living in Oslo.
Multifaceted E-commerce executive, author, investor, and humble candle maker.
About
A few things I have been working on lately for fun and/or profit.
Recent Things
Extra Slutty Olive Oil
Why use extra virgin olive oil when you can choose an experienced olive oil that knows what it's doing?
Bybrygg
A line of funny and customizable coffees.
Byvoks
A collection of silly candles you can also personalize.
Banana for Scale
Our DTC holding company
The Annual Letters
Sean’s timeline (so far)
2024VP of Global E-Commerce at Xplora
Overseeing a global portfolio of 14 webshops
2024Bought my first apartment
A little late in life but worth the wait
2021 - 2024CMO at Iterate
Worked on new ventures
2024Passed 1,000,000kr sales Byvoks
That’s a lot of wax!
2023Launched Byvoks
The funny Oslo candles you can customize
2020-2022Covid Fog
Like everyone else lived in a covid fog
2018-2020CMO at Whereby
Worked on the rebrand and reduced churn.
2017Moved to Norway
Why? For the nice weather and low cost of living of course.
2015Partner at 500 Startups
Over 100 deals done with early-stage startups from around the world.
2014Raised $3M for Wittlebee
Raised a large seed round from investors like Google Ventures. Scaled the business and then crashed it.
2013VP Online Marketing at Myspace
Managed a team of 12+ through a tough time in the pioneering social network's history.
1985Sent my first Email
From my dad’s early version of corporate email using an acoustic modem.
1979Born in Los Angeles
I can think of worst places to get started