Everything Marketplaces
Welcome to the Everything Marketplaces podcast, which is the audio format for our group chats that we have with marketplace founders & leaders for the community every week. Each episode features a guest sharing their specific marketplace experience, learnings, insights, and tips for marketplace founders. Some of our past guests include marketplace founders & leaders like Grant LaFontaine from Whatnot, Bastian Lehmann from Postmates, Marco Zappacosta from Thumbtack, Andrew Chen from a16z, and Pete Flint from NFX. Learn more about Everything Marketplaces at www.everythingmarketplaces.com
Latest episodes
Oct 3, 2023 • 47min
How OfferUp Became The Largest Local Marketplace In The US With Nick Huzar
The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is going back to one of our popular group chats that we had with Nick Huzar, who's the Founder & former CEO of OfferUp. OfferUp is the largest local marketplace in the US for buying & selling items from others nearby. It helps facilitate over $1B in transactions every month and has also raised $380M+ from top investors like a16z, Coatue, GGV, and more.
Nick on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/nickhuzar
OfferUp: https://www.offerup.com
Mike Williams (Yoroomie) on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/yoroomie
Everything Marketplaces: https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com
Sep 27, 2023 • 54min
Scaling Zumper Into A Leading Housing Marketplace With Anthemos Georgiades
The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is going back to one of our popular group chats that we had with Anthemos Georgiades, who's the CEO of Zumper. Zumper is one of the largest residential housing marketplaces that's helping make the process of renting an apartment or home easier. It's used by over 70 million renters a year and has raised $178M+ from top investors like Kleiner Perkins, a16z, Goodwater Capital, and more.
Anthemos on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/anthemos
Zumper: https://www.www.zumper.com
Mike Williams (Yoroomie) on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/yoroomie
Everything Marketplaces: https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com
Sep 22, 2023 • 53min
Building & Scaling Nifty Gateway With Duncan Cock Foster
The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Duncan Cock Foster, who was previously the Co-founder of Nifty Gateway. Nifty Gateway was one of the first NFT art marketplaces that went on to become one of the largest, paying out $500M+ to artists through their platform. It was notably acquired by Gemini in 2019, where Duncan continued to lead it up until more recently.
Duncan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dccockfoster
Nifty Gateway: https://www.niftygateway.com
Mike Williams (Yoroomie) on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/yoroomie
Everything Marketplaces: https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com
Sep 16, 2023 • 43min
Marketplace & Investor Insights With Sarah Tavel From Benchmark
The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Sarah Tavel, who's a Partner at Benchmark. Benchmark is a leading venture fund that's backed notable marketplaces like Uber, Hipcamp, Cambly, Medely, REKKI, and more. Sarah is a leading mind when it comes to marketplaces and also writes about them on her blog and newsletter.
Sarah's blog: https://www.sarahtavel.com
Sarah on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sarahtavel
Benchmark: https://www.benchmark.com
Mike Williams (Yoroomie) on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/yoroomie
Everything Marketplaces: https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com
Sep 12, 2023 • 37min
Leading Marketplace & Growth Insights From Instacart & Opendoor With Sri Batchu
The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Sri Batchu, who's currently the Head of Growth at Ramp. Prior to Ramp, Sri led Growth Strategy & Ops at Instacart and was also on the early team at Opendoor. During his time there, they scaled revenue from $100M to $5B+. Sri is a leading mind when it comes to both marketplaces & growth and is also an active angel investor, with a portfolio of 20+ startup investments.
Sri's website: https://www.sribatchu.com
Sri on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sri_batchu
Mike Williams (Yoroomie) on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/yoroomie
Everything Marketplaces: https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com
