S1E2 - Optimize for quality and productivity in your marketplace - Josh Breinlinger (Jackson Square Ventures) | Two-Sided

S1E2 - Optimize for quality and productivity in your marketplace - Josh Breinlinger (Jackson Square Ventures): We sat down with Josh Breinlinger to dive into his long history with online marketplaces. Josh was early at oDesk and Rev.com and has invested in several marketplaces while working in Venture Capital at Jackson Square ventures. We talked productivity tool by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

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Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast - An Introduction: Hi and welcome to Two-Sided, the podcast about building an online marketplace business. My name is Sjoerd, I am your host and also the CMO at Sharetribe, which is the company that brings you this podcast. We decided to call it Two-sided, because of course by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

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S1E9 - Dealing with trust and Covid-19 in a travel industry marketplace - Jacob Wedderburn-Day (Stasher): Jacob Wedderburn-Day tells Sjoerd about building Stasher fresh out of university and dealing with the pandemic in a travel industry marketplace. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

38 min listen

S1E3 - Building a marketplace for a fragmented market with complex workflows - Ruthie Amaru (Freightos): We talk to Ruthie Amaru, CEO of Freightos, the world's biggest marketplace for freight. We’ll talk about how to serve fragmented markets, with complex workflows and middleman. We talk about how to get supply onboard before having demand, about building f by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

39 min listen

S1E4 - Talk to your users before building anything - Charles Armitage (Florence): Before starting Florence, Charles Armitage was a doctor and training to go into emergency medicine. He then decided to radically change his career to start a marketplace for independent nurses and elderly care. Charles tells us all about that, shows us th by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

40 min listen

S1E1 - Build something people want - Lenny Rachitsky (ex-Airbnb): Lenny Rachitsky (ex-Airbnb) shared his extensive experience and research into kickstarting online marketplace businesses. We'll discuss Airbnb's "Snow White" strategy, his framework for assessing marketplaces, the potential of Neighbor.com, Shopify's Shop by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

44 min listen

S1E8 - Free marketplaces will disappear - Ryan Gill (Communo): Ryan Gills shares how Communo got started, why he thinks Fiverr & UpWork are in a race to the bottom, why they built a community that is about giving before receiving and how Communo is building for the future generations. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

38 min listen

S2E03 - Focus on a problem that you have experienced yourself - James Younger (TempStars): In this episode, I talk with James Younger of TempStars, a marketplace for temporary dental hygienists and assistants. Not only does James know the problem he's solving extremely well, but he also made a point to know as much as he could about design, web by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

37 min listen

S1E10 - Lessons learned from building Kickstarter - Charles Adler (co-founder Kickstarter): Charles Adler, co-founder of Kickstarter, shares how Kickstarter began and how they grew organically while maintaining the quality and the vibe. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

53 min listen

S1E5 - Embrace, don't replace the middleman - Michael DeGiorgio (Crexi): Michael DeGiorgio, founder and CEO of Crexi, joins us for this episode. CREXI is a marketplace for commercial real estate, which, as Michael explains, was an industry ripe for some serious disruption. We talk about how to build productivity tools for one by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

37 min listen

S1E12 - Season 1 Recap: Five takeaways from this season: In this episode we look back at season 1. I distill five interesting takeaways that any early-stage marketplace entrepreneur can use, and I have picked out the most relevant outtakes from this season’s interviews. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

37 min listen

S1E6 - Talent marketplaces and the future of work - Sophie Adelman (WhiteHat/ex-Hired): Sophie Adelman (Whitehat/Hired) shares her experience in building talent marketplaces, and her thoughts on the future of work. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

34 min listen

S1E7 - Building an enterprise gateway marketplace - Kevin Lustig (Scientist.com): Kevin Lustig recounts how Scientist.com got started 14 years ago, the ups and downs on the way and how they ended up building an enterprise gateway marketplace serving the biggest enterprises in the pharmaceutical industry. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

48 min listen

S1E11 - From mowing lawns to tech entrepreneur - Bryan Clayton (Greenpal): Bryan Clayton, co-founder and CEO of Greenpal, tells the story behind Greenpal, the marketplace for lawn care, and how he transformed himself from a blue-collar entrepreneur into a tech entrepreneur. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

41 min listen

S2E04 - How to start a marketplace in an industry you know nothing about - Emmanuel Nataf (Reedsy): In business school, Emmanuel Nataf and his friends started a marketplace and found success in an industry they knew nothing about: self-publishing. In this episode, I speak with Emmanuel about how their journey, how they built a community to support their by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

35 min listen

S2E02 - Transforming from a network to a marketplace - James McAulay (Encore): In this episode, I speak to James McAulay, CEO & co-founder of Encore, a marketplace for booking musicians. We talk about how James combined his love for music and computer science into Encore. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

39 min listen

S2E08 - How Curtsy drove $25M annual GMV with a team of 6 - with David Oates (Curtsy): In this episode, we learn how Curtsy was able to reach success despite second hand apparel being a crowded space with many established players. David Oates, CEO & Co-founder shares Curtsy journey from the humble beginnings to the powerhouse it is now. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

47 min listen

S2E01 - Lessons from two decades in two-sided platforms - Casey Winters (Eventbrite): We kick off the season with a deep-dive with Casey Winters, one of the most knowledgable and experienced two-sided platform people out there. Casey started at Apartments.com, helped Grubhub to IPO.ready, grew Pinterest to an enormous scale, and is now Chi by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

38 min listen

Two-Sided Season 2 - Trailer: It is coming. Finally. Two-Sided Season 2. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

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S2E05 - How a passion turned into a marketplace - Dirk Fehse (PaulCamper): In this episode, I talk with Dirk Fehse, founder and CEO of PaulCamper, about how he turned his love of the RV life into Europe’s leading marketplace for RV rentals. It’s a wonderful story, driven by passion, and started out really lean, as you will hear. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

34 min listen

S2E06 - Having fun building your business is a competitive advantage: Andrew Gazdecki loves building businesses. He was the weird kid in high school with an eBay store. He built and sold a job board in college. He used the proceeds to start another company, still in college, which he sold before the turned 30. Andrew’s by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

41 min listen

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Why you shouldn’t underestimate the power of sales for your marketplace with Jason Bergman from MarketPryce: Jason Bergman thinks most marketplace founders underestimate the power of sales. Jason is a big sports fan and has always loved working in sales. Before founding MarketPryce, he ran his own sports agency where he tried acquiring customers by sending In by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

47 min listen

S2E11 - How a comic book community turned into a marketplace - Gene Miguel (Shortboxed): In this episode, Sjoerd interviews Gene Miguel, CEO and co-founder of Shortboxed, a marketplace for buying and selling comic books. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

50 min listen

S2E09 - How Drive lah balances speed vs. quality - Gaurav Singhal (Drive lah): Gaurav Singhal, co-founder at Drive lah, a peer-to-peer car rental platform in Singapore and Australia, shares his lessons on: speed vs quality, customer experience vs technology solution, and how they turned Covid from a blocker into a tailwind. by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

45 min listen

S2E10 - Growing a marketplace through perseverance - Trisha Bantigue (Queenly): Trisha Bantigue is the CEO and co-founder of Queenly, a marketplace for formal dresses. Queenly is backed by prestigious investors such as YCombinator and Andreessen Horowitz. But her story starts in the Philippines, where she was raised by her grandparen by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

45 min listen

S2E12 - Season 2 Recap: six essentials insights from this season by Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

28 min listen

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