Fabrice Grinda (@fabricegrinda), entrepreneur and angel investor, joins Erik on this episode.

They discuss:

- What Fabrice believes about marketplaces and the trend towards verticalization that VCs don’t believe.

- How they evaluate investments and the four criteria that they use to determine whether they will invest or not.

- His breakdown of some of the failed marketplace startups.

- What you need to know if you’re building a marketplace business in 2020.

- His analysis of marketplaces for home school, child care, therapy, construction, and more.

- How this intersects with the future of work and the future of food.

- Why certain legacy marketplaces have managed to stick around.

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