Everything Marketplaces

Recording from our Everything Marketplaces office hours series, where we cover marketplace topics, address questions, & even common mistakes that we're seeing early stage founders making. This episode is with Mike Williams and our community Entrepreneur In Residence (EIR) Blake Hirt sharing why marketplace frequency and Average Order Value (AOV) are important considerations when building a marketplace.

Blake on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-hirt

Mike Williams (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/Yoroomie

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Matt Bendett, who’s the Co-founder of Peerspace. Peerspace is one of the largest marketplaces to book spaces & venues for activities & events like photo shoots, weddings, meetings, pop-ups, and more. Peerspace has also raised over $39M+ in capital from top investors like Foundation Capital and Google Ventures.

Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bendett

Peerspace: https://www.peerspace.com⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Reham Fagiri, who’s the Co-founder & CEO of AptDeco. AptDeco is a leading marketplace for buying & selling used furniture. They’ve been listed on a16z’s Marketplace 100 as a top 100 marketplace the past few years and have also raised $19M+ in capital from top investors like Initialized Capital.

Reham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reham-fagiri-97683b1

AptDeco: https://www.aptdeco.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Kevin Hartz, who's the Co-founder & former CEO of Eventbrite. Eventbrite is one of the largest ticketing & events marketplaces. Kevin is also a prolific investor, as an early angel investor in notable startups like PayPal, Uber, Airbnb, Opendoor, and more. Kevin is now investing through A*, which is an early stage venture fund he started.

Kevin on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/kevinhartz

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com

A*: https://www.a-star.co

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Ania Smith, who's the CEO of Taskrabbit. Taskrabbit is a leading marketplace for hiring help with home tasks. Prior to joining Taskrabbit as the CEO in 2020, Ania was also at Airbnb and Uber, so she has some really great marketplace experience.

Ania on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniasmith

Taskrabbit: https://www.taskrabbit.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/yoroomie

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Scott Gorlick, who was previously early at Uber (employee #99). Scott launched Uber in Atlanta and helped them scale from 10 cities to over $10B+ in revenue.

Scott on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/sgorlick

Scott's newsletter: ⁠https://www.gorlick.co

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Joanna McFarland, who’s the Co-Founder & CEO of HopSkipDrive. HopSkipDrive is a leading transportation service & marketplace for kids that’s used by over 10,000 schools and has scaled nationwide. HopSkipDrive has also raised $100M+ in capital from top investors.

Joanna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannamcfarland

HopSkipDrive: https://www.hopskipdrive.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Colin Gardiner, who’s currently a marketplace advisor & investor. Colin was previously the Chief Product Officer & then Chief Revenue Officer at Outdoorsy, which is a leading marketplace for RV rentals. Colin helped grow Outdoorsy to $3B in revenue and raise over $200M+ in capital while he was there.

Colin on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/colingardiner

Colin's newsletter: https://www.gardinercolin.com

Yonder Ventures: https://www.yonder.vc

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/yoroomie

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Bask Gill, who’s the Co-founder of Power. Power is a marketplace for clinical health trials, which has quickly scaled to being used by over 600,000 patients.

Bask on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/heybask

Power: https://www.withpower.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Ryan Petersen, who's the Founder & CEO of Flexport. Flexport is a supply chain & global logistics platform that helps power global trade. In 2023 Flexport helped move nearly $33 billion in merchandise. Flexport has also raised over $2.4 billion from top investors like a16z and SoftBank.

Ryan on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/typesfast

Flexport: https://www.flexport.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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