How We Made It In Ecommerce

How Shayan Zadeh Built and Sold Zoosk for $250 Million--then Acquired This Storied Brand

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In this episode we talk to Shayan Zadeh, the co-founder of Zoosk (sold for $250 Million) and now the CEO of Dressbarn. Discover:

  • How he acquired the first 200,000 users overnight for Zoosk and solved the classic chicken-egg problem, common in marketplaces (men won't come till there are women and vice-versa)
  • Did he rig Zoosk to favor himself and get dates with attractive women?
  • Why the Dressbarn acquisition has worked so well (growing at 50% month over month!). His 3 secrets for acquiring any business.
  • Is passion really that important for success at business? Zadeh's view.
  • His one word of advice to aspiring ecommerce entrepreneurs
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    How We Made It In EcommerceBy Jasper Kuria