The Practical Guide is a series of articles about how to start your own marketplace business by Christobal Gracia and Juho Makkonen, available in Marketplace Academy. This podcast brings you the content in audio format.

Article available at:
What you need to know before starting your marketplace business, Christóbal Gracia

Sources and further reading:
Startup Playbook, Sam Altman
Sharing is the New Buying, Winning in the Collaborative Economy, Jeremiah Owyang
Trusted online communities: Signs of a brighter future, Chronos & BlaBlaCar
How to disrupt Craigslist, Sangeet Paul Choudary

Marketplace directories:
Sharemrkt directory
honeycomb 2.0
consumo colaborativo

Learn about a great example of looking for fragmented markets in this video about how the EatWith team set out to disrupt the food industry.

The Marketplace Academy Podcast is hosted and narrated by Katri Antikainen.

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