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This blog post helps highlight some of our recent group chats that we’ve had with founders from marketplaces like Thumbtack, Tripadvisor, Postmates, Peerspace, and more sharing the founding stories & first steps that they took to start their marketplaces. We recommend referencing these clips from our past group chats to learn more about how some of these leading marketplaces were started.
Marco Zappacosta is the Co-founder & CEO of Thumbtack, which is one of the largest marketplaces for home services. Marco shared about the founding story for Thumbtack and the first steps that they took to start it at the time.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Marco here.
Steve Kaufer is the Co-founder & former CEO of Tripadvisor, which was an early travel site that scaled to become one of the largest travel marketplaces. Steve shared about the founding story for Tripadvisor that originated from a personal story, along with the first steps that they took to start it at the time.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Steve here.
Bastian Lehmann is the Co-founder & CEO of Postmates, which was an early on-demand & delivery marketplace that scaled to an eventual acquisition by Uber for $2.65 billion. Bastian shared about the founding story for Postmates and the first steps that they took to start it at the time.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Bastian here.
Joanna McFarland is the Co-founder & CEO of HopSkipDrive, which is a leading transportation service & marketplace for kids. Joanna shared about the founding story for HopSkipDrive that originated from her own needs as a parent and the first steps that they took to start it as a marketplace.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Joanna here.
Reham Fagiri is the Co-founder & CEO of AptDeco, which is the largest marketplace for buying & selling furniture. Reham shared about the founding story for AptDeco that originated from her own needs when she was moving, along with the first steps that they took to start it as a marketplace.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Reham here.
Cody Candee is the Founder & CEO of Bounce, which is a leading marketplace for luggage storage. Cody shared about the founding story for Bounce and the first steps that they took to start it as a marketplace.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Cody here.
Sara Mauskopf is the Co-founder & CEO of Winnie, which is a marketplace that makes it easy for parents to discover trusted childcare providers nearby. Sara shared more about the founding story for Winnie and first steps that they took to start it.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Sara here.
Matt Bendett is the Co-founder & CEO of Peerspace, which is the leading marketplace for booking spaces & venues. Matt shared about the founding story for Peerspace and first steps that they took to start it as a marketplace.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Matt here.
Jack Greco is the Co-founder ACV Auctions, which is a leading wholesale automative auction marketplace. Jack shared about the founding story for ACV Auction and first steps that they took to start it as a B2B marketplace.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Jack here.
Bask Gill is the Co-founder of Power, which is a marketplace that’s making clinical trials more accessible. Bask shared about the founding story for Power that originated from a personal need, along with the first steps that they took to start it as a marketplace.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Bask here.
The founders above have been incredibly generous in contributing their time to share more about their experience, insights, and learnings with the Everything Marketplaces community. We'd like to mention a huge thanks to them for doing so and also actively supporting founders in the community. Hopefully these are helpful for founders at the earliest stages looking to start a marketplace.
Want to connect with other founders to discuss this in the community? You can see where this was posted in the community and join the discussion here.
