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This blog post helps highlight a few deep dives into SaaS Enabled Marketplaces that we've had with founders & leaders from marketplaces like Outdoorsy, ResQ, Eventbrite, Slice, and more. We recommend referencing these past group chats, recap posts in the community, and following these leaders if you're interested in learning more about SaaS Enabled Marketplaces.
Colin Gardiner was previously the Chief Revenue Officer at Outdoorsy, which is a leading marketplace for RV rentals. Colin joined us for a follow-up group chat we went back to his experience at Outdoorsy, got to learn more about how they launched Wheelbase as their SaaS offering, Colin shared some of his key learnings from scaling Outdoorsy to $3B+ in revenue, how he now evaluates SaaS Enabled Marketplaces when investing in them, and we also had a great group Q&A.
Note that you can also see a recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Colin here.
Full episode: YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify
Kuljeev Singh is the CEO of ResQ, which is a SaaS Enabled Marketplace that makes it easy for restaurants to manage repairs & maintenance. Kuljeev joined us for a follow-up group chat where we started off with a quick refresher on the founding story & first steps for starting ResQ, did a deep dive into it as a SaaS enabled marketplace, got to learn more about how it’s evolved, how they’ve scaled to being used by 5,000+ restaurants, what the fundraising journey has been like raising $45M+ from top investors, and we also had a great group Q&A.
Note that you can also see a recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Kuljeev here.
Full episode: YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify
Casey Winters is a leading Product & Growth Advisor and was previously the Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite. Casey joined us for a follow-up group chat where we started off with a quick refresher on his background, we walked through his experience at Eventbrite, Casey shared some of his key learnings, we discussed SaaS Enabled Marketplace strategies, some of the common mistakes founders make when pursuing this strategy, and we also had a great group Q&A.
Note that you can also see a recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Casey here.
Full episode: YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify
Ilir Sela is the Founder & CEO of Slice, which is a leading marketplace for ordering pizza from local pizza shops. Ilir joined us for a group chat where we got to learn more about the first steps for starting Slice, how it’s evolved into being a vertical SaaS offering for local pizza shops, got to learn more about their growth, how they’ve crossed $1B+ in sales, what the fundraising journey has been like raising $125M+ from top investors, and we also had a great group Q&A.
Note that you can also see a recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Ilir here.
Full episode: YouTube
The founders & leaders 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 the deep dives are helpful for those building SaaS Enabled Marketplaces and looking to learn from later stage founders & leaders.
Want to connect with other SaaS Enabled Marketplace founders & teams? You can see our SaaS Enabled Marketplaces space in the community and also join the discussion where this was posted in the community here.
