We're joined by Stanford professor and senior advisor to Airbnb, Uber, Stitch Fix, and Wave Capital, Ramesh Johari, who is one of the world's leading experts in marketplaces. Ramesh has been advising David and his partners at Wave since day one, and we're super excited to bring his incredible experience and insights to all of our ACQ2 listeners. In this conversation we dive deep into nearly every aspect of starting, building and then operating a marketplace at scale. Whether you are a marketplace entrepreneur, employee, investor, or just curious about how some of the most powerful businesses of our time work, this is not one to miss!
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The Random Episode: Twitter Commentary and 2019 Survey Feedback
Product recruiting and executive search (with Andrew Abramson from Riviera Partners)
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Due Diligence
Building tech and product for marketplaces (with Rover cofounder Phil Kimmey)
Reflections on the APLUSS IPOs so far, Uber+Lyft+regulators+autonomy, and listener Q&A
Building Product & Ops at Uber (with Brian Tolkin)
VC Term Sheets
Reinventing Upfront and building LA (with Upfront partner Kevin Zhang)
The Art of SaaS Investing (with Jake Saper, Partner at Emergence Capital)
Beyond Instagram with Emily White
Why aren't energy startups funded like software? (with Doug Rand)
Investment Theses
How VC Firms Really Work
2018 Holiday Special
The Art of Pitching
Growing Airbnb (with Dan Hill, CEO of Alma and former Head of Growth at Airbnb)
Product-market fit
VC Vocab
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