9 Best Articles in 2021
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Online Marketplaces
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4 min read · From 2017 · We’re continuing to see tremendous innovation in marketplaces. The first generation of net companies saw a few big horizontal marketplace winners like eBay and Craigslist. But entrepreneurs are…
medium.com
Blockchain-based Machine Learning Marketplaces
medium.com
9 min read · From 2018 · Machine learning models trained on data from blockchain-based marketplaces have the potential to create the world’s most powerful…
Sarah Tavel
The Hierarchy of Marketplaces — Introduction and Level 1
Sarah Tavel
7 min read · 2020-06-16 · A framework for building enduring marketplaces.
Stripe
Andrew Chen on Marketplaces
Stripe
~15 min read · 2019-08-13 · Andrew Chen shares key considerations, crossroads, and predictions for online marketplaces.
First Round
How Modern Marketplaces Like Uber and Airbnb Build Trust to Achieve Liquidity
First Round
~12 min read · From 2015 · Anand Iyer, former Head of Product at Threadflip, on how marketplaces can build trust in order to build their businesses.
Bill Gurley
All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces
Bill Gurley
8 min read · From 2013
Greylock
Four Strategies to Win Big with Low Frequency Marketplaces
Greylock
5 min read · From 2017 · Frequency creates habit which creates loyalty which creates profit. Uber and Lyft are successful because consumers need to get from A to B…
NFX
19 Tactics to Solve the Chicken-or-Egg Problem and Grow Your Marketplace
NFX
5 min read · From 2018 · An inside look at 19 tactics top marketplaces have used to solve the chicken-or-egg problem and kickstart growth.
medium.com
LinkedIn is the New Craigslist
medium.com
~19 min read · From 2019 · The Coming Hyper-verticalization of Labor Marketplaces
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Designing Internet-Native Economies: A Guide to Crypto Tokens
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~15 min read · Jun 15th · Crypto protocols, social apps, online communities, and marketplaces will need to deeply understand the interplay between fungible and non-fungible tokens to create their own internet economies.
TechCrunch
Shogun, a front end e-commerce page builder, nabs $67.5M as retailers look for alternatives to marketplaces
TechCrunch
4 min read · Jun 30th · E-commerce marketplaces continue to play a major role in how consumers buy goods online and how retailers show off and sell goods to those consumers, accounting globally for 47% of all e-commerce…
TechCrunch
Speedinvest launches second $70.8M fund aimed at specialist marketplaces and consumer startups
TechCrunch
1 min read · Jul 20th · Pan-European early-stage VC Speedinvest has reached the final close for its second fund aimed at specialist marketplaces and consumer startups. Aside from institutional LPs, the €60m / $70.8M fund was…
Axios
Amazon's quest to kill transparency bills
Axios
2 min read · Jun 11th · The bills would require online marketplaces to disclose more information about third-party sellers.
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NFX
How Billion Dollar Marketplaces Are Built with Marco Zappacosta, Co-Founder & CEO of Thumbtack
NFX
20+ min read · 2020-01-05 · NFX Managing Partner Pete Flint talks to Thumbtack co-founder & CEO Marco Zappacosta about building billion dollar marketplaces.
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Where the Opportunities Are in Regulated Marketplaces: Managed Marketplaces
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~13 min read · 2019-08-28 · There might be no more beloved image of the American entrepreneurial spirit than that of neighborhood kids who open a sidewalk lemonade stand on a hot summer day. With a little bit of “capital” fro…
medium.com
The Case For B2B Marketplaces — The 4 Kinds of B2B Marketplaces
medium.com
2 min read · 2019-09-04 · At Point Nine, we’ve been very enthusiastic about B2B marketplaces for quite some time now — to the point that we organized a conference…
youtube.com
Marketplaces
youtube.com
From 2018 · What makes marketplace business models so attractive, especially as compared to classic ecommerce and retail? (Hint: network effects.) From the classic unbun...
HackerNoon
Not All Marketplaces are Created Equal: Tales of a Marketplace Founder
HackerNoon
20+ min read · From 2019 · My company Pared was recently included in an essay from Andrew Chen and Li Jin entitled What’s next for marketplace startups? Recently…
Version One Ventures
Raising Capital for Marketplaces in 2016
Version One Ventures
1 min read · From 2016 · A question we’re often asked during conversations with early-stage entrepreneurs is “What do investors look for when considering a Seed or Series A startup?” At some point, this question might be f…
The New York Times
Buy Low-Tops, Sell High-Tops: A Sneaker Exchange Is Worth $1 Billion
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2019 · StockX is one of several online marketplaces that have turned resales of shoes into a big — and highly valued — business.
marketplacestack.com
Marketplace Stack - A collection of infrastructure tools for online marketplaces
marketplacestack.com
6 min read · From 2016 · A collection of infrastructure tools for online marketplaces
Journal
The Anatomy of a Marketplace – Noteworthy — The Journal Blog
Journal
6 min read · From 2017 · Marketplaces as Living, Breathing and Complex Organisms
