By Güimar Vaca Sittic and Fabrice Grinda Online marketplaces are fascinating. Matching demand and supply seems mundane, but … Leggi tutto “The Next Evolution: AI-Powered Marketplaces”

By Guimar Vaca Sittic Most of the successful peer-to-peer marketplaces are purchase-oriented. The graph below categorizes some of … Leggi tutto “The problem with rental marketplaces”

By Guimar Vaca Sittic It’s already common knowledge that the latest wave of marketplaces are vertical plays attacking … Leggi tutto “Understanding Vertical Marketplace Innovation”

I gave a few speeches last year on building marketplaces. I covered the evolution of marketplaces, what it … Leggi tutto “Building Marketplaces”

by Guimar Vaca Sittic Building marketplaces is really hard. The hardest nut to crack is building liquidity: having … Leggi tutto “Infrastructure for Marketplaces: The Shovels and Picks of the End-to-End Marketplace Gold Rush!”

Anand Iyer, the Chief Product Officer of Threadflip, just wrote a thoughtful blog post on how to build … Leggi tutto “Fantastic article on how to build trust in modern marketplaces to achieve liquidity”

In the early days of the web Craigslist’s horizontal listing based marketplace was all things to all people … Leggi tutto “The Evolution of Marketplaces”

As you can probably imagine given my recent blog post, Thoughts on building successful vertical marketplaces, marketplaces have … Leggi tutto “Bill Gurley’s thoughts on marketplaces are a must read!”

As you know, I love operating and investing in marketplaces. It’s been interesting over the years to observe … Leggi tutto “Thoughts on building successful vertical marketplaces”