S3E01 - Lessons from investing in 1,100+ network businesses with Jose Marin of FJ Labs.

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Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

Sjoerd Handgraaf / Sharetribe

39 episodes

3 weeks ago

Two-Sided, the podcast about building an online marketplace business. Two-sided of course, because we’ll discuss Demand & Supply, but also the good side and the bad side, the easy stuff and the hard stuff, and how it looks from the outside versus what is really going on on the inside of an online marketplace. In this series, we sit down with marketplace entrepreneurs, investors and other brilliant minds who work with online marketplaces and two-sided platforms every single day. We will talk about starting, building, growing and scaling, and every stage in between. In each episode, we will do our best to uncover insights and wisdom you won’t find anywhere else. If you are into online marketplace businesses, you will be into this podcast.

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S3E01 - Lessons from investing in 1,100+ network businesses with Jose Marin of FJ Labs.

Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

38 minutes

10 months ago

S3E01 - Lessons from investing in 1,100+ network businesses with Jose Marin of FJ Labs.

After a brief hiatus, Two-sided—the marketplace podcast is back!

I’m super excited to kick off season three of the podcast with a chat with Jose Marin of FJ Labs.

FJ Labs is considered the world’s most prolific angel investor: they have over 1,100 startups in their portfolio, including heavy hitters like Airbnb, Alibaba, and AngelList (and that’s just the ones beginning with the letter A). Jose has also been a marketplace founder himself. His marketplace DeRemate (eBay model for Latin America) was acquired by Mercado Libre, which today is a NASDAQ-listed company.

In this episode, Jose and I discuss:

How FJ Labs has built its unique investment approach using their vast vertical expertise.
The emerging trends in marketplaces FJ Labs are seeing in their portfolio, such as B2B digitalization and cross-border commerce.
Some important things that early-stage marketplace founders should look out for.

I couldn’t have asked for a better opener, so dive right in!