S3E05 - Founders and speed: finding and funding scalable marketplaces

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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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S3E05 - Founders and speed: finding and funding scalable marketplaces - Jeroen Arts (Speedinvest)

Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

34 minutes

9 months ago

S3E05 - Founders and speed: finding and funding scalable marketplaces - Jeroen Arts (Speedinvest)

In this episode of Two-Sided, we explore how early-stage marketplace investors like Jeroen Arts at Speedinvest evaluate and support marketplace founders. Jeroen brings years of experience in identifying scalable marketplace models, high-potential founders and shares his approach to spotting opportunities and avoiding common mistakes for early stage founders.

Highlights include:

The power of speed in decision-making: Jeroen discusses the critical importance of “clock speed” in founders—how quickly they make decisions and adapt to change in the early days.
Why market focus trumps premature internationalization: Learn why trying to scale too quickly into multiple regions can backfire for many early-stage marketplace founders.
Trends driving marketplace innovation: Jeroen shares his excitement about emerging opportunities, especially in industries like health and Gen Z-driven consumer behaviors.

Enjoy this episode!