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Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace to $10M: Sal Akbani, CEO of Gateway Classic Cars (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: We’re now at the end of 2000. You’ve got this model that is validating. You’re starting to make a little bit of money with which you can pay yourself. What are the next key strategic moves and what were the next key inflection points in the business? Sal Akbani: The next strategic move
Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Bonanza Co-Founder Mark Dorsey (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: How did you mitigate the constrained budget? Mark Dorsey: I’m really proud of this. It’s something that we take a lot of pride in. We identified that we had a very rabid seller fanbase who were willing to do whatever it took to make our company the most successful marketplace online. Realizing that,
Man and Superman: Is There an Action Item?
In order to give focus to some major changes she sees on the horizon, Sramana Mitra has written several pieces that grew out of her original article, Man and Superman: Human History Bifurcates. The previous articles in this series: Two Distinct Species; What CAN Be Controlled?; Rationalizing Populations; How Long Does Democracy Survive?; The Environmental Time Bomb; Role of Religion, and Will
Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace to $10M: Sal Akbani, CEO of Gateway Classic Cars (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Your site operates as a two-sided marketplace except you store the inventory. Sal Akbani: Yes, and we have currently 14 plus 1. Sramana Mitra: What does that mean? Sal Akbani: We have 14 active ones [warehouses] and we have one more coming up in Denver on June. We’re currently also working in Scottsdale
Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Bonanza Co-Founder Mark Dorsey (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What year did Bill start coding the product? Mark Dorsey: That was in 2007. He started building Bonanza from the ground up. At that time, there were a lot of eBay alternatives. The opportunities were obvious. There were a lot of programs that allowed you to create an e-commerce marketplace by just filling
Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace to $10M: Sal Akbani, CEO of Gateway Classic Cars (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What did you do to wipe the initial money out? How did you use that money? Sal Akbani: You have real estate expenses because you need a place to store cars. You had to have the money to market those cars. Sramana Mitra: Were you buying cars? Were you actually holding on to
