Recording of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat #220 (10/6) with Joseph Woodbury, who's the Co-founder & CEO of Neighbor. Neighbor is a leading marketplace for storage & parking. Neighbor has raised over $75M in capital from top investors like a16z and Fifth Wall.
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0:04 Intro
‍0:53 Joseph's background
‍3:35 How Neighbor solved the cold start problem
‍7:35 How Neighbor launched new markets
‍12:39 The role trust plays for Neighbor
‍17:00 How supply has evolved on Neighbor
‍22:36 An overview of Neighbor as a leading marketplace for storage & parking
‍23:29 How Neighbor is leveraging AI
‍29:48 Network effects for Neighbor
‍33:04 Key fundraising learnings after raising $75M+ from top investors
‍43:14 Group Q&A on preventing disintermediation
‍47:41 Group Q&A on marketplace expansion
‍49:52 Group Q&A on GTM for Neighbor
‍56:59 Parting marketplace advice
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Joseph on X: https://www.x.com/WoodburyJoseph1
Joseph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephwoodbury
Neighbor: https://www.neighbor.com
Mike (Yoroomie) on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie
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This group chat is also an episode on the Everything Marketplaces podcast, available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also connect with marketplace founders & leaders from our group chats in the Everything Marketplaces community.