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This blog post helps highlight some of our recent group chats that we’ve had with founders & leaders from marketplaces like Thumbtack, Postmates, HopSkipDrive, Flexport, Uber, and OfferUp sharing tips for team building & hiring. We recommend referencing these clips from our past group chats to learn more about team building & hiring for marketplaces.
Marco Zappacosta is the Co-founder & CEO of Thumbtack, which is one of the largest marketplaces for home services. Marco shared some of his team building & hiring tips after scaling the Thumbtack team to 1,500+ employees.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Marco here.
Joanna McFarland is the Co-founder & CEO of HopSkipDrive, which is a leading transportation service & marketplace for kids. Joanna shared a few tips for team building & hiring from her experience scaling the HopSkipDrive team to 400+ employees.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Joanna here.
Bastian Lehmann is the Co-founder & CEO of Postmates, which was an early on-demand & delivery marketplace that scaled to an eventual acquisition by Uber for $2.65B. Bastian shared how they hired at Postmates, traits they looked for when initially building the team, and tips for founders on team building & hiring.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Bastian here.
Ryan Petersen is the Founder & CEO of Flexport, which is a leading supply chain & global logistics platform. Ryan shared how he’s approached team building & hiring at Flexport as they’ve scaled to a team of 1,500+ employees.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Ryan here.
Ravi Mehta is a Product Advisor that’s led teams at TripAdvisor, Meta, and Sesame. Ravi helped share tips for founders who are looking to make their first Product Manager hire.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Ravi here.
Sparsh Mehta is the Head of Growth at Belong, which is a leading home rental marketplace. Sparsh shared tips for early-stage marketplace founders on hiring for growth.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Sparsh here.
Emil Michael was previously the Chief Business Officer at Uber from 2013-2017. Emil shared how they built the Uber team during a period of hypergrowth, along with team building & hiring tips for founders.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Emil here.
Nick Huzar is the Co-founder & former CEO of OfferUp, which is the largest mobile-first marketplace for buying & selling items from others nearby. Nick shared how they scaled the OfferUp team, organization structure for the team, and tips for founders on team building & hiring.
Note that you can also see the full recap post with the recording, notes, & highlight clips from our group chat with Nick here.
The founders & leaders above have been incredibly generous in contributing their time to share more about their experience, insights, and learnings with the Everything Marketplaces community. We'd like to mention a huge thanks to them for doing so and also actively supporting founders in the community. Hopefully these clips are helpful references for learning more about team building & hiring.
Want to connect with other founders to discuss this in the community? You can see where this was posted in the community and join the discussion here.
