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Hacking Two-Sided Marketplaces
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Friday, October 18, 13
Sal Matteis,
CEO-Founder Milkster

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- Marketplaces
2 Years
- Operations
- Product Mgmt
- Real time Ad Platforms

@sal_matteis
F**king Hard

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2 X the Risk 

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@sal_matteis
Alex Osterwalder

Supply
Demand

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Ash Maurya

Supply
Demand
5 X the Time

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Indiegogo = 4 Years

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@sal_matteis
v.s.

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What type of Marketplace are you building?
Global

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Local

Glocal

@sal_matteis
YOU = Insane

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MarketplaceHacks

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#1 

Know your customer
better than anyone else 

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#2 
Love the problem you are
solving 

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You’ll get dirty

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 #3
Liquidity is
everything

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It’s a game of balls
Demand

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Supply

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Design for Liquidity

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Force Matches
Manually

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Focus

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Collectables

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 #4
Start from the side with
the biggest pain

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Get them single player
utility

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...but Validate the pain
exists on both sides.

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 #5
Get distribution from
existing platform

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 #6
Figure out how are you
customer paying you
Data Time
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Trust
@sal_matteis
 #6
Constantly Iterate around
your Customers

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TALK

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 #7
OOO (Obsessively Optimize Operations)

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Pipeline Mgmt /
User Acquisition
Lead

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Prospect

Customer

@sal_matteis
 #9
Balanced Team
1X developer/designer
2X community
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 #10
Stick to your Vision

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@sal_matteis
Good luck

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@sal_matteis

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