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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – Launching a Marketplace Business
Description: Launching a Marketplace Business Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In launching your marketplace consider starting with a niche. Focus on what your team does best. Choose a niche in the sector that you can easily gain access to the supply side. This could be either by geography or by service offering. Offer above-average service to launch the marketplace. As Paul Graham wrote, in the early days you must do things that don’t scale. Even though the niche may not be a large market, you can...