What makes a successful marketplace company? (w/ ex-Airbnb PM)

🎥 Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb Product Lead, interviewed 20 people across 17 large, successful marketplace companies to find out what makes a great marketplace that scales. His amazing insights are shared here.
🎬 Video Sections:
00:00 Intro
01:10 What comes first?
05:00 Is it working?
07:35 Success conditions
10:35 Special skills
12:50 Building vs. maintaining
15:30 Customer acquisition tactics
23:48 Conclusion
📖 Resources cited:
The Hierarchy of Marketplaces by Sarah Tavel: / the-hierarchy-of-marke...
How to Kickstart and Scale a Marketplace Business by Lenny Rachitsky: www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/ho...
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[@kotikoty7054]

Great content.. watching from south africa 🇿🇦

[@No-sh6vs]

It’s absolutely wild how Lenny looks exactly like what you’d expect a guy named Lenny to look like.

[@nusratfatima8536]

great vid!

[@AbhishekSharma-xf6wn]

insightful material as always

[@rocketblocks]

thanks Abishek!

[@benneb123]

Great video!

[@rocketblocks]

Thanks!

[@TheArtsaves]

this channel is awesome