Marketplaces 2019 by Fabrice Grinda
Очень интересное выступление от известного бизнес-ангела и предпринимателя Fabrice Grinda.
Всем кого интересуют маркетплейсы рекомендую к просмотру:
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Интересные тезисы, которые меня зацепили:
- Strong CEO-Founder = combination of
a) great storyteller, b) numbers driven (analytical), c) tenacity & grit, d) passionate
2. 3 key trends in marketplaces
a) verticalization of horizontals:
Example: Profi.ru is horizontal of finding a service provider for any need, Skyeng is verticalization for a need of learning English.
b) from double commit to the marketplace pick
Usually, the biggest hurdle to the consumer is the vetting process of a suitable service provider. The “new” marketplaces will pick the right provider for the consumer.
Examples: Uber — we don’t need to pick the driver ourselves.
c) B2B marketplaces — B2B just in the beginning of digitization era thus lots of opportunities in the unsexiest segments.
Why now? Because Millenials are replacing the older generation management of these old-fashioned companies.
Example: Flexport — freighting and shipping goods
3. Relatively small niches are OK as long as Unit Economics work
Some niches might seem too small for building a marketplace but if you solve the problem really well and UE works you can build great profitable companies making 100s mln GMV. (as long as TAM is 1B+USD)
Fabrice’s UE rules of thumb:
- CAC is recouped in 6 months
- 3x CAC — within 18 months
4. Vertical marketplaces can have CAC = 0 if they create enough value to the service providers who are willing to pay take rate while servicing their own customers.
Example: Slice — a one-stop-shop for small pizzeria tech and marketing.
Pizzeria can focus on what they love and understand the best — making pizza. Everything else is done by Slice. So, pizzerias have enough incentive to promote the app to their own customers.
5. Supply-side first
- Start growing your new marketplace with the supply-side because the suppliers are more willing to try if they hope to make more money.
- Curate well — don’t add everything that is out there.
- Start local and expand after you nailed the UE on a small scale.
- The demand side is usually more tricky to crack (the traffic is expensive today) so create really great user experience.
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