Craigslist

“Felt to me like there was a big opportunity for service that provided more vetting than a Craigslist, but was way less expensive than an agency.”

“The Craigslist user experience is terrible. However, because they have such liquidity in local markets, They're incredibly difficult to unseat.”

“I think over time, Airbnb is probably going to take over, like, where people just live. Like, they will become the property manager for people who own homes, and it will become the place, like, the Craigslist for people who want to find a home.”

“I found my first engineer by posting an ad on Craigslist and saying, I'm stealth company seeks engineer to build first version of product for equity, only no money. And believe it or not, that actually resulted in a fantastic engineer from Google who had made …”

“I applied for SurveyMonkey position off Craigslist, and they didn't want to hire me. I pursued them for eight months, trying to get them to make a decision on me, after which I finally convinced them to take a chance on me and give me a job.”

“We were going to start a better full service Craigslist. Two weeks in, I was validating the business model, and I was like, we can't make money from this business. We have to change. And then we switched over to building a collectibles marketplace.”

“I think there is a real issue with leakage. The other is a issue with frequency except for lawn care and home cleaning. Almost all services are very, very infrequent and it's, it was very hard to build a brand.”

“I think there is a real issue with leakage. The other is a issue with frequency except for lawn care and home cleaning. Almost all services are very, very infrequent and it's, it was very hard to build a brand.”