Craigslist
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 29, 2024 by Benjamin Lauzier · said 18 times in 8 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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brought up most by Lenny Rachitsky (4), Benjamin Lauzier (4), Michael Margolis (3), Crystal Widjaja (2), Bob Moesta (2), Mike Maples, Jr. (1), Elena Verna (1), Dan Hockenmaier (1)
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2024 8 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
- How marketplaces win: Liquidity, growth levers, quality, more | Benjamin Lauzier (Lyft, Thumbtack)
- Identify your bullseye customer in one day | Michael Margolis (UX Research Partner at GV)
- Pattern Breakers: How to find a breakthrough startup idea | Mike Maples, Jr. (Partner at Floodgate)
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2023 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2022 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
Everything said about Craigslist, oldest first
Sep 29, 2024 neutral
Thumbtack jumpstarted its early supply by cross-posting customer requests to Craigslist
“You have countless businesses that have been built off of Craigslist. I think, you know, Thumbtack was partially, like, one of them. And the idea was like, hey, like, we can find, you know, all those great pros on Thumbtack. We can, when we have someone who wa…”
Sep 29, 2024 neutral
Platform involvement defines the spectrum of managed versus unmanaged marketplaces
“How involved is the intermediary defines how managed the marketplace is. So something like Craigslist is super hands-off, unmanaged, and something like Lyft starts to be more into the semi-managed, where the platform significantly shapes the transaction in thi…”
Jun 14, 2026 neutral
Pincus: Users get angry when daily products change due to pattern recognition
“There's, we feel this sense of ownership of products that we rely on every day, and we're angry when they change. Even if they change for the better, we're like angry, because we go through life faster because of pattern recognition, and we don't wanna think a…”