The Intersection of Financial Services and Marketplaces with Pete Flint and Alex Taussig
Description
Erik is joined on this episode by Alex Taussig (@ataussig) of Lightspeed, and Pete Flint (@peteflint) of NFX.
They talk about:
- The evolution of marketplaces over time, including a comparison of the characteristics of eBay and Lyft at the time they went public.
- Why the next wave of marketplace businesses will be in financial services, and why they require a unique team with a specific set of experiences.
- Examples of existing startups that are working in this space, as well as their requests for startups.
- The pros and cons of ISAs, and their potential impact.
- Conversational commerce, and why it didn’t live up to the hype.
- How healthcare and other heavily regulated markets might be be attacked by entrepreneurs.
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