Selling a Bootstrapped Startup for $22M, Building a Marketplace, Manufactured Housing - Dave Bowen / CEO of Purchasing Platform

Dave Bowen is the CEO of Purchasing Platform , an online marketplace for real estate developers to buy products for their properties. Before Purchasing Platform, Dave was the founder of Market Maker 4 (MM4), an e-sourcing tech startup, which he bootstrapped and sold for $22M in 2016. Dave is taking a different approach with Purchasing Platform and they just raised their Series A. Topics Covered: Selling a bootstrapped business for $22M Deciding to join an established business vs starting a new one Issues with joining an established business as a CEO Changing a startup's culture The revolution of mobile home communities and manufactured housing. Building a niche marketplace Losing & winning back their biggest customer Focusing on internal communication as much as external Sponsored by: Starting Line VC : A new Chicago-based venture capital firm, founded by Ezra Galston , one of our top early podcast guests and trusted partner of many of Chicago's hottest startups. Check out what they're up to at StartingLine.vc .

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Selling a Bootstrapped Startup for $22M, Building a Marketplace, Manufactured Housing - Dave Bowen / CEO of Purchasing Platform is an episode from Tech In Chicago by Colin Keeley.

This episode is 40:44 long.

This episode was published on Nov 18, 2019.

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