Moved from DoorDash city launches into building its analytics practice. Her work connects data science with the operational decisions that make a local marketplace run.
Operators who built marketplace supply, demand and operating systems. Selected for documented work, including past roles.
Cosign
Leah built TaskRabbit from an idea into a services marketplace operating in 44 cities, then helped oversee its sale to IKEA. Her path from IBM engineer to marketplace CEO—and now founder investor—makes her a compelling voice on turning everyday needs into a scalable business.
Luc built and led Tripadvisor's growth team after founding TravelPod and working at Expedia. He brings practical experience in travel discovery and scalable acquisition to the demand side of a marketplace.
Built Hipcamp’s camping marketplace
Helped scale Instacart by winning retailers as platform partners. His experience across national partnerships, pickup and market disruption is a practical guide to building with industry incumbents.
Sharetribe’s CMO and host of Two-Sided, Sjoerd translates interviews with marketplace founders into practical strategy and growth guidance. He also advises founders independently on marketplace strategy and platform business design.
Crystal built Gojek's data and growth functions before becoming Chief of Staff to its co-CEOs. Her writing shows how to instrument a marketplace around real user behavior so teams can diagnose friction and make better growth decisions.
Built OfferUp’s local resale marketplace
Led Instacart's marketplace with responsibility spanning logistics, product, research, partnerships and marketing. Her remit shows what it takes to own the customer experience across functions.
As Uber's first global Head of Product, Mina worked on international expansion, vehicle types and surge pricing. Her experience makes the trade-offs between rider demand, driver supply and the product itself unusually concrete.
Ajey led technology at Gojek and documented the deployment checks behind its services. His experience covers the reliability, rollback and monitoring discipline needed to keep a large, real-time marketplace operating.
Cofounded Instacart’s grocery marketplace
Worked through Swiggy's product challenges where customer demand, restaurant supply and delivery timing meet. His perspective is grounded in the trade-offs of building a marketplace that operates in real time.
Gustaf helped start Airbnb's growth team and led growth product work for more than four years. His teaching on supply-first launches, referrals and booking retention is grounded in building a travel marketplace.
Cheryl helped build Grab's marketing function and later took on loyalty and support alongside marketing. Her account of creating a market-research team shows how customer understanding can influence decisions across a regional marketplace.
Built Opendoor’s home transaction platform
Brought consumer-growth experience from Facebook to Uber, where local supply changes the equation. His operating perspective connects product growth with the constraints of a real marketplace.
Bangaly led Instacart's consumer and growth product organizations, covering onboarding, shopping and discovery. His work brings a user-research perspective to the problem of getting customers successfully through a grocery marketplace.
Keith has led DoorDash business operations across functions and participated in the strategic discussions and diligence behind its Wolt acquisition. His perspective connects marketplace expansion with the people, support and organizational systems needed to execute it.
