Using community as a growth and retention engine.
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A cluster of experienced founders — including Brynn Putnam (Mirror/Lululemon) and Tristan Walker (Walker & Company/P&G) — are building new ventures explicitly designed to bring people together in physical space. Their companies span hardware (Board, a shared touchscreen game tabl
Nike, Patagonia, and Levi's are ditching pure DTC for social marketplace models — here's what that signals for founders building marketplaces today.
Building community into your marketplace from day one creates the trust, engagement, and network effects that transactional platforms alone can never manufacture.
Awe-inspiring moments in your marketplace drive word-of-mouth, deepen loyalty, and create the emotional stickiness that paid acquisition can't buy.
A new podcast wants marketplace founders before they've 'made it' — and that timing reveals something important about how early transparency compounds into trust.
Cold outreach, community seeding, and referrals aren't optional extras — they're the engine that turns a marketplace MVP into real traction.