Nick Huzar

Yeah, OfferUp's the largest local marketplace in the United States, and we really want to be the best at buying and selling things locally. Not just buying and selling. Actually, we're branching out big time this year. We're launching services and jobs and rentals, and we even have local news now. So we really want to be everything local is kind of how I would think about OfferUp.

Yeah, OfferUp's the largest local marketplace in the United States, and we really want to be the best at buying and selling things locally. Not just buying and selling. Actually, we're branching out big time this year. We're launching services and jobs and rentals, and we even have local news now. So we really want to be everything local is kind of how I would think about OfferUp.

Yeah, OfferUp's the largest local marketplace in the United States, and we really want to be the best at buying and selling things locally. Not just buying and selling. Actually, we're branching out big time this year. We're launching services and jobs and rentals, and we even have local news now. So we really want to be everything local is kind of how I would think about OfferUp.

Can you talk about that growth journey? Sure. Well, I, I'd say in the early days, you know, everyone has the idea. Uh, and then it's, then the hard part is how you execute, how do you build it? Um, you know, we started writing code for offer up before there were Android phones. That gives you an idea of where we were. Um, And it was a hard time.

Can you talk about that growth journey? Sure. Well, I, I'd say in the early days, you know, everyone has the idea. Uh, and then it's, then the hard part is how you execute, how do you build it? Um, you know, we started writing code for offer up before there were Android phones. That gives you an idea of where we were. Um, And it was a hard time.

Can you talk about that growth journey? Sure. Well, I, I'd say in the early days, you know, everyone has the idea. Uh, and then it's, then the hard part is how you execute, how do you build it? Um, you know, we started writing code for offer up before there were Android phones. That gives you an idea of where we were. Um, And it was a hard time.

A lot of times building companies, they say it's about timing. I think we were pretty early. We saw this phone. We had this idea that, hey, we're all going to have these phones. We can just take pictures and we can communicate with these devices. But there's a lot of skepticism. A lot of people thinking, you name it, I've heard it. I've heard people say that no one's going to buy from their phone.

A lot of times building companies, they say it's about timing. I think we were pretty early. We saw this phone. We had this idea that, hey, we're all going to have these phones. We can just take pictures and we can communicate with these devices. But there's a lot of skepticism. A lot of people thinking, you name it, I've heard it. I've heard people say that no one's going to buy from their phone.

A lot of times building companies, they say it's about timing. I think we were pretty early. We saw this phone. We had this idea that, hey, we're all going to have these phones. We can just take pictures and we can communicate with these devices. But there's a lot of skepticism. A lot of people thinking, you name it, I've heard it. I've heard people say that no one's going to buy from their phone.

How do you disrupt Craigslist? You know, no one's been able to do this. And so I think, you know, for better or worse, I think good entrepreneurs just have an idea and they can't get it out of their head. And that was definitely me. I was stubborn and I just said, that's it. We're going to go build this. But it was really tough in the early days trying to get scale, trying to get users to use it.

How do you disrupt Craigslist? You know, no one's been able to do this. And so I think, you know, for better or worse, I think good entrepreneurs just have an idea and they can't get it out of their head. And that was definitely me. I was stubborn and I just said, that's it. We're going to go build this. But it was really tough in the early days trying to get scale, trying to get users to use it.

How do you disrupt Craigslist? You know, no one's been able to do this. And so I think, you know, for better or worse, I think good entrepreneurs just have an idea and they can't get it out of their head. And that was definitely me. I was stubborn and I just said, that's it. We're going to go build this. But it was really tough in the early days trying to get scale, trying to get users to use it.

So that was, I'd say, a two year journey of, hey, there's an app. Why isn't everybody using it? And so you just have to run a lot of experiments and understand what works, what doesn't work. But that was, you know, pretty much I'd sum up the first two years was just lots of failed experiments. And then ultimately some that worked and we just kept doubling down on those two to grow.

So that was, I'd say, a two year journey of, hey, there's an app. Why isn't everybody using it? And so you just have to run a lot of experiments and understand what works, what doesn't work. But that was, you know, pretty much I'd sum up the first two years was just lots of failed experiments. And then ultimately some that worked and we just kept doubling down on those two to grow.

So that was, I'd say, a two year journey of, hey, there's an app. Why isn't everybody using it? And so you just have to run a lot of experiments and understand what works, what doesn't work. But that was, you know, pretty much I'd sum up the first two years was just lots of failed experiments. And then ultimately some that worked and we just kept doubling down on those two to grow.

Yeah, I'd say, you know, knowing your customers and knowing what matters. So in the world of a marketplace, when you post something, somebody better buy it. Because if somebody doesn't buy it, then what good is your marketplace? So we got really good in the beginning. I think sometimes people try to scale too big. In fact, there was a number of other competitors to offer up when we launched.

Yeah, I'd say, you know, knowing your customers and knowing what matters. So in the world of a marketplace, when you post something, somebody better buy it. Because if somebody doesn't buy it, then what good is your marketplace? So we got really good in the beginning. I think sometimes people try to scale too big. In fact, there was a number of other competitors to offer up when we launched.

Yeah, I'd say, you know, knowing your customers and knowing what matters. So in the world of a marketplace, when you post something, somebody better buy it. Because if somebody doesn't buy it, then what good is your marketplace? So we got really good in the beginning. I think sometimes people try to scale too big. In fact, there was a number of other competitors to offer up when we launched.

They raised a lot more money than we did. And I told the team, don't worry, they're going to go out of business. Like, what are you talking about? I said, look, they're probably smart engineers, but they're not thinking about their number one metric. So they would launch and say San Francisco, then they'd say we're nationwide. Well, now it's peanut buttered the US.

They raised a lot more money than we did. And I told the team, don't worry, they're going to go out of business. Like, what are you talking about? I said, look, they're probably smart engineers, but they're not thinking about their number one metric. So they would launch and say San Francisco, then they'd say we're nationwide. Well, now it's peanut buttered the US.