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How a Rejected Business Model Built a 75M Marketplace
In this episode of The Founder's Journey, Lucas and Luna explore the story of a founder who built a $75 million marketplace after a venture capitalist rejected his original business model. The founder, previously running a niche B2B SaaS platform for independent bookstores, was told his market was too small. Instead of pivoting to a different industry, he flipped the model: he turned his software into a marketplace connecting indie bookstores to publishers, creating a two-sided network that grew to over 1,000 bookstores and 200 publishers within three years. Lucas breaks down the…
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