David Bailey

The Markets Where Marketplaces Will Never Work

My failed events app taught me that lead-generation businesses need more than…

How To Make Investors Love You

It takes more than a good pitch to make investors love you. Here are some tactics that make a great impression on the other side of the table.

The point is that consumers are the ones that are constantly transacting. They have to opt-in every time. So transaction costs are the critical component of profitability.

Whether it’s Uber or Lyft, or whichever marketplace, drivers are locked into using (at least) one of them. The best ones can’t just create a mini-Uber app…

How To Get Better Advice For Your Startup

Too many decisions and too little data? Rather than asking smart people for their opinion on what to do — try asking this question instead.