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Josh Breinlinger Managing Director at Jackson Square Ventures
San Francisco, California
VC at JSV. Founding team at oDesk / Upwork. Co-founder / Board Member at Rev. Board at Contently, Crexi, Alto Pharmacy, & OfferUp.
I <3 Marketplaces. Love brainstorming liquidity challenges and all aspects of these delightfully complex businesses.
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Member since May 2012
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JB$5/min per minute(25)Venture CapitalJosh Breinlinger • San Francisco, CaliforniaCreated 12 years ago in Funding / Venture CapitalVC at Jackson Square Ventures. Investing in seed, A, and B rounds in marketplace businesses and SaaS companies.Josh Breinlinger San Francisco, California(25)
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JB$5/min per minute(25)MarketplacesJosh Breinlinger • San Francisco, CaliforniaCreated 12 years ago in Industries / MarketplacesBuilt up oDesk's marketplace from 80 - 1M freelancers. Was very challenging and a lot of fun.Josh Breinlinger San Francisco, California(25)
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JB$5/min per minute(25)CrowdsourcingJosh Breinlinger • San Francisco, CaliforniaCreated 12 years ago in Business / Getting Started5 years at oDesk taught me a lot.Josh Breinlinger San Francisco, California(25)
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Josh is by far one of the most knowledgeable people when it comes to marketplaces. His advice is always practical and spot on. Most definitely helped me move my business forward.
Source: Clarity Val Tsanev Feb 19, 2020VT
Extremely knowledgeable and informative. The best 18 minutes of mentoring/advice I have ever received.
Source: Clarity Val Tsanev Nov 26, 2019SR
Josh provided excellent advice and insights within a few minutes. His knowledge and feel for marketplaces is amazing.
Source: Clarity Samir Rajguru Apr 30, 2019RA
Josh is great and easy to talk with. Was super supportive and had great suggestions for us. Grateful for your time, Josh, it meant a lot to us!
Source: Clarity Ryan Ament Apr 26, 2019ML
We only spoke a bit over 15 mins, but the feedback, insights and advice was extremely useful!
Source: Clarity Michael Lapin Jul 29, 2015DS
Speaking to Josh was great for me. He had an interesting perspective on marketplaces and had some advice that was unique and helpful. Hope to speak with him again at some point down the road.
Source: Clarity Darin Singh May 20, 2014VK
Josh has excellent knowledge of how to start building a marketplace considering both sides of the fence. Great insights and very clear recommended action steps.
Source: Clarity Vasilis Karamalegos Apr 29, 2014MC
Josh was able to quickly give me some insights in to marketplace businesses, how to approach them and some general strategies to apply. He is extremely easy to talk to and I would highly recommend him. Thanks Josh.
Source: Clarity Myles Condon Apr 11, 2014MC
Josh was really insightful on marketplaces and gave some very specific advice on how to seed a marketplace and also a very good overview of the market I am in and the trends he sees from the inside. I highly recommend Josh to anyone building a marketplace !
Source: Clarity Manuel Crespo Apr 5, 2014
Entrepreneurship
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Online Advertising
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