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Josh Breinlinger

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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25 minutes
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Entrepreneurship Start-ups Marketplaces Crowdsourcing Product Management SEO Venture Capital Online Advertising Entrepreneur E-commerce

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Built up oDesk's marketplace from 80 - 1M freelancers. Was very challenging and a lot of fun.

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VC at Jackson Square Ventures. Investing in seed, A, and B rounds in marketplace businesses and SaaS companies.

5 years at oDesk taught me a lot.

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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.

Val Tsanev Source: Clarity

Extremely knowledgeable and informative. The best 18 minutes of mentoring/advice I have ever received.

Val Tsanev Source: Clarity

Josh provided excellent advice and insights within a few minutes. His knowledge and feel for marketplaces is amazing.

Samir Rajguru Source: Clarity

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!

Ryan Ament Source: Clarity

We only spoke a bit over 15 mins, but the feedback, insights and advice was extremely useful!

Michael Lapin Source: Clarity

Really insightful call. Josh is a guru in marketplaces

Kleo Geo Source: Clarity

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.

Darin Singh Source: Clarity

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.

Vasilis Karamalegos Source: Clarity

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.

Myles Condon Source: Clarity

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 !

Manuel Crespo Source: Clarity

In just 5 minutes of conversation, he helped us figure out what were locked in for months.

Hernan Jaramillo Source: Clarity

Member since May 2012