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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. While the company is not primarily a marketplace, each order is hand-curated by a work-at-home “stylist” who works part-time on their own schedule from the comfort of their own home.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

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I think it started with eBay, but then we got into more vertical specific ones, like Zillow, Grubhub, OpenTable and Uber that I’m on the board of. I get my healthcare insurance through Vox Media, so I actually don’t know the cost of my healthcare, or the government-. Bill Gurley : Great. Bill Gurley : Oh, absolutely.