“The New Stack” for a modern enterprise: A TechCrunch Enterprise Video Interview
The fabulous Alex Williams of The New Stack had a bunch of us on a panel at TechCrunch Enterprise last week to discuss the new tech that makes up the modern digital stack: 1. Frederic Lardinois / writer and news editor / TechCrunch 2. Katherine Boyle / Principal / General Catalyst 3. Melissa Pancoast / founder […]
Platform leakage, take rates, buyer:seller ratios, onboarding drop-offs, gross merchandise value. A foreign language for many, but if you operate a marketplace and are trying to out-maneuver the competition in a cutthroat landscape every day, this is what you live by, every day. It doesn’t matter if you’re running a classifieds portal, e-commerce marketplace, a […]
[VIDEO] How classifieds marketplace Carousell found itself on 1 in 4 mobile devices in Singapore.
Marketplaces account for over 50% of all e-commerce today. To remove any doubt that this is a flash in the pan, in Amazon’s most recent annual report, Jeff Bezos reported that over 2 million sellers now have listings within its marketplace. Kahuna customer Carousell, the largest classifieds marketplace in Singapore and Hong Kong started humble, […]
Five full quarters in the seat at Kahuna and with many many customer co-development hours to show for It, I’m thrilled to publicly share Kahuna’s forward focus. I’m stoked to announce a SaaS platform specifically for marketplaces that helps retain buyers and sellers, and connect them to drive liquidity. Unlike most marketing systems that focus […]
Frost & Sullivan awards @Kahuna its New Product Innovation Award for AI-based Cross-channel Marketing Automation.
Kahuna took the top spot in Frost & Sullivan’s annual Best Practices New Product Innovation Award for AI-based Cross-channel Marketing Automation. This is very special to our team and it matters for a few reasons, not the least of which is real results cutting through the hype around artificial intelligence and machine learning in marketing: I’ll get […]
I took over as CEO at Kahuna a little over a year ago. As I reflect on scores of customer conversations in 2017, the single most striking finding after engaging with the most iconic marketers of our time is unequivocally this: They have an acute need for speed. They act and react much much faster than anyone […]
Last week, I had a t0n of fun keynoting eTail East on the new battle ground for e-commerce this is forming and how even the best-known disrupters of this decade face a risk of being unseated. Advancements in machine learning will trigger a complete reset of how you truly connect with consumers. And it’s anyone’s game […]