E1031: Zumper CEO & Co-Founder Anthemos Georgiades makes renting an apartment as easy as booking a hotel, shares insights on monetizing marketplaces, diversifying revenue streams to limit downside, Airbnb’s effect on the rental market & more!

0:44 Jason shares some thoughts on hard work

1:52 Jason intros Anthemos Georgiades and they discuss how Zumper was launched at TechCrunch

4:02 How did Anthemos wind up as a founder after working in consulting

6:45 What is Zumper's origin story? How many iterations did they go through before coming up with an MVP?

15:34 How did Zumper monetize their marketplace?

18:30 Partnering with Facebook & diversifying revenue

27:12 Anthemos shares thoughts on growth vs. profitability, should Brandless exist?

31:03 Uber vs. Airbnb in terms of EBITDA, thoughts on current state of Airbnb with IPO pending

37:56 Differences between Airbnb and VRBO customers according to Jason

41:00 Airbnb's effect on the rental market

46:15 Thoughts on co-living spaces

48:35 Reactions to Zumper's monthly rent report

51:20 Co-living as a business from a VC perspective

53:02 Jason gives Anthemos some NYC hotel suggestions

54:01 Jason's Hertz car rental story

59:04 Increasing difficulty of building a major team in San Francisco

1:07:38 Jason calls Ben Horowitz & answers a question from a fan

Release date

Lydbog: 25. februar 2020