Two-sided Marketplaces with Anna Maste
05/15/24 • 38 min
Today, we’re joined by Anna Maste, exited founder of Boondockers Welcome and current founder of Subscribe Sense. She talks to us about what you need to be mindful of when building two-sided marketplaces, why it’s important to make many-to-one relationships from the get go, and more.
- Boondockers Welcome
- Subscribe Sense
- Check out Anna’s Christmas songs
- Follow Anna on Twitter
- Check out Anna’s website
Chapters
- (00:54) - What is Boondockers Welcome?
- (01:26) - Boondockers Welcome’s tech stack
- (06:48) - Time zones are hard
- (10:54) - Privacy, pricing, and the two-sided marketplace model
- (34:28) - What is Subscribe Sense?
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About the Hosts
Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.
Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.
These days, you’ll find them building web apps live on stream and doing developer marketing work for clients. They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing.
Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.
Today, we’re joined by Anna Maste, exited founder of Boondockers Welcome and current founder of Subscribe Sense. She talks to us about what you need to be mindful of when building two-sided marketplaces, why it’s important to make many-to-one relationships from the get go, and more.
- Boondockers Welcome
- Subscribe Sense
- Check out Anna’s Christmas songs
- Follow Anna on Twitter
- Check out Anna’s website
Chapters
- (00:54) - What is Boondockers Welcome?
- (01:26) - Boondockers Welcome’s tech stack
- (06:48) - Time zones are hard
- (10:54) - Privacy, pricing, and the two-sided marketplace model
- (34:28) - What is Subscribe Sense?
Sponsor
This show is brought to you by Xata, the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL. Develop applications faster, knowing your data layer is ready to evolve and scale with your needs.
About the Hosts
Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.
Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.
These days, you’ll find them building web apps live on stream and doing developer marketing work for clients. They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing.
Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.
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Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.
Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.
These days you’ll find them building web apps live on stream, and doing developer marketing work for clients. They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing.
Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.
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- Follow Benedikt on Twitter
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This show is brought to you by Xata, the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL. Develop applications faster, knowing your data layer is ready to evolve and scale with your needs.
About the Hosts
Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.
Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.
These days, you’ll find them building web apps live on stream and doing developer marketing work for clients. They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing.
Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.
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