Aug 5, 2015
Today we have the CEO and co-founder of OfferUp Nick
Huzar.
OfferUp
is a platform that aims to create the simplest and safest
marketplace to buy and sell locally. OfferUp has grown rapidly to
become the largest peer to peer mobile marketplace in the country.
Previously, Nick was co-founder and CTO of Konnects, Inc, an early
social networking startup where he raised $6M in capital and scaled
to over 1M users within 18months. Earlier in his Career Nick held
positions at T-Mobile and Microsoft.
As a new father with a pile of unwanted things, Nick
Huzar realized that there was no easy way to buy and sell locally.
With that motivation, OfferUp was born with one mission in mind: to
make buying and selling locally as easy as taking a
photo.
In
this interview Nick discusses the importance of company culture and
how being a good leader involves hiring the right people and
getting out of their way.
Nick is interviewed in Seattle by Startup Grind's Seattle chapter
director Mike Grabham