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Selling a Bootstrapped Startup for $22M, Building a Marketplace, Manufactured Housing - Dave Bowen / CEO of Purchasing Platform

Dave Bowen is the CEO of Purchasing Platform , an online marketplace for real estate developers to buy products for their properties. Before Purchasing Platform, Dave was the founder of Market Maker 4 (MM4), an e-sourcing tech startup, which he bootstrapped and sold for $22M in 2016. Dave is taking a different approach with Purchasing Platform and they…

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• ▶ Who Is Dave Bowen at 0:09 Share Transcript
• ▶ Why Sell A Startup Instead Of Continuing To Grow It at 6:19 Share Transcript
• ▶ What Is The Status Of Manufactured Homes Communities In America at 13:16 Share Transcript
• ▶ How Do You Connect Supply And Demand In A Marketplace Business at 18:30 Share Transcript
• ▶ Why Would A Profitable Bootstrap Business Still Want To Raise Venture Funding at 26:02 Share Transcript

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