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Who Is Dave Bowen

Dave is the CEO of Purchasing Platform, which is an online marketplace for real estate developers to buy products for the properties.

Before that, Dave was the founder of Market Maker, which was an e-sourcing tech startup, which he bootstrapped and eventually sold for $22 million back in 2016.

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

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