How to Build a Marketplace That Scales, with Steven Galanis of Cameo

Steven had a big realization: Selfies with
celebrities are the new autograph. With strong conviction
in his idea, he and his co-founders set out to launch Cameo, the
marketplace that allows fans to book video shoutouts from
a library of over 30,000 celebrities. The company has taken
off—with more than 850,000 Cameos recorded, over $65M in
VC funding, and an astounding 1,000 percent increase in
bookings during the Covid pandemic. Steven shares how Cameo
came back from "the worst product launch of all time," why the best
businesses grow via word of mouth, and why he requires a
whiteboard and marker in interviews for future Cameo
employees.