Operators Ep 17: Ian Fliflet (OfferUp)

Ian Fliflet is the Chief Growth Officer at OfferUp.  Prior
to joining OfferUp, Ian was the General Manager at GameHouse, a
computer games company.  He also spent 10 years at Real
Networks, a digital media company where he worked in Corporate
Development. 


In this episode we talk about Ian’s motivation for moving to a
higher risk company, why he finds that focusing too much on the
minutiae can result in missing big opportunities, and his largest
M&A deal to fall through. He also shares his thoughts on the
tech space in Seattle back in 2000, how the metrics were able to
show him that OfferUp was something pretty special, and why
creating value for customers is still the biggest motivator for
him.


I hope you enjoy the show.


Full transcript available.


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