{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Selling a Bootstrapped Startup for $22M, Building a Marketplace, Manufactured Housing - Dave Bowen \/ CEO of Purchasing Platform","description":"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 just raised their Series A. Topics Covered:   Selling a bootstrapped business for $22M   Deciding to join an established business vs starting a new one   Issues with joining an established business as a CEO   Changing a startup\u2019s culture   The revolution of mobile home communities and manufactured housing.   Building a niche marketplace   Losing &amp;amp; winning back their biggest customer   Focusing on internal communication as much as external   Sponsored by:   Starting Line VC: A new Chicago-based venture capital firm, founded by Ezra Galston,&amp;nbsp;one of our top  early podcast guests and trusted partner of many of Chicago\u2019s hottest startups. Check out what they\u2019re up to at StartingLine.vc.   ","author_name":"Tech In Chicago","author_url":"http:\/\/www.techinchicago.co\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12084521\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/12084521"}