{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Start School Sessions","title":"Start School Session: Neighbor Founder & CEO Joseph Woodbury","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5f4b2fc1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3052,"description":"Joseph Woodbury didn't set out to build another software company.\nHe set out to solve a problem his co-founder experienced firsthand after struggling to find affordable storage. That simple idea grew into Neighbor, the largest self storage marketplace in the United States, connecting people with unused space in their homes, businesses, and storage facilities.\nIn this Start School conversation, Neighbor Founder and CEO Joseph Woodbury joins Silicon Slopes CEO Clint Betts to share what it really takes to build a marketplace business, raise venture capital, navigate changing markets, and create a company with lasting network effects in the age of AI.\nThey discuss:\n• How the idea for Neighbor came from a personal frustration\n• Why marketplaces only succeed in massive industries\n• Lessons from raising capital through different market cycles\n• Building network effects that AI cannot easily replace\n• Why distribution has become the new competitive moat\n• How Neighbor uses AI to move faster without forcing it into every product\n• Creating trust between strangers in a peer to peer marketplace\n• The fundraising story that led to Andreessen Horowitz leading Neighbor's Series A\n• Why founders should build technology only after validating customer demand\n• The importance of solving problems that genuinely change people's lives\n00:00 Introduction\n01:10 The story behind Neighbor and the marketplace opportunity\n05:20 Going all in after college and raising the seed round\n10:15 Why every fundraising round is different\n15:05 AI, network effects, and why distribution is the new moat\n22:00 Using AI to build more with a smaller team\n26:00 Building trust in a peer to peer marketplace\n33:45 Scaling from homeowners to enterprise real estate partners\n39:20 The Andreessen Horowitz fundraising story and lessons on perseverance\n45:00 Speed of execution, founder mode, and leading in the AI era\n48:10 Regulatory challenges and validating marketplace ideas\n50:05 Final advice for founders: Build...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KUYllbBouZDsp2Y64E3HnbhZ5Nj7-mH90E-CQwqaYSw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzQz/NTMyMTUxNDcxOWYx/OGY2ZjY3YzVjNTgw/OGU0Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}