Blake Hutchison is the CEO of Flippa, the leading marketplace globally to buy and sell sites, stores and digital properties. He and his team empower individuals and companies to take control, take ownership and thrive in this new small business economy.

To know more about Flippa, visit:

https://flippa.com/

https://alts.substack.com/

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:40 Meet Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison

01:50 Why Companies Hire CEOs

03:45 CEO Qualifications

05:05 Flippa’s Scaling Strategy

06:30 Flippa’s Business Challenges

08:00 How To Convince People To Sell

09:50 The Exit Phenomenon

11:20 Build To Sell

12:35 Aged Assets Are The Best Assets

15:30 Million Dollar Worth Online Businesses

16:30 Investing In Product & Engineering

17:40 Finding Talents

19:00 Flexible Work Options

20:10 Talent Recruitments

20:30 Shopify Exchange Marketplace vs Flippa

22:20 Educating Customers

24:15 Thinking About The Sellers

25:20 Asset Valuation

27:20 Reaching A Bigger Pool

28:10 Old School Metrics

29:30 Being A Smart Business Operator

30:35 Why Companies Seek Investors

32:20 To Raise Capital Or Not?

34:20 Why Raising Capital Is Not For Everyone

37:20 Selling Ideas

38:05 Experience Speaks For itself

38:50 Outro