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How he Created a Marketplace for Luxury Goods without the Brand Names with Jeremy Cai, Founder of Italic
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How he Created a Marketplace for Luxury Goods without the Brand Names with Jeremy Cai, Founder of Italic

The Consumer VC Episode 178 with Jeremy Cai, Founder & CEO of Italic

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Hey Friends,

Thank you Daniel Gulati for the introduction to our guest today, Jeremy Cai, founder and CEO of Italic.

Italic is THE destination for the best luxury goods without the brand names. In this episode we touch on:

  • What was missing from eCommerce

  • His unique C2M business model in luxury

  • Problem-solving the chicken or the egg marketplace problem

  • How he signed on his first manufacturer

  • Learnings from Costco and Amazon

  • His approach to scale and what’s next

Thank you for listening


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