How to land partnerships with big national brands

Matias Marquez, Buyatab, B2B, Bootstrapping, Customer Acquisition, eCommerce, Hiring, Marketing

Today’s guest had a problem. He wanted to give a card. He wanted to pay for a friend’s dinner remotely. He couldn’t do it and said, “I think there’s a solution here. I think I can build it.”

And he built it up and my team of researchers talked to him. We found his revenue. I, being the skeptic who’s the last barrier to having somebody on the site, said this does not seem right to me.

So I did some research and I realized this guy really is working with top brands and I’ve got to find out how he did it. So that’s what we’re going to do here today.

Matias Marquez is the founder of Buyatab, which enables an electronic version of your existing gift cards.

Matias Marquez

Buyatab

Matias Marquez is the founder of Buyatab, which enables an electronic version of your existing gift cards.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com. It is, of course, home of the ambitious upstart.

And I have to admit, I started doing these interviews before almost every single other startup entrepreneur interview thing that’s out there. Now when I listen to some of the new ones, I feel a little envious of the fact that some of them have like the huge names in business on. I was wondering: Is there a point in Mixergy, considering that some of these guys have like Richard Branson or they’ll have the founder of Clif Bar talking about how he founded Clif Bar?

Then I realized I’d rather not be the site that gives you the millionth interview with Richard Branson. I want to be the site that gives you the first interview with an entrepreneur you’ve never heard off, whose story is completely different from what you expected and opens your eyes to a new way of doing business and frankly who isn’t...

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