ApartmentList: $10M In Revenue After Only Four Years? – with John Kobs

John Kobs, ApartmentList, Bootstrapping, Customer Acquisition, Marketing, Marketplace, Scaling

How does a guy who got scammed when he tried to rent an apartment end up bootstrapping a profitable apartment listing site?

John Kobs is the co-founder of ApartmentList, an online apartment search engine make finding a home online easier, by displaying search results on a giant map and clear, and organizing home details clearly.

John Kobs

ApartmentList

John Kobs is the CEO and co-founder of ApartmentList, which is the largest online apartment search engine.

 

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Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner and I’m the founder of Mixergy.com home of the ambitious upstart and home to over 800 interviews with proven entrepreneurs who have shared the stories of how they built their businesses....

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