How a booking agent put himself out of business by creating GigSalad – with Mark Steiner

Mark Steiner, GigSalad, Marketplace

Imagine you’re organizing a party and you want to have musicians play. Maybe you want to have a comedian do his act later on to liven things up and have some face painters for the kids so they’re entertained while the adults are having a good time. Where do you find all that?

Well, you go to a site called GigSalad. Mark Steiner is the founder of GigSalad, which helps you hire live entertainment and book event services.

I wanted to find out what it’s like to build that business and, frankly, is it as easy as it seems to me from the outside? Is it easy money? We will find out today in this interview.

Mark Steiner

GigSalad

Mark Steiner is the Co-Founder and CEO of GigSalad which helps you hire live entertainment and book event services.

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So, here’s the deal. Imagine that you’re organizing a party and you want to have musicians play when people come into your party and maybe have a comedian do his act later on to liven things up and maybe have some face painters for the kids so they’re entertained while the adults are having a good time. Where do you find all that? Well, you go to a site called GigSalad.

Today’s guest is the founder of GigSalad. I wanted to find out what it’s like to build that business up and frankly, is it as easy as it seems to me from the outside? All he seems to do is need to get entertainers to list themselves on his market place and people who are organizing...

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