Inside Google from startup stage to IPO

Minnie Ingersoll, Shift, Marketplace, Mixergy Fan, Women Founders

Today’s guest was one of the first 500 hires at Google. She stayed with Google for 10 years—all the way to IPO. But while she was there she experienced a problem while selling her car.

So she and her co-founder developed a company to make that process easier.

Minnie Ingersoll is the co-founder of Shift Technologies, a platform that makes buying and selling cars fun, fair and accessible to all.

Minnie Ingersoll

Shift

Minnie Ingersoll is the co-founder of Shift Technologies, a platform that makes buying and selling cars fun, fair and accessible to all.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they build their businesses. And from a personal point of view, Minnie, I’m so psyched that you’ve listened to my interviews, and now you’re back to do an interview yourself. Those are my favorite interviews to do.

Minnie: Oh my gosh. I’ve lived off your interviews. I was commuting to Google for a decade, too when I just got hooked on podcasts.

Andrew: Minnie, whose voice you just heard is Minnie Ingersoll. She was . . . Tell me if I’m wrong. Won’t you one of the first few hundred hires at Google?

Minnie: Yep, I joined in 2002 so a couple of years before IPO. And there are about 500 people when I joined, and there are about 60,000 when I left. So I really got to go through that experience.

Andrew: And the fact that you even went to the IPO period was exciting. While she was at...

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