841 Fran Maier: Collaboration and Crowdfunding

Lessons from Co-Founding Match.com

When does it make sense to be first to market with a pioneering vision, and when is it better to bide your time in stealth mode, watch the competitive carnage and then come in with the best solution?

It can be hard to know, other than the fact that timing is everything when launching a business that aims to disrupt an entire industry.

Fran Maier knows a lot about the power of timing, and being in the right place at the right time. She shares how she came to co-found Match.com, why her approach as a woman led to that company’s outsized success, and what she’s learned along the way to make her current venture BabyQuip a fast-growing success.

Fran is the CEO and Founder of BabyQuip, the global baby gear rental brand, which gives traveling families access to high-quality baby equipment rentals through proprietary technology and an independent contractor community called Quality Providers.

We talk about why it’s vital to build a robust community around your business, ink strategic deals with collaborative partners, and leverage these strategies to succeed at equity crowdfunding to grow your business.

More about Fran Maier at www.babyquip.com

More about Fran at BabyQuip

Fran Maier is a serial entrepreneur and founder of several pioneering B2C and B2B internet businesses including Match.com and TRUSTe (now TrustArc).  With over 25 years of experience pioneering category-disrupting startups, Fran is now the founder and CEO of BabyQuip, the #1 global baby gear rental brand. Also known for breaking boundaries as a Latina business leader, she has made game-changing contributions to both the family travel industry and gig economy model with BabyQuip’s breakthrough platform, which gives traveling families access to high-quality baby equipment rentals through proprietary technology and an independent contractor community called Quality Providers.

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