The $275 million sale to Etsy

In our conversation with Yan, we discuss his journey of immigrating from the Soviet Union and how he ventured into the startup world. He shares how he turned his passion into a business and the innovative strategy of hiring his target audience as customer service representatives. We address the common question, "What if Google decides to compete with you?" and explore how Yan overcame the classic chicken-and-egg problem faced by marketplaces. Yan also explains why he's so confident in Bitcoin and shares his vision for where Bitcoin will be in 10-20 years. Now, Yan Pritzker is focused on making Bitcoin investing easy through his new company, Swan Bitcoin.

Since the beginning of his tech career in the 1990s, Yan has experienced multiple startup exits as both an employee and as a founder. Most recently, he founded and served as the CTO of Reverb.com – a wildly-successful marketplace for musical instruments that became a top 300 most visited website in the US and was acquired by Etsy for $275 million.