Building a Marketplace Means Building Two Businesses at Once
Marvin Lim of The Kitchen Table joins Colorado Tech People to discuss what it really takes to build a marketplace — from finding the right ICP to balancing supply, demand, trust, hospitality, and experience.
About this episode
Building a marketplace sounds exciting — until you realize you’re building two businesses at once. In this conversation, Marvin Lim shares lessons from building The Kitchen Table, a platform connecting people with private chef dining experiences.
The conversation explores marketplace dynamics, customer discovery, hospitality, affordability, luxury experiences, supply and demand, and what founders learn when their first ICP assumptions do not fully hold.
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Guest
Marvin Lim is the founder of The Kitchen Table, a marketplace focused on making private chef dining and hospitality experiences more accessible.
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