Gone.com
Gone.com provides free pickup and resale services for gently used household goods, office furniture, and other recyclable products for individuals and businesses. It operates a circular model to maximize the useful life of items by reselling them or recycling what cannot be sold, aiming to reduce waste and keep goods out of landfills.
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- HQ
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Sectors
- Logistics, Marketplace, Secondhand goods
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OfferUp Conducts Layoffs to Simplify Marketplace and Focus on Local Experience Amid Growth Plans
OfferUp, a Seattle-based used goods marketplace, is conducting another round of layoffs to simplify its business and focus on local user-to-user experiences, less than a year after cutting 22% of its staff. CEO Todd Dunlap highlighted changes including downplaying shipping, modernizing the app, and increasing marketing spend to maintain profitability and invest in growth.
Seattle Startup Gone.com Raises $6.3M to Provide Free Used Item Pickup and Resale Marketplace
Seattle startup Gone.com raised $6.3 million to offer free pickups of used items for resale through AI-driven logistics and pricing, operating both online and in a Renton storefront. Founded by former Amazon and OfferUp leaders, the company aims to streamline the secondhand goods economy by converting unwanted items into resale value.
Nick Huzar
OfferUp’s CEO, Nick Huzar, joins us to talk about the evolution of the largest mobile marketplace in the U.S. OfferUp, which he started in 2011 and has raised $261 million in funding so far. They have a strong focus on safety and live and breathe their product (their 70,000 square foot office is furnished entirely by furniture bought locally on OfferUp)! Nick discusses learning work ethic from his parents at a young age, how he’s raising his kids to have grit and how his “word is everything.” He also shares how he manages the difficult balance of patience and pushing…
People
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Arean van Veelen Founder, Chief Experience Officer; Co-founder
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Nick Huzar Founder, Co-Founder & Chairman
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Yashovardhan Wagh Founder, Co-founder & CEO
