Nick Huzar
Nick Huzar is currently Co-Founder & Chairman at Gone, Cofounder & CEO at Juicer Energy, Inc., Co-Founder & Board Director at OfferUp, and Mentor at Creative Destruction Lab. He previously founded OfferUp, which grew significantly, and is a founder of Juicer Energy and Gone, both startups where he remains active. His professional expertise includes founding and scaling startups focused on circularity and infrastructure for electric vehicle charging.
From Startup to Exit Podcast: A Conversation with Nick Huzar
Brought to you by TiE Seattle Hosts: Shirish Nadkarni and Gowri Shankar Guest: Nick Huzar Producers: Minee Verma and Eesha Jain Nick Huzar is the co-founder and former CEO of OfferUp for more than a decade. He is currently operating as a board director, brand evangelist, and advising the CEO on strategic projects. Nick's experience lies in building two-sided marketplaces from the ground up. Through this, he has raised over $380M in financing from leading investors including A16Z, TRowe, Tiger, Allen.co, GGV, Coatue, and more. He is currently focused on simplifying the complexity around climate change via my weekly video…
How OfferUp Took Over America
Nick Huzar, co-founder of OfferUp, shares how a simple idea to clear space for his newborn turned into a $40 billion marketplace used by half the U.S.—and how his next company, Juicer Energy, is reimagining EV charging and circular economies for the future. Start your application to WSU: https://admission.wsu.edu/apply/ Learn more about our other programs: https://business.wsu.edu/degrees-majors/
From Startup to Exit Podcast: A Conversation with Nick Huzar
The location of this episode on YouTube has updated to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFqAfG8L_bE&list=PLqH2XogpwLRmYvCCxOj-W-eOAlCrhrk7i Brought to you by TiE Seattle Hosts: Shirish Nadkarni and Gowri Shankar Guest: Nick Huzar Producers: Minee Verma and Eesha Jain Nick Huzar is the co-founder and former CEO of OfferUp for more than a decade. He is currently operating as a board director, brand evangelist, and advising the CEO on strategic projects. Nick's experience lies in building two-sided marketplaces from the ground up. Through this, he has raised over $380M in financing from leading investors including A16Z, TRowe, Tiger, Allen.co, GGV, Coatue, and more. He is currently focused…
Nick Huzar Q&A On Marketplace Metrics To Track At The Early Stages
Highlight clip from the recording of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat #136 (7/25) with Nick Huzar, who's the Founder & former CEO of OfferUp. OfferUp is the largest mobile marketplace in the US for buying & selling items from others nearby. They've also raised over $380M+ in venture capital from top investors like a16z, Coatue Management, GGV Capital, and more. Full recording: https://youtu.be/pyC0-PM6ofA Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickhuzar OfferUp: https://www.offerup.com Join other marketplace founders & all of our group chats: http://www.everythingmarketplaces.com
EM Group Chat #136: Building & Scaling OfferUp With Nick Huzar
Recording of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat #136 (7/25) with Nick Huzar, who's the Founder & former CEO of OfferUp. OfferUp is the largest mobile marketplace in the US for buying & selling items from others nearby. They've also raised over $380M+ in venture capital from top investors like a16z, Coatue Management, GGV Capital, and more. 0:06 Intro 1:17 Nick's background 3:34 The founding story for OfferUp 9:10 How OfferUp solved for the cold start problem & constrained initial markets 14:48 How OfferUp initially managed categories 16:09 An overview of OfferUp as the leading marketplace for buying & selling items…
Nick Huzar (OfferUp): How to Drive Engagement by Building Community
How to Drive Engagement by Building Community - Nick Huzar, CEO, OfferUp The Marketplace Conference Online May 2020 The Marketplace Conference is a semi-annual event focused on all things marketplaces & network effects, uniting marketplace entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts. It provides a platform for exchanging knowhow and best practices and attracts entrepreneurs and investors of all stages. Website: https://www.marketplaceconf.com/ Sign-up for our monthly newsletter 'The Marketplace Snippet', a highly curated selection of content on all things marketplaces & network effects: https://bit.ly/38Xt3Oi
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…
Nick Huzar, CEO of OfferUp
OfferUp CEO Nick Huzar: Knowing When to Make the Startup Leap - GeekWire Startup Day 2016
Nick Huzar, the Co-founder and CEO of OfferUp, talks about his startup journey including successes and failures along the way at GeekWire Startup Day in Bellevue, Washington.
Nick Huzar (OfferUp) at Startup Grind Seattle
Nick Huzar is co-founder and CEO of OfferUp with a mission to create the simplest and safest marketplace to buy and sell locally. OfferUp has grown rapidly to become the largest peer to peer mobile marketplace in the country. Previously, Nick was co-founder and CTO of Konnects, Inc, an early social networking startup. There he designed the original platform and directly managed the engineering and design teams in addition to his daily duties as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. With Nick’s leadership, Konnects growth exploded growing from 1,500 members to over 1 million within 18 months. Nick oversaw the hiring…
Organizations
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Juicer Energy Executive Officer, Director 2024–present, Cofounder & CEO · current
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Creative Destruction Lab Mentor 2023–present · current
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Gone Co-Founder & Chairman 2023–present, Former CEO (OfferUp) · current
Education
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Washington State University Bachelor of Arts, Management Information Systems · 1995–1999