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Laura and Lindsey are living the dream chatting with fellow AG nostalgia Queen Patience Woodrell, aka @vintagepleasantcompany, all about her memories of AG past and present and what great items she is adding to her collection!Follow us on Instagram @americangirlwomenLeave us a voicemail about your American Girl memories by calling (929) 400-7540Send us your American Girl stories to americangirlwomen@gmail.com“Love Mode” song courtesy of ItsFrida
This week I interview Gilad Andorn, VP of New Revenue & Strategy (LiveAuctioneers), about what it's like to work in finance for a growing company. We hear a lot in the news about company profits, projections, and funding rounds - but what does that actually entail? Join me as Gilad helps me understand what the finance function in a growing company does. Listen on Apple, or Spotify. LiveAuctioneers: www.liveauctioneers.comYou can find Gilad on LinkedIn Gilad's recommendation: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm GladwellCharlotte's recommendation: World Next Week podcast by Council on Foreign RelationsRate and review the podcast and subscribe to the Wallet Street newsletter for more updates. Disclaimer: Opinions are my own. The content on the site and in the podcast do not constitute financial, legal, accounting, tax, or investment advice.
New York-based art appraiser David Shapiro talks about: What he does as an appraiser, whether in-person inspections or putting together reports using photographs at the computer; his involvement with the Detroit Institute of Art's collection appraisal, which was connected to the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the country; how appraisers value a work of art, from auction records to gallery sales (to the extent that can be verified) to the market as a whole, including trends; turning down offers to appraise works that have no apparent market value; his own career as an artist prior to becoming an appraiser, which included having success selling his work before he was even out of high school; how, when he returned to making art after grad school in art history he had less success, learning about “the fickleness and vicissitudes of the art world,” as he put it; and how he appraises emerging art, including within a market with a lot of movement in values, both up and down.
The most powerful digital platforms are ones that effectively capture a live, real-world experience. That's exactly what this week's Room For Growth guest, Phil Michaelson, has done as CEO of LiveAuctioneers, a digital auction house solution for buying and selling one-of-a-kind treasures.Translating the fast and furious experience of a live auction into web and mobile is complex, but Phil credits the success of the platform to a strong, cross-functional team that includes research, design, product, and advanced analytics.Throughout the pandemic, consumer interest in estate sales has grown exponentially, and Phil joins Billie and Billy to discuss how his team examines search data and recent trends to reach this growing market and compete with analog auction experiences. As a long-time entrepreneur, Phil is always thinking about the best channels to leverage and how to fulfill user needs on both sides of the marketplace.From jewelry to gazebos to knights in shining armor to David Hasselhoff memorabilia, LiveAuctioneers' customers are always bidding on something completely unique. You can hear about all things niche eCommerce and more in this episode, so be sure to tune in. Connect with Phil Michaelson on LinkedIn here. Topics Discussed:How consumer behavior has changed with the ebb and flow of the pandemic, after more than two years of seismic changeThe age-old profession of auctioneering and the origin story of LiveAuctioneers' online platform“Treasure hunting” as a value proposition in both brick-and-mortar and eCommerceThe importance of cross-functional collaboration for a digital product teamThe value of entrepreneurship vs. prestigious MBA degrees
Rafael Balbi Jr. is a Principal Product Manager at Vimeo. Prior to his current role, he's worked in Product at Squarespace and LiveAuctioneers, empowering creators and small businesses. We discussed key learnings in becoming a Principal Product Manager. We also chatted about his preferred Product Development process.
Brian Feinstein is a partner at Bessemer Ventures. Since joining in 2008, has focused on investments in early and growth-stage vertical SaaS, including Procore, Restaurant365, and LiveAuctioneers, as well as supported the firm's investment in Mindbody. Brian is interested in founders who are shaping their industries outside of the Silicon Valley mold. In this episode Brian sits down with Tim Young, a founding partner at Eniac Ventures, to discuss Bessemer’s thesis around vertical SaaS and their top-down strategy for identifying investments. He digs into how they map out industries by GDP, IT spend and the criteria they look for within a sector. As a lead investor in Procore - the de facto leader of construction software now valued at more than $3 billion dollars after their December 2018 funding round - Brian discusses how they identified the construction sector and what led them to invest in the company’s Series D. Brian also speaks to the fund's interest in SaaS for the public sector. He points out that it is one of the largest verticals from an IT spend perspective and has historically lacked software innovation, but he is optimistic for big changes. He also addresses how machine learning with the ability to make predictions and detect anomalies can be a powerful driver in vertical markets. If you liked this episode, please share and tag us on Twitter: @brianfeinstein @BessemerVP @timy0ung @EniacVC @seedtoscale Send comments or suggestions to seedtoscale@eniac.vc.
In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Phil Michaelson, CEO of LiveAuctioneers, joins us to discuss online bidding in the art market. First, Phil discusses LiveAuctioneers' online bidding platform and how they partner with auction houses to enable bidders to bid live in realtime in sales. Then, he discusses how online bidding as a sales channel is trending compared to absentee bids, telephone bids and in-person bidding. Also, Phil touches on the importance of an auction house's brand when it comes to instilling confidence in online bidding as well identifying certain art market trends based on their aggregated bidding data.
Last night – Sunday, July 16th – was the Season 7 premiere of HBO’s smash hit, Game of Thrones, which consistently averages more than 23 million viewers per episode. One byproduct of the show’s huge popularity is that it has ignited global demand for genuine Viking and medieval collectibles. This week, on a special double-header edition, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart showcases two businesses that have ridden the Game of Thrones coattails to phenomenal success. First, Dean interviews Bob Dodge, co-founder of Artemis Gallery, a leading U.S. auction house selling Viking artifacts and jewelry; and then Dean sets sail on an entrepreneurial voyage of discovery with http://www.artemisgallery.com/, a senior executive with LiveAuctioneers.com, which runs live auctions in 47 countries worldwide and has hard data on just how “hot” the Viking collectibles market is right now.
News Filming to begin April 15, 2015. Bryan Cranston (WW BB) in talks to be the bad guy. Original TOS phaser prop expected to fetch $60,000 at auction Feb 21. Liveauctioneers.com. $40,000 opening bid. “Midgrade, 1 of 2 surviving” I know there are 2 heroes and 2 or more midgrades and stunt versions. Several nice costumes too. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: In your opinion, what are three items that any die hard Trek fan must have? Star Trek in pop culture: Casper: A Spirited Beginning. 1997. Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield. In this clip, the kid is welcoming a woman to the house and being all friendly. She picks up a picture of him as a Klingon & this happens. (Clip: 00:11) Episode insight: TNG S7: Parallels Character insight - Saavik Subspace communications Ken P.