Shopify, YouTube, AI & Instagram: how to invest in digital businesses, ft Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison
This episode was originally featured on the Australian Investors Podcast.
In this Australian Business Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask chats with Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa, about:
– How Flippa became the world’s largest marketplace for digital businesses
– Why investors are flocking to Shopify, YouTube, and AI-driven businesses
– The infrastructure behind small business M&A in the digital age
– What it takes to successfully buy or sell an online business
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Topics Covered
– Blake Hutchison’s career journey from Lonely Planet and Zero to Flippa
– How Flippa helps entrepreneurs buy and sell digital businesses globally
– The most in-demand assets: Shopify, YouTube, and AI businesses
– Why digital businesses trade at lower multiples than public companies
– How Flippa solves the “cold start problem” in marketplaces
– Deal flow, matching technology, and AI in small business M&A
– Examples of entrepreneurs and strategic buyers using Flippa
– Blake’s advice to his younger self on career and growth
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