Investor Connect - 454 - Greg Spillane of Fancy

In this episode, Hall welcomes Greg Spillane, CEO of Fancy. Fancy is inspiration made shoppable. They are a highly-curated, discovery-based, social marketplace consisting only of verified sellers. Users come to Fancy to discover, share, and shop the best fashion, accessories, skin care, decor and more from emerging brands across the globe. No other platform offers the combination of content, commerce, and community for buyers and sellers. Fancy generates income from transactions conducted on the platform and paid advertising through media solutions. "Fancy what you find, and buy what you fancy!" Greg is a former Division I athlete and holds an MBA from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. Greg's passion is building high-growth technology companies. His unique combination of hands-on technical experience and a track-record of large-scale business development has enabled him to work with several leading technology companies to design innovative and differentiated products and then effectively commercialize them to large markets. Greg shares with Hall what led him to start working in the social commerce space. He discusses the growth rate and some of the industry's challenges. He also speaks about the plan ahead for Fancy. You can visit Fancy at www.fancy.com and via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/fancy.com/. Greg can be contacted via email at [email protected], via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/spillane, and via Twitter at www.twitter.com/Greg_Spillane.