Bobby Brannigan's guest appearances

Bobby Brannigan

The Reboot Podcast

Tacos and Tech Podcast

The Feed

Brad Feld

Nancy Lublin

Judson Brewer

Seth Godin

James Martin

Roshi Joan Halifax

Jerry Colonna

Tim Ryan

Sarah Cooper

Bryce Roberts

Fred Wilson

Semil Shah

Ryan Caldbeck

Dan Harris

Laurie Segall

OwlTail

Bobby Brannigan is the Founder &amp; CEO of Mercato, a local marketplace highlighting over 1,500 top independent grocers and specialty stores in the US. In this episode, we’ll talk about how Mercato is able to quickly digitize merchants, the role of its unique marketplace alongside larger competitors, and how it strives to make grocery delivery profitable for its markets.

Bobby Brannigan is the Founder &amp; CEO of Mercato, a local marketplace highlighting over 1,500 top independent grocers and specialty stores in the US. In this episode, we’ll talk about how Mercato is able to quickly digitize merchants, the role of its unique marketplace alongside larger competitors, and how it strives to make grocery delivery profitable for its markets.

084- Bringing local markets into the e-commerce era with Bobby Brannigan of Mercato

Bobby Brannigan is co-founder &amp; CEO of Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores, which enables local grocery delivery and helps them compete with larger chains in the industry. Bobby is no stranger to entrepreneurship. The serial entrepreneur started his first business in his college dorm in upstate New York. It was a college textbook marketplace that competed directly with Amazon, beginning in 2001. 18 months in, the startup had garnered $100M revenue with no external funding, and was eventually acquired. During this venture, Bobby began collecting feedback from bookstores and realizing they preferred to sell their books on Amazon but desired a reverse marketplace where they could repurchase books from students. Thus, Bucks4Books was born. In 2008, after working out of Buffalo, NY for some time, Bobby, along with seven of his Bucks4Books team members, made the move to sunny San Diego. After their big move, the team grew sales from $7 million to $18 million in a few years, all bootstrapped.  After selling the startup, Bobby took some time to plan his next move and ended up investing in about 20 companies. Soon after, Bobby decided to help his father’s independent grocery store by building software to help him appeal to tech-savvy consumers. In building the tool, he realized there was a big market for it, and so, Mercato was born in 2015.  Mercato strives to enable the nation’s independent grocers with technology in order to remain competitive. Listen in to hear about Bobby’s journey as a serial entrepreneur and the lessons he learned along the way. Also get the scoop on his favorite local taco spot. Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support in enabling us to grow the San Diego ecosystem.   Bobby’s favorite local tacos: Eggplant parmesan tacos &amp; tofu tacos at Not Not Tacos in Little Italy   Keep up with Bobby:  LinkedIn   Keep up with Mercato:  Instagram: @shopmercato Twitter: @shopmercato Facebook: @shopmercato https://www.mercato.com/

Bobby Brannigan is co-founder &amp; CEO of Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores, which enables local grocery delivery and helps them compete with larger chains in the industry. Bobby is no stranger to entrepreneurship. The serial entrepreneur started his first business in his college dorm in upstate New York. It was a college textbook marketplace that competed directly with Amazon, beginning in 2001. 18 months in, the startup had garnered $100M revenue with no external funding, and was eventually acquired. During this venture, Bobby began collecting feedback from bookstores and realizing they preferred to sell their books on Amazon but desired a reverse marketplace where they could repurchase books from students. Thus, Bucks4Books was born. In 2008, after working out of Buffalo, NY for some time, Bobby, along with seven of his Bucks4Books team members, made the move to sunny San Diego. After their big move, the team grew sales from $7 million to $18 million in a few years, all bootstrapped.  After selling the startup, Bobby took some time to plan his next move and ended up investing in about 20 companies. Soon after, Bobby decided to help his father’s independent grocery store by building software to help him appeal to tech-savvy consumers. In building the tool, he realized there was a big market for it, and so, Mercato was born in 2015.  Mercato strives to enable the nation’s independent grocers with technology in order to remain competitive. Listen in to hear about Bobby’s journey as a serial entrepreneur and the lessons he learned along the way. Also get the scoop on his favorite local taco spot. Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support in enabling us to grow the San Diego ecosystem. Bobby’s favorite local tacos: Eggplant parmesan tacos &amp; tofu tacos at <a href="https://www.notnottacos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not Not Tacos</a> in Little Italy Keep up with Bobby:  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbrannigan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> Keep up with Mercato:  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shopmercato/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: @shopmercato <a href="https://twitter.com/bobbymercato?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>: @shopmercato <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shopmercato/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>: @shopmercato <a href="https://www.mercato.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mercato.com/</a>

Bobby Brannigan - Co-Founder & CEO of Mercato

Bobby Brannigan, CEO of Mercato, has built his second company into a steadily growing business in a hard market with narrow margins. While the company is growing strong, he longs for the excitement of his first startup - which he remembers as a thrilling success. In this conversation, Jerry asks Bobby to consider what having high-risk stakes means for him, and how he can connect to that sense of confidence and aliveness in other aspects of his life. They also acknowledge that patience and persistence are integral to affecting the change Bobby wants to see in the market he cares about - and how it’s not so easy being patient when you know where you want to get to. Links Mercato - http://www.mercato.com

Bobby Brannigan, CEO of Mercato, has built his second company into a steadily growing business in a hard market with narrow margins. While the company is growing strong, he longs for the excitement of his first startup - which he remembers as a thrilling success. In this conversation, Jerry asks Bobby to consider what having high-risk stakes means for him, and how he can connect to that sense of confidence and aliveness in other aspects of his life. They also acknowledge that patience and persistence are integral to affecting the change Bobby wants to see in the market he cares about - and how it’s not so easy being patient when you know where you want to get to. Links Mercato - <a href="http://www.mercato.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mercato.com</a>

#71 Patience and Persistence - with Bobby Brannigan & Jerry Colonna