On the TechVancouver stage ×1
First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Yashar ↗
In their words
the most important things ended up being earned money so people just wanted me to bring them money, they wanted to meet other people, they could rent their space on themselves but I had a larger Network than they did
our role as a company started off as me being the keymaker and now we're the coach for our supply side
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
Who is Yashar Nejati?
The founder of thisopenspace, a Vancouver marketplace for booking commercial space by the hour or day. He went full-time on it in mid-2015 with co-founder Adam Bent and launched the platform in January 2016.
What happened to thisopenspace?
He sold it to Giggster, writing about the exit in March 2021. Before the sale the company had expanded beyond Vancouver into cities including Los Angeles, New York and Ottawa.
What did he speak about at TechVancouver?
How to grow the supply side of a marketplace — which side of the chicken-and-egg problem to solve first, and how the team hacked together an early version on Squarespace before building custom product.