Fresh from raising a $2.2 Million seed round and their stint from YC, David Marquez and Josh Supan of Shipmates comes back to podcast to share their incredible story of grit and persistence. David and Josh will share what happened since they last guested in the show back in 2020 and how they almost died several times as Xpanse was hit hard by the pandemic. They will share the struggles they had to go through just to stay alive and how they pivoted into Shipmates along with their failed attempts to join YC initially. David and Josh also shares the metamorphosis they had to go through as founders that allowed them to get Shipmates traction and get into YC this year and raise $2.2M for their seed round.

startupsHustleshare PodcastSeptember 19, 2022interview, david marquez, josh supan, shipmatesComment

Playbook #1 - How To Raise Funds In The Philippines

After raising billions of pesos for his startup Acudeen, Magellan Fetalino shares his playbook on how properly do fundraising in the Philippines in this episode. Magellan will be teaching us the step-by-step process on each option you have to achieve in order to get the fundraising goals of your business. Magellan will also be sharing a lot of pros and cons in each option that he discussed in this playbook brought to you by AWS.

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startupsHustleshare PodcastJanuary 17, 2020interview, hustle, startup, business, e-commerce, xpanse, josh supan, dave marquezComment

Ep 65 - The Hustle Behind Xpanse

How did Xpanse gain traction to soon become the first tech unicorn of the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Josh Supan and Dave Marquez of Xpanse. Josh shares how he started hustling in his first job in SM and Dave shares how he got exposed early in the startup ecosystem and he co-founded Shirt.ly. Josh and Dave also share how they eventually worked together and why they chose to solve the problem of e-commerce in the Philippines. They will also share great tips on what they use to execute and growth hacks you can apply in your own startup in this inspiring episode brought to you by AWS.

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