HI, I'm Bill! I programmed Bonanza as a spare-time project in my basement for two years, until we found investors in 2010. Then it was time to build a team, and since I got first pick on jobs I dibsed the "CEO"-thing, figuring it would look cool on my business...
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HI, I'm Bill! I programmed Bonanza as a spare-time project in my basement for two years, until we found investors in 2010. Then it was time to build a team, and since I got first pick on jobs I dibsed the "CEO"-thing, figuring it would look cool on my business card and impress the kids I met at bars.
Now that it's my job to make Big Decisions for this company, I figure we might as well grow it into the biggest & best place to buy "everything but the ordinary." I'm happy to report that so far it appears to be working. In 2014 we were voted "Most Recommended" and "Best Overall" marketplace by more than 10,000 sellers voting in EcommerceBytes Annual Seller Survey (beating Etsy, eBay and Amazon, in that order). Prior to that, they voted us "Easiest to Use" in 2012 and 2013. It has been immensely satisfying for us to sweat the small stuff and see sellers notice the difference.
Our secret sauce is to recruit the smartest people we know to work on Bonanza, and then have them listen passionately to the 25,000+ sellers that use Bonanza. We feel very lucky to get to work on a project we love every day, and being able to provide a living for thousands of entrepreneurs just like ourselves...that ain't so bad either! Drop me a line sometime if you're enjoying the site or if you have a great idea on how to make things better.