Quinn Osha is the founder of Topmarq, an innovative online platform that allows car owners to get the best price for their used car. Quinn shares how his company applies the aggregator concept common in other industries to transform the private seller experience in the automotive industry. He also discusses the differences among the four types of innovation he sees in the business world.

More about our guest:

Quinn Osha is the founder of Topmarq, an innovative online platform that allows car owners to get the best price for their used car. A car fanatic since he was young, Quinn saw room for disruption in the trillion dollar automotive industry that would allow people to get better deals when selling cars. Despite starting with no co-founder and minimal funding, Quinn took Topmarq to revenue within 6 months and the company now covers dealerships with a combined volume of over 1 million vehicles per month.

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Episode Guide:

0:00 - Intro

1:43 - What is Innovation

3:44 - Innovation: influencing business-building

5:21 - The automotive industry and Topmarq's search engine-esque feature

7:20 - Differentiating Topmarq from competitors

11:54 - Role as the aggregator

13:25 - Staying away from heavy research projects

15:04 - What isn't innovation

17:14 - Working on patents and eureka moments

18:09 - Engineering background standpoint

22:12 - Engineering and Sales: different perspectives

24:30 - TopMarq today

26:56 - What's next for TopMarq?

28:30 - Advice for innovators

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Resources Mentioned:

Book Mentioned:

• Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

Services compared:

• Kayak - Online Travel Search Engine
• Google Flights

Previous episode mentioned:

• Episode 7: Innovation is more than invention

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