Bertrand Nembot is the Co-Founder & CEO of Billdr. Billdr is a vertically integrated home renovation marketplace operating in Montreal, Toronto, and Chicago. They facilitate renovation projects by providing turnkey solutions for homeowners supported by a digital back-office platform for general contractors. Their mission is to make home renovation simple, transparent, and efficient for everyone.
In this episode, we discuss...

Bert's first foray into renovations
launching Uber in Uganda in 3 weeks
existing challenges that homeowners and general contractors had with the renovation process
how Billdr increases general contractors' win rates
building an operating system/back office for general contractors
launching a managed marketplace in new markets like Toronto and Chicago
pivoting from a managed marketplace to a B2B offering
why he prefers croissants to bagels

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