{"id":44039,"date":"2025-11-14T15:35:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flippa.com\/blog\/?p=44039"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:08:00","slug":"inside-the-worlds-largest-digital-business-marketplace-flippa-ceo-featured-on-rask-investors-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flippa.com\/blog\/inside-the-worlds-largest-digital-business-marketplace-flippa-ceo-featured-on-rask-investors-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the World&#8217;s Largest Digital Business Marketplace: Flippa CEO Featured on Rask Investors Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison recently sat down with Owen Rask on the Australian Investors Podcast to pull back the curtain on how everyday people are buying and selling digital businesses in what&#8217;s become a booming online marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Shopify, YouTube, AI &amp; Instagram: how to invest in digital businesses, ft Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LvWAqwiGq14?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Lonely Planet to Leading Digital M&amp;A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a wide-ranging conversation, Hutchison traced his journey from roles at Lonely Planet and Zero to helming Flippa, the platform that&#8217;s revolutionizing how digital businesses change hands. 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