Michael Pinkowski — From iFloor to Parsimony
Steve's longtime friend and Parsimony co-founder Michael Pinkowski looks back on 20 years of e-commerce wins and failures, including growing iFloor from $0 to $50M.
Steve Simonson · with Michael Pinkowski
On-air link:awesomers.com/15
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Show notes
Michael Pinkowski has been in Steve's orbit for two decades, and this conversation covers the long arc of that friendship and business partnership. Michael walks through building his first transactional website in 1998, running iFloor from a startup to $50 million in sales, and the failed ventures along the way that taught him just as much.
The episode covers his path through e-commerce leadership roles, why he co-founded Parsimony with Steve, and how he thinks about strengths, setbacks, and starting over. It's for founders who want an honest account of what two decades in e-commerce actually looks like, wins and losses included.