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CarGurus made car prices clearer. Then came the wholesale bill.
The car-shopping marketplace turned price comparisons into a subscription business. Its retreat from CarOffer shows how much harder the job becomes when software has to move the metal.
Ashley Karr Has Built a Career Making Complicated Products Easier to Choose
From cereal aisles to car dealerships, hybrid conference rooms and HOA ledgers, Ashley Karr has followed one durable idea: useful marketing begins by making a complicated decision feel clear.
Frank Weishaupt
Frank Weishaupt is the CEO of Owl Labs, the Boston company behind the Meeting Owl, a 360-degree video conferencing device built for hybrid meetings. He joined in 2018 after two decades in sales and operations leadership at CarGurus, Criteo, Jumptap and Yahoo, and has since made Owl Labs a widely cited voice on the future of work through its annual State of Hybrid Work Report.