Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to

its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies,

and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

And now here's your host, Cameron Harold.

John McDonald is the chief operating officer at Poshmark, a leading social commerce platform for the next generation of retailers and shoppers,

where he manages product, data, and analytics and the marketplace operations and is responsible for Marketplace GMB growth and

profitability. John draws from a deep expertise in community and marketplace

management. He developed at eight years at eBay and category management, trust, and safety and seller experience roles,

as well as 4 years at Ning, where he led support and sales, and then his general manager of the business.

Earlier in his career, John focused on consumer marketing and product development

and Procter and Gamble, Monsanto, the Monitor Company, and E-Bite.

John has an MBA from Harvard Business School

and a BS from the University of California at Berkeley.

So John, welcome to the Second of Grand Podcast.

Happy to be here.

I, every time I see Harvard, I just start getting all nervous.

I remember the first business book I ever read was what they don't teach you at Harvard Business School.

And you got to go there.

So, well, you didn't get to go there. You earned that spot. I couldn't spell Harvard when I was in college can you can you

walk us through a little bit about what you pulled from that experience that you still

use today? I think probably the best thing I got out of Harvard and I think it's it's you know a lot of business

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