This Week in Startups - Alexis Maybank, Founder & President of Gilt
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This week we have Alexis Maybank, Founder & President of Gilt. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com. Please check out our Sponsors: http://powervps.com http://webspy.com http://dnamail.com http://ustream.com INTERVIEW - 00:04:00 3 years ago started building Gilt Groupe, taking inspiration from sneaking out to the "sample sales" for friends and family. After family members started asking to look out for certain items they knew that this would do well nationally. Launched in Nov. 2007, approximately 2.5 million members, hosting about 17 sales …