What would be your potential reward for mastering the fundamentals?
Whether it's small business acquisitions, private equity investing, or the financial media and newsletter business…
In Matt’s case the reward is approximately $14,000,000 in net profit in 2024
All this with a team of 16 people.
We discuss:
— How to grow a business (Growing 86% in 2020; 77% in 2021)
— Email is still massively untapped for PE funds, VCs and traditional businesses
— Spend $1-2m per month on advertising
— Why more private companies should publish their numbers
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:19 - Team of 16; $2.3M in revenue per employee
00:05:57 - Different sources of revenue
00:07:48 - A short masterclass on how business builders and investors can use email to their advantage (deals, talent, capital)
00:18:01 - Mentors are key
00:19:19 - Hiring mistakes and lessons learned
00:22:54 - Bootstrapping vs. raising capital
00:23:25 - Why share ALL numbers publicly, even when running a private company
00:28:17 - How to overcome VERY difficult periods (personal, family, business)
00:39:11 - 3 lessons from 17-year career (distribution is everything)
00:43:12 - The key to 0.0001% success is to turn your business into your hobby
00:50:47 - $200,000,000 and I’m out
My full conversation with Matt Paulson, the founder of MarketBeat — Stream now.
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