if you're a founder read this most companies can get to $1M ARR with only two channels the channels you should pick from are - paid ads - cold email - cold DMs - yt influencer marketing + affiliate the channels you should not pick from are - SEO - email newsletter - organic social - video podcast why you need revenue tomorrow, list one makes that happen list two makes revenue happen in the future, they are long term investments that pay off 12 months from now this is the most common mistake i see founders make the framework to think about this with is how you think about personal finance when you're young, 80% of resources go to surviving and 20% to investment when you're old, 80% goes to investment and 20% to surviving apply this same idea to your young company gl hf

Today, Ramp raised another $300M at a $32B valuation. In the past year our revenue has doubled to over $1B, growing 10x faster than the median public SaaS. We all know money talks — we're teaching it to think. Getting big no longer means getting slow.

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Hey everyone, We launched Lovable one year ago, and today we hit $200M ARR. Here's our story: (thread)

We're launching Lightfield today. It's a CRM designed for founders going zero to one—shaped in the past year by hundreds of founders who took a bet on us and now use it daily, and a waitlist of 20,000 more. When starting out, it takes countless hours of talking to customers to figure out what works. From day zero, Lightfield builds and updates itself from your unstructured conversations with customers. It becomes your customer memory: helping you execute deals, communicate without missing details, and understand patterns across your business. It's free to try. Would love to hear what you think: http:// lightfield.app

It's official @SenjaHQ just hit $1,000,000 ARR 3 years 9 months 3,000 paying customers 100% bootstrapped and #buildinpublic 2-person team

Explain your product in one sentence. Be clear about what it does. No buzzwords. if you can do that, I’ll consider investing. Hit me.

Reddit subreddits for marketing: r/SEO ➟ 385K+ members r/bigseo ➟ 110K+ members r/linkbuilding ➟ 8K+ members r/seogrowth ➟ 18K+ members r/socialmedia ➟ 2.1M+ members r/entrepreneur ➟ 4.7M+ members r/smallbusiness ➟ 2.1M+ members r/GrowthHacking ➟ 50K+ members r/marketing ➟ 1.8M+ members r/PPC ➟ 210K+ members Which one is your favorite..?

Just woke up to a text from a CEO whose name you would all know. "This is the best episode all year." Jim Murphy on The Knowledge Project. Out now wherever you listen to the podcast.

Stripe added verified MRR links! So if you see anyone making wild MRR claims, it's pretty easy to ask them to prove it.

Startup revenue by founder’s 𝕏 follower count: - 0 - 1K followers: $864 - 1K - 10K followers: $5,268 - 10K - 100K followers: $100,373 - 100K - 1M followers: $750,337

This new Gmail smart scheduling feature is a straight +4% to global GDP

I prefer cash in the bank versus valuation on paper.

the best founders don’t sell ideas, they show fake MRR

Side A: Splitting equally is the sign of a weak CEO Side B: Splitting unequally means you don't value your cofounders Which side are you on, no nuance allowed.

Sam Altman suggested that OpenAI could reach $100B in revenue by 2027. Anthropic reportedly forecasted $70 billion in revenue by 2028. Satya reacts to these projections.

Most AI startups will go bankrupt within 18-24 months. After reviewing hundreds of AI startups' financials at Hustle Fund, I'm seeing a sustainability crisis that nobody's talking about. The numbers are brutal.

I met a founder the other day who raised $500K and used $350K to buy a hyper-specific domain name. I told him he should've validated the product before buying it -- and then change the name afterwards. He said "Great, I'll do it for my next company that isn't bankrupt."

My cofounder was at a hackathon recently It was hosted by Lovable & they asked: “Who has built an app with Lovable?” A few hundred raised their hands and next they asked them: “Who has monetized?” one raised their hand. Moral of the story: Don’t believe the hype Building was NEVER the hard part.

Ramp is now valued at more than 100x what it was when I wrote my first Deep Dive on the company in 2020. From $300M to $32B. My meme dealer gets stronger with each billion. Here's to the next 100x.