Brian Balfour

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This post is the HubSpot Sales case study that illustrates the concepts of the 4-Fits Framework, a 5 post series in which I explain the four frameworks you need to align to grow to a $100M+ company. In this post, I will walk you through how we laid the foundation for the HubSpot Sales product and set it on course towards that $100M goal.

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Andrew Chen

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Since the 2014 article, Uber has blown past his estimate by 10X, with top line revenues to support it. Then people asked if I could pass on a post about a job or something for sale. Today, Craigslist in over 57,000 cities, generating $700M in revenue per year (on job listings fees!) with just 50 employees.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A survey conducted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics in 2016, found that companies with at least 30% of women in senior management had a 15% higher profit. It can also affect your product sales and revenue in the long run. Some of them are discussed below. Here’s How Gender Pay Gap Can Affect Your Business.

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Chris LoCutro

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Are you putting people around, you know, one of the great things about our Mastermind program and didn't mean this to turn into a sales pitch? We're saying, let's say sales just completely stopped went kaput, you got no sales coming in, which means you don't have to put expense into materials and things like that.

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Vantage Circle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Diet coke contributes to only 4% of Coca-Cola's total sales volume and it is considered to be a niche product for a segmented audience since it targets a specific group. Their highest sales came from cities in Mizoram and Kanpur. Bajaao’s yearly revenue is about $32 million. Health freaks. But Bajaao’s gamble was spot on.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. New devices made it easier to listen: Alexa launched in 2015, Google Home and AirPods in 2016. I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. The bigger idea is actually “audio”, not specifically podcasting.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. New devices made it easier to listen: Alexa launched in 2015, Google Home and AirPods in 2016. I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. The bigger idea is actually “audio”, not specifically podcasting.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

2016 was the year the online job listing finally went belly up. First, here’s what happened in 2016. The last of the pioneering sites built around the job listing were sold off or put on the block: Monster was acquired by Ranstad and both DHI (Dice’s parent) and Careerbuilder are said to be for sale.

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