How I Created TWO Billion Dollar Companies!

How I Created TWO Billion Dollar Companies!
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🚀 Get lessons on scaling to +100 million $ in revenue! Jason Cohen did it twice by founding SmartBear and WP Engine. He shares his views on scaling businesses and the importance of teams who can deliver!
💰 Join us as we discuss the differences between bootstrapping and VC money, questions founders should be asking themselves in different stages of growth, and why the most obvious answers are usually the hardest to accept.
⏳ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Blogging since 2007
03:24 - Growing your audience
06:31 - Writing as a form of marketing
10:33 - This can help with the hiring
12:30 - Bootstrapping WP Engine
13:05 - Growing was a choice
15:30 - How to price your services?
16:51 - Why 2nd time founders fail?
17:13 - Bootstrapped vs. VS money growth
19:41 - Founders can be obstacles
22:06 - Hiring a CEO
26:35 - Solving bigger problems
32:04 - Why do OKR's fail?
32:36 - You can't use off the shelf solutions
34:05 - Should EM's be good at coding?
38:01 - Hire passionate people!
45:51 - Difference between juniors and seniors
48:11 - Navigating acquisitions
51:40 - Why is culture important?
54:49 - Why do founders leave?
56:32 - Ups and downs
58:54 - What is next for Jason Cohen?
01:02:06 - Life after scaleups
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Marko Mudrinic (Head of Production)
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Zrinka Fajta and Ivan Soldo (Artwork & Web)
Dea Pecnik (Social Media)
Ivan Ostojic and Ben Lewis (Executive Producers)

[@scaleupandup]

Have you ever used WP Engine? Tell us in the comments!
⏳ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Blogging since 2007.
03:24 - Growing your audience
06:31 - Writing as a form of marketing
10:33 - This can help with the hiring
12:30 - Bootstrapping WP Engine
13:05 - Growing was a choice
15:30 - How to price your services?
16:51 - Why 2nd time founders fail?
17:13 - Bootstrapped vs. VS money growth
19:41 - Founders can be obstacles
22:06 - Hiring a CEO
26:35 - Solving bigger problems
32:04 - Why do OKR's fail?
32:36 - You can't use off the shelf solutions
34:05 - Should EM's be good at coding?
38:01 - Hire passionate people!
45:51 - Difference between juniors and seniors
48:11 - Navigating acquisitions
51:40 - Why is culture important?
54:49 - Why do founders leave?
56:32 - Ups and downs
58:54 - What is next for Jason Cohen?
01:02:06 - Life after scaleups

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[@amonifinau4048]

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