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VCs told Gimlet Media to ignore revenue and focus on user growth
“We had conversations with some VCs who we would begin to talk about revenue, and they're like, we don't want to hear it. We're not actually interested in that. We want to see just a really steep user growth curve, and like, we know that if you get a large audi…”
Podcasting is a hot sector with very few investable companies
“The round went very well, and there was a lot of interest in our company because podcasting is kind of a hot space, but there aren't A lot of investable companies in this space.”
Founders should not emulate Steve Jobs' monomaniacal management behaviors
“He is a revolutionary, and he's a visionary, and he created incredible products that changed the world, but he, I don't think people loved working for him, and I think that he also has, like, monomaniacal behaviors that I would not want to adopt, because that'…”
Gimlet Media generated revenue from inception through podcast ad sales
“Unlike, I think, most sort of Silicon Valley startups that have started in the last year or two, we had revenue from the very beginning, because we were selling advertisements on our show.”
Gimlet co-founders retained over 50% voting control after Series A
“It was really important to Alex and I that we both still controlled our own destiny, that we controlled more than 50% of the company, and we wanted to have a small board.”
Advertising and subscriptions hold Gimlet's greatest monetization potential
“I think the advertising business, and then down the road the subscription business has the biggest potential, together.”