e Commerce Companies

topic on 6 shows · 8 statements across 8 episodes

Founder's Journal Latent Space My First Million Top Founders How I Built This 20VC

8 statements about e Commerce Companies, every show

McCloy: Allowing AI crawlers to train on short-lived promotional data is counterproductive
“You can think about the half-life of the information you're presenting and whether or not that's something that really makes sense to give to a training data crawler. So for example, like, you know, if you're an e-commerce company and you're running a seasonal…”
Robert McCloy Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 9:29 AI is Eating Search
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Rajesh Jain: US E-Commerce Gets 20% to 40% Revenue from Email
“Because in the U.S., for e-commerce companies, 20 to 40% revenue is coming from email.”
Rajesh Jain Dec 24, 2024 ▶ 5:33 Private, Bootstrapped, & Profitable: How Rajesh Jain Scaled to Over $100M As a Solo Founder
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Not checkable as stated
Puri: Scaled e-commerce companies routinely settle automated ADA lawsuits for $10k-$15k
“You talk to any e-commerce owner who's like, you know, been around for a couple of years or has, you know, does Over ten million in revenue, and they'll all tell you the same thing. Yep. We got hit with it. Pain in the ass. Can't fight it. Just settle 10, 15,0…”
Shaan Puri Jan 15, 2024 ▶ 18:46 We Got Drunk And Came Up With 8 Business Ideas (#540)
Puri: E-commerce businesses receive no valuation credit for past non-recurring sales
“These e-commerce companies, let's say you know, ad flips, competition flips, whatever, they don't, like, retain that much value, because the sale is already done in the past. You basically get no credit for past, you know, past sales here, because it's not rec…”
Shaan Puri Dec 6, 2023 ▶ 10:46 From $0 to $100 Million In 3 Years Selling Cold Plunges (#527)
FOUNDER'S JOURNAL Prediction Not checkable as stated
Medeiros: E-commerce brands with under 70% gross margins might die
“I think in general though, for e-commerce now, you have to have really fat margins to exist. And to survive. Like anybody with under 70% is gonna, they might die.”
Isaac Medeiros Feb 28, 2023 ▶ 24:37 How a 26-Year Old With Autism Built a $10 Million Samurai Sword Business
Shahid: E-commerce startups underestimate the difficulty of custom product manufacturing
“And I, you know, I've invested in e-commerce companies and by and large, I think most of them will build a brand and get really good at marketing and forget how hard it is to make great products and not just great products, but products from scratch.”
Shiza Shahid Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 39:43 HIBT Lab! Malala Fund and Our Place: Shiza Shahid
Shetty notes most e-commerce company valuations are based on gross sales
“For most e-commerce companies, it is based on gross.”
Nevin Shetty Apr 6, 2017 ▶ 8:48 EP 621:BluePrintRegistry Raises $1.7M, Passes 2500 Postings and $10M in Transaction Volume with CEO Nevin Shetty
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Dollar Shave Club achieves higher margins by selling proprietary products
“They have High margins compared to e-commerce companies that sell someone else's product, because they sell their own products.”
David Pakman Aug 10, 2016 ▶ 22:27 20VC: Dollar Shave Club's Series A & B Lead Investor, David Pakman on The Requirements For A Successful Subscription Business & Why A Lot of Investors Do Not Like Consumer

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