ImportGenius
company on 5 shows · 7 statements across 3 episodes · said 34 times in 8 episodes since 2013
My First Million 13 
the Knowledge Project 9 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 5 
the Official SaaStr Podcast 4 
20VC 3
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2024 13 mentions in 1 episode
2023 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2018 4 mentions in 1 episode
2016 1 mention in 1 episode
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Petersen: Ocean shipping manifests are public records in nearly 20 countries
“Shipping manifests for ocean freighter public record, and it has a lot of really interesting data on it. The public record in the US, we've since learned in like over almost 20 countries that you can get the shipping manifest data.”
Viral Apple leak drove ImportGenius to $50K monthly revenue
“We got within a week, we were doing like 50,000 dollars in monthly revenue. Like all of a sudden, you know, from zero to 50,000 in a couple of weeks.”
Steve Jobs complained to U.S. Customs over ImportGenius data leak
“And I got a call from U.S. Customs saying, hey, we just talked to Steve Jobs and he's really pissed about this. You need to explain where you got this data. Sort of like threatening to show us out.”
Petersen: Import Genius Still Generates Millions in EBITDA
“Still am. Still am. It's still a good business.”
Puri: E-Commerce Venture Surpassed $50 Million in Revenue
“We've now done over, I don't know, fifty million in revenue, but I would not have found my factory had I not used Import Genius”
Petersen: Public data businesses require distribution or network effects for defensibility
“I think that government data is a big opportunity. The government has tons of public records on all kinds of stuff and no real incentive to organize it in ways that are particularly useful. It makes it hard to build defensibility onto these businesses because …”
Braverman: Ryan Petersen's ImportGenius printed cash selling structured data
“Ryan had this company, Import Genius, that basically took public data Structured it, made it available for third parties, made it searchable, and they just sold access to it for like a hundred bucks a month per seat, and the business absolutely printed and sti…”