Michael Birch
person on 4 shows · 13 statements across 9 episodes · said 115 times in 32 episodes since 2015
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- Furqan Rydhan on What It's Like Co-founding a $20B Company | My First Million #180
- How to Make Millions With a Modern Day Infomercial | My First Million #221
- When to Go All In on an Idea & the Crypto Exchange That Could Have Been | My First Million #200
- Making Billions with Greeting Cards & Rich People (not) Paying Taxes | My First Million #192
- Brainstorming Million Dollar Ideas with Elaine Zelby | My First Million Ep. #175
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13 statements about Michael Birch, every show
Birthday Alarm acquired 50 million members with zero marketing spend
“I think Birthday Alarm has had, like, fifty million plus members with zero marketing spend, because Michael was one of the pioneers of viral marketing, and so he understood how to get this business to grow virally.”
Michael Birch sold his pre-Bebo network to James Currier for $2M
“So he went to a meetup and he sold the business to James Currier for like two million bucks.”
Harrison cold-emailed founders of Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo for funding
“He'd even cold emailed the founders of the three biggest social networks of the time. Mark Zuckerberg, MySpace founder Tom Anderson, Bebo founder Michael Birch.”
Bebo founder Michael Birch wired $1 million to save charity: water
“Three days later, I get an email from him saying, hey, it was great meeting you. I wired a million dollars into your overhead account. So we go from insolvent to a year in funding.”
charity: water has raised over $330 million since its near-insolvency
“You know, that was a third of a billion dollars ago.”
Bebo founders Michael and Xochitl Birch donated $20M to Charity: Water
“Michael and Xochitl have been very generous. They've given over twenty million dollars. They've come and come to 14 or 15 countries with me now, bringing their kids all over the world to see the impact that they've made.”
Michael Birch gave Charity: Water $1 million after their first meeting
“And then Michael wrote him an email right after the meeting, like the next day. And he just said, Hey Scott, loved our chat. Send me your wire instructions. I'll send you a million dollars. Use it however you wish. Keep rocking. And the million dollars kept th…”
Michael Birch converted a 60,000 sq ft candy factory into The Battery
“He did that with the battery, bought a 60,000 square foot old candy factory, retrofitted it and then put, you know, turned into Willy Wonka's factory. He made all the rooms unique and fun to be in.”
Michael Birch killed Shaan Puri's early crypto exchange over SEC fears
“Our idea lab was backed by this couple, Michael and Xochitl Birch. It's basically an individual couple who's, you know, independently very wealthy. And so he come, Michael comes by for lunch the next day. He's like, Hey, the lawyer, like our lawyer, Susan told…”
Puri: Bebo founders retained 70% in $850M sale by self-funding
“When he sold Bebo for, I think, eight hundred fifty million dollars, the husband and wife duo, they owned like 70% plus of the company because he had self-funded it using it, this, using this e-card website.”
Bebo founder Michael Birch sold an early social network to Tickle
“Michael Birch, who was my investor in my previous company, and he was the original founder of Bebo, and he basically had sold, he created a social network, he sold it to Tickle, which was a quiz company, and Tickle was like a hundred million dollar company tha…”
Michael Birch's Bebo quiz acquired one million users in nine days
“And he created the best friends quiz, which was how well do you know me? And so I would create a quiz. I would answer a bunch of questions about me. Then I would send it to my friends and say, see, take this quiz, see how well you know me. And then the results…”