Retreats
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
Startups For the Rest of Us 
the Startup Ideas Podcast
4 statements about Retreats, every show
Courtney: Painting retreat for entrepreneurs generated $110,000 in revenue
“When I ran that painting retreat and that art retreat, I was able to make 90,000 dollars, well, a 110,000 dollars from it.”
Courtney: Huge market for retreats without spiritual or psychedelic elements
“I feel like there's a place in the market for looking at things which are usually mixed with psychedelics and usually mixed with meditation or yoga and removing those elements and making it more practical.”
Isenberg: Curated retreats drive strong user acquisition for community apps
“These retreats are actually a really good way for user acquisition and getting really be stoked about what you're doing.”
Walling: Startup retreats work best with half to two-thirds non-work time
“If you have a team at a startup and you're going to get them together, like I found a really nice cadence is to have about half the time be work and half the time be not. And that's, or it's even like two thirds not work where you have a work session in the mo…”