Chris Guillebeau

Everything Chris Guillebeau said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Opinion

Guillebeau: You can make money as an author without self-publishing

“And so if you hear everybody that says, oh, first of all, you can't make money writing books. That's not true. Second of all, you know, you have to self publish if you want to make money. Also not true.”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 9:59 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Guillebeau: Passive income is never truly passive

“It's not like anything is truly passive income. Like I believe we're always working for our passive income”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 11:37 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Guillebeau: Email conversion rates typically decrease as subscriber lists grow

“Actually the conversion rate usually goes down the more people who subscribe just because of the nature of the thing and how the momentum works.”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 13:35 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Selling 1,000 copies in a single day reaches Amazon's top 25

“I would say if you did a thousand copies in a day you know, you would be in the top 25 on Amazon.”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 18:00 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Amazon ranks pre-orders in real time, diluting launch day impact

“Amazon will count them in real time, so it doesn't, if you take them over three to four weeks, that will not impact the sales ranking that much.”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 18:15 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Guillebeau spends three months on pre-orders and runs 30-city tours

“I spent three, three months kind of working on my pre-orders, you know, I do this major tour, I'm doing a thirty-city tour, and I absolutely love that.”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 5:01 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Guillebeau's revenue is split 50-50 between books and digital products

“I would say they're probably Fifty-fifty, so 50%, you know, the traditionally published books, and then I do have online products, online courses, I have a membership site”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 10:17 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Guillebeau earned multiple six figures in traditional book royalties in 2015

“So 20 15 would be multiple six figures in royalty income”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 10:59 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Guillebeau: The $100 Startup sold well over 300,000 copies

“Hundred dollar startup is done very well. It's actually well over 300,000 copies now. You know, that book was published in the total number is kind of hard to predict because it comes from all these different publishers, but I believe I'm between half a millio…”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 11:11 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Guillebeau captures all book pre-orders directly via Gumroad before launch

“So before the book comes out I take all the orders myself. I'm actually using Gumroad, but I've used like one shopping cart or whatever before. Take all the orders myself. Once the book is out, then I'm going to send them directly to other retailers.”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 16:47 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Guillebeau has an email list of 100,000 to 130,000 subscribers

“I guess the current email address, email list, I have a few different ones, but maybe a 100,000, a 130,000, depending on How do you count them?”

Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 12:51 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

The other half of the tape: Chris Guillebeau's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 12 times in 8 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 5Preston Lee 3Nathan Berry 3Steve Olsher 1

Statements about Chris Guillebeau, by other people (1)

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Guillebeau visited every country in the world between 2002 and 2013

“I visited every country in the world between 2002 and 2013.”

Nathan Latka Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 3:48 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Chris's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Host, Side Hustle School	1	11	100% 1/1	full record on Top Founders →