Hooman Radfar
Co-founder and CEO, Collective. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Radfar previously co-founded and served as CEO of AddThis, a web sharing platform acquired by Oracle in 2016 for approximately $200 million. Today, he leads Collective, an automated financial platform for solopreneurs, and has invested in companies including Uber, Sweetgreen, and Hinge.
1shows
1appearances
14statements
3resolved
2supported
0contradicted
67%fully supported
Everything Hooman Radfar said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Radfar: Founders should aim to be bought rather than actively sell
“You never really want to sell your company. You want your company to get bought.”
Radfar: Non-venture founders are in many ways more impressive than VC-backed founders
“And oftentimes I think there's a cognitive bias in the venture community to assume that venture backed founders are like the top one percent, right? Honestly, I think these founders are more impressive in many ways.”
Radfar: Solo operators represent 36% of the workforce
“And, you know, that's 36% of the workforce. So it's a fairly large percentage of the population.”
Radfar: Solo businesses scale from zero to $3M in a year
“The self-serve notion of some of these tools has led to this explosion of these businesses of one that can grow. And we, people are making like two, three million dollars a year and they go from zero, you know, maybe in a year. And I've seen it several times n…”
Radfar: Collective receives 50 times more applicants than members
“We have, you know, I would say like 50 times more applicants than we do members and we're growing very quickly.”
Radfar: Economic downturns drive companies from W-2s to contract labor
“What do companies that have W two's do in periods of uncertainty? They shift to contract labor and that either increases the income of existing contractors, right? Cause they're already in business or creates opportunity for new contractors. That same phenomen…”
Radfar: Founders should raise quickly during market uncertainty due to multiple compression
“All things being equal, you want to err on the side of speed and you want to raise money at those periods of uncertainty quickly because there's a lot of unknown later.”
Radfar: Collective is purposefully throttling growth to prioritize profitability
“So we actually are limiting our growth purposefully, which is tough in certain ways, but just to focus on being a little bit more profitable, get a little more progress.”
Radfar: Investors now scrutinize whole business systems rather than just top-line growth
“It used to be one variable that people are looking at, Hey, what's your top line growth. They looked at the other parts of the system, but with less scrutiny. Now they're looking at the whole system.”
Radfar: Collective aims for 2x to 3x top-line growth in 2023
“No, I think on the magnitude of like two to three times is what we think is pretty good. You know, cause we have to balance again that growth and profitability.”
Radfar: Oracle partnered with AddThis three times before buying it
“Oracle had partnered with us across, I think, three different opportunities. And then they'd concluded as a result of those partnerships that it was more cost effective for them to, you know, buy us.”
Radfar: US has 3.5M to 4M solo businesses earning $100K–$1M
“On the hundred K to the million side it's on the magnitude of I'd say 3.5 to four million.”
Radfar: Collective raised a $7M seed round and $50M total
“The first seed round, I believe, was on the magnitude of seven million and we've raised fifty million cents.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Hooman's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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 TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER | Co-founder and CEO, Collective | 1 | 14 | 67% 2/3 | full record on Top Founders → |