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Rocket Science Group

6 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 12, 2021 by Ben Chestnut · said 8 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Jul 12, 2021
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Chestnut Abandoned $20,000 Agency Projects to Chase $25 Mailchimp Transactions
“The web design projects are like 20,000 dollars by this time. We had gotten pretty good at sales. And so, it was a really hard thing to convince my co-founders. Like, hey, let's abandon the web design business where we're making 20 grand, sometimes 35 grand a …”
Ben Chestnut Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 32:03 Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut
Jul 12, 2021
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Rocket Science Group agency revenue peaked at $200K-$300K through 2005
“The best that I remember our agency business ever doing was something like between two and 300 grand a year. That was the best we had ever done, and that was through 2005 here, by the way.”
Ben Chestnut Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 28:30 Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut
Jul 12, 2021
Disclosure
Ben Chestnut Built Mailchimp Using Scrap Code From a Failed E-Greetings Site
“We just took the scrap code from the greetings website. Luckily we didn't delete it, and yeah, we used that to build MailChimp.”
Ben Chestnut Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 22:28 Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut
Aug 25, 2025
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Mailchimp Was Built Repurposing Code From Failed E-Greetings Site
“And we just took the scrap code from the greetings website. Luckily we didn't delete it, and yeah, we used that to build MailChimp.”
Ben Chestnut Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 22:59 (July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp
Aug 25, 2025 neutral
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Chestnut: Mailchimp made $25–$50 per transaction versus $20K–$35K per web project
“The web design projects are like 20,000 dollars by this time we had gotten pretty good at sales. And so it was a really hard thing to convince my co-founders like, Hey, let's abandon the web design business where we're making 20 grand, sometimes 35 grand a pop…”
Ben Chestnut Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 32:30 (July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp
Aug 25, 2025 neutral
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Chestnut: Rocket Science Group's agency revenue peaked at $200K–$300K through 2005
“If I could, the best that I remember our agency business ever doing was something like between two and 300 grand a year. That was the best we had ever done. And that was through 2005 here, by the way.”
Ben Chestnut Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 29:00 (July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp
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