Scott Farquhar

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 8, 2021 by Scott Farquhar · across every show →

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Feb 8, 2021 positive
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Farquhar notes Atlassian bought early Google AdWords for 10 to 20 cents
“Things that would now cost you 10 or 20 dollars for a click would cost us 10 or 20 cents, and I always wish we had more money to spend on that.”
Scott Farquhar Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 38:20 Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
Feb 8, 2021
Disclosure
Cannon-Brookes says Atlassian remained completely founder-owned with zero funding after eight years
“We had taken no, no, no capital, no investment. we still owned a hundred percent of the company.”
Mike Cannon-Brookes Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 58:39 Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
Feb 8, 2021
Disclosure
Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes originally just wanted a $48,500 salary without wearing suits
“The thesis was if we can earn 48,500 dollars and not have to wear a suit to work and a tie to work and work with, you know, kind of average people, then, you know, we've won.”
Scott Farquhar Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 19:31 Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
Feb 8, 2021
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Atlassian's first shareholder agreement designated rock-paper-scissors to resolve founder disputes
“And we put in Rochambeau or rock, paper, scissors into our shareholders agreement. And so it's changed now. We're a public company. We can't solve problems like that anymore. But you know, for the first few years, if we disagreed it would have ended up at rock…”
Scott Farquhar Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 24:38 Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
Feb 8, 2021
Disclosure
Atlassian co-founders paid themselves just $300 weekly for their first two years
“We didn't pay ourselves for a long time, and even after that, I think we paid ourselves 300 dollars a week for the first two years, so we were relatively inexpensive.”
Scott Farquhar Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 32:56 Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
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