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Stein: Managing Personal Investments Is Nearly Impossible for Everyday Savers
“If it was that hard for me, ah, someone who's had all the benefits of, you know, ah, business school, and a degree in economics, and a CFA, and all of these, like, and working in the industry, wow, it must be impossible for the average person to manage their m…”
Founders Should Master One Growth Channel at a Time Before Expanding
“I've seen firsthand at Betterment and at other companies that I've advised over the years, how too many simultaneous growth paths can dilute focus, even if they're all promising and maybe they're all things you want to do in the long run. I think that you can …”
Craft Businesses Must Target 80% Profit Margins to Safely Fund Expansion
“A general rule of thumb that I'd love to see is, is 80% might be profit. 20% might be cost of goods, right? So if you think about what you'd have to do to your prices to get there, then you would have room to rent space and hire people and expand confidently.”
B2B Sales Provide Repeatable Scaling When D2C Marketing Efficiency Caps Out
“Focus doesn't mean exclusivity. So we still market direct to consumer at Betterment. That's a lot of the brand origin story. That's where we came from. It's, and we built around that customer. But our marketing dollars, there's only so many dollars we can spen…”
Stein: Never Fully Script a Pitch or Major Speech
“I've written and scripted the entire thing, which I would never do again and would not recommend. Never script a speech like this”