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Pohlson: Omaze's UK subscription retention rivals Spotify and Netflix
“We put it in the category of a consumer subscription entertainment, you know, like a Spotify or a Netflix and the retention rates. Are at that level.”
Pohlson details Omaze revenue split: 1/3 charity/VAT, 1/3 prizes, 1/3 ops/profit
“A seven million dollar house can raise, call it thirty three million in sales. A third of that goes to charity and VAT. A third of that goes to the price and costs. In addition to the house, we cover all the taxes for the winter. We give away cash prizes. We h…”
Pohlson: Omaze laid off 180 US employees to focus on the UK
“I mean, it meant like letting go of, you know, a 180 people that were amazing people that a lot of which had been there since the beginning of Omaze and were uber creative and uber resilient and super talented, but it was just the reality of where we were.”
Pohlson: Most businesses shouldn't try to 'do good' beyond supporting employees
“You know, the vast majority of companies shouldn't necessarily try to do good. I think what they can do good is do good by their team. Make sure what they're doing does no harm. But creating a big business in its own right that, that serves customers or serves…”
Pohlson: Omaze shifted from celebrity campaigns to prizes despite board resistance
“It inspired me when I came back from this to change the business being from Being focused on celebrities to focused on prizes. That was a huge change for us. We got a lot of resistance from our board and the team, but I was not scared of what people thought of…”
Pohlson: Houses are the ideal prize because they fulfill Maslow's hierarchy
“A car changes someone's lifestyle house changes someone's life. And it's the person perfect product to storytell around. You know, like a house like represents all of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, its safety, its security, its status, its relationships, its sel…”
Pohlson: Omaze's 20-person UK team surpassed 180-person US team sales
“You know, we had 20 people in the UK. We passed the sales of the US at a hundred, had a 180 people in like 15 months.”
Pohlson: Omaze is past a $400M revenue run rate
“We're, I won't, I don't give exact numbers, but we're past a four hundred million run rate.”
Pohlson: Omaze's first campaign raised $784, now raised every 12 seconds
“Our first experience was to be a guest judge on cupcake wars and it raised 784 dollars. We now raise that in 12 seconds.”
Pohlson: Breaking Bad auction raised $40K traditionally vs $1.7M on Omaze
“They offered that at auction and one person bid 40,000 and then they did it with us and it raised 1.7 million.”
Pohlson: Omaze's Daniel Craig Aston Martin campaign raised $2.1M versus $300K target
“We had done a campaign with Daniel Craig six months before I went into the hospital where you got to go to the Aston Martin track. You got to ride around in a one of a kind Aston Martin, and then you got to keep the Aston Martin. And it was supposed to raise 3…”