Sam Ovens
13 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2017 by Sam Ovens · across every show →
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Mar 3, 2017
Mar 3, 2017 bullish
Sam Ovens plans to eventually take Consulting.com public
“I think with, you know, a company like mine, I've got some plans for it in terms of, ah, like I do want to float it eventually, and the speculative value of some things is, it means, it can mean a lot. It's not a wise idea to mention every asset on the balance…”
Mar 3, 2017
Sam Ovens completely rebuilds his consulting course from scratch twice annually
“It's more like, honestly, it's probably version 17 or 18. Like, I, even when there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, and people tell me this is the best course I've ever done, or this is the best course in the world, I still, just for fun, because I just am …”
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Pairing service and product models eliminates the cash flow trough
“With service businesses, they have, they don't have a trough in the cash flow model, but with product businesses, they have a very big trough. And by trough, I mean, you know, capital expenditure and outlay before revenues start coming in. So I just paired a s…”
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Auditing specific client mistakes sells better than pitching general competence
“It's just really powerful to point out actual mistakes instead of going to someone and saying, I'm so good, I can help you. Everyone's first reaction is prove it, right? So it's so much more powerful to go in and identify problems.”
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Existing customers are the best source for early startup hires
“The best place to start is in your customers, because you have a lot of people in your customer list who understand they're very early in their journey, and it would probably be a smart idea to go work for a company for a year, and to, because you're going to …”
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Ovens has acquired 10,500 customers across all consulting training programs
“Fast forward to this current day, I mean, I think we've had 10, 10 and a half thousand customers of, for the different iteration, if you add up all the different iterations, all the different customers, about 10 and a half thousand.”