GrowthSchool

“So hundred programs each doing a million dollars in revenue is hundred million dollars, which will lead to a billion dollar business. That is our basic math, putting it out there, right? So how can we find a hundred topics which will do at least a million doll…”

“We have to break even or recover the CAC in the first purchase. And my internal target is CAC to AOV of the first purchase to be a ratio of three, right? AOV to CAC, I mean, right? Not LTV to CAC. I want to do AOV to CAC at three, right?”

“Usually whenever I said, OKRs, A lot of people said, bro, what do you have to do in this small team? No, it's important for a team to scale. Usually growth stage teams kind of build those things up, right? But we are bringing consultants on board to make that …”

“I've roped in him as an angel. So one day I'll probably convince him to do one as well.”

“Every month we have more than 10,000 posts coming on LinkedIn and Twitter together, which drives us about 20%, 25% of Lyft organically, which also helps our overall acquisition cost, right?”

“In eight months, we got to a point where over the end of the year, we would have hit a million dollars in revenue. Almost a million dollars, if not exactly a million dollars, right?”

“We directly had an IC at 10 in the night. Next day I had a term sheet.”

“Even today we are in a position where I can turn on a switch and I can be profitable.”

“If we can get them as investors, if we can get them to put some money off theirs, there's always a chance that we can get them as mentors. If they ever want to teach, we will be the first way to first place to go, right?”

“Personal branding of founders and the founding team that has worked phenomenally well for us. And I keep saying this to every founder that I meet. If you have an intent to build something or you are building something, please spend some level of time building …”

“We've crossed 300,000 now in terms of number of students, and it's not just me, like a bunch of mentors who have also contributed to it.”

“The thesis was people want to learn from people who they want to become. That was the bigger thesis.”

“I put my own savings and took a small loan from a brother, put like a CR into this business. I'll just start this. And when you're doing this, you're a very small team, right? Teams is expensive. So I had a team of two full-time people and three interns”

“I mean, Shantanu's post went viral, sadly, the 18 hours. But I mean, if you ask me, there's nothing wrong with what he said. I've been working 16, 18 hours all my life. And that became part of my life as well. If you want to do more than others, you have to pu…”