The Cubby

7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 15, 2023 by Josh Kim · said 29 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Aug 15, 2023
Disclosure
Josh Kim self-invested $5,000 of personal savings to build The Cubby
“And so I think I self-invested like five grand At the time, and that was almost all the money I had, but I truly believed in it.”
Josh Kim Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 16:28 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
Aug 15, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kim: Acquire.com listing generated 10 to 12 buyer inquiries on day one
“The first day we were approved, I had, like, 10, like, 10 to 12 different people reach out, like, immediately”
Josh Kim Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 35:53 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
Aug 15, 2023
Insight
Kim: Founders should focus on solving personal problems, not monetization ideas
“The number one question that my mentor shared with me, and that I came to, came back to over and over again, it was, what is a problem I can solve? And what is the biggest problem in my life? It wasn't, what is your idea? What is the business you want to grow?…”
Josh Kim Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 7:50 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
Aug 15, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kim tested 50% transaction fees on his manual campus marketplace MVP
“Like, I was making money, and I was actually implementing manual transaction fees just to see. I, we actually played, I played around transaction fees to a point where I would get 50% transaction fee, and it was crazy because, like, these students wouldn't car…”
Josh Kim Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 16:45 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
Aug 15, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Kim: Finding a buyer on Acquire.com took roughly six months
“Like I you know, like I said, it was like around six months it took me for on a car.”
Josh Kim Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 41:56 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
Aug 15, 2023
Assertion Supported
Kim: The Cubby eventually gave 100% of marketplace sales fees to students
“We gave a hundred percent of the fee to the college student and allowed them to showcase and sell their work to the public.”
Josh Kim Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 31:58 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
Aug 15, 2023 positive
Insight
Kim: Defining non-negotiables and nice-to-haves accelerates acquisition talks
“Know what you want, and really define that, and I didn't do that for the first two months of my journey, so know what you want and the conversation just gets so much faster and so much more efficient after that.”
Josh Kim Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 46:29 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
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