Mark Givko

6 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 25, 2024 by Mark Givko · across every show →

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Sep 25, 2024
Insight
Founders should fully isolate technical infrastructure before listing a startup for sale
“If you're preparing to sell your company, make sure everything is completely isolated. So ideally you just hand out the username and the password and it's all transferred. It's done.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 12:02 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
Sep 25, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
GoIndex.me had 150 active customers and 500 lifetime users at acquisition
“About 150. So it was a relatively small website. It was growing steadily. Yeah, so that's the number. Approximately 150. In fact, the total number of users lifetime was around 500.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 5:55 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
Sep 25, 2024
Disclosure
Mark Givko built, grew, and sold GoIndex.me within seven months
“I built it in 30 days, launched it grew it with ads for another four or six months. And then sold it through acquire.com.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 8:15 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
Sep 25, 2024 negative
Insight
GoIndex.me suffered churn because its lowest pricing tier offered too much capacity
“Most people don't have huge websites, so it's quite rare to see a website that has more than, let's say, 5000 pages. That, that's a large number. And the tool itself, even on the lowest tier, so the cheapest option, indexed 6000 pages per month. So that's such…”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 6:21 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
Sep 25, 2024 negative
Opinion
Mark Givko argues AI should not ghostwrite social media in your voice
“The AI, the automation tool, will interact with social media on your behalf, but not to the point where it begins to write in your voice. I believe that's bad. You should be the one posting content on social media, but you should limit the amount of content yo…”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 18:47 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
Sep 25, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mark Givko closed the GoIndex.me acquisition five days after the initial conversation
“Monday we had our first conversation and by Friday it was completely sold. The cash hit my bank account, the username and password, everything was transferred.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 11:01 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
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