direct-to-consumer

also referred to as: direct to consumer · dtc

6 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jun 23, 2022 by Nick Saltarelli (Nick Salto) · across every show →

Everything said about direct-to-consumer, oldest first

Jun 23, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Saltarelli: Midday Squares is a manufacturing business, not DTC
“DTC is just a component of what we are, but we are absolutely not a DTC business. So we are manufacturing business that, that runs a brand.”
Nick Saltarelli (Nick Salto) Jun 23, 2022 ▶ 16:52 How to Build a Brand of the Future
Jun 23, 2022 bearish
Insight
Saltarelli: Pure DTC costs more to scale than traditional retail distribution
“What I think people forgot was how trained humans are in that buying cycle and how much more money it actually costed to scale than to actually just play within the distribution channels that exist.”
Nick Saltarelli (Nick Salto) Jun 23, 2022 ▶ 14:56 How to Build a Brand of the Future
Jul 17, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Isenberg: Faceless YouTube Is the Next Online Gold Rush
“The DTC bro is now the faceless YouTube bro. Who was previously the crypto bro. So like the next, this is like the next gold rush”
Greg Isenberg Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 7:35 How to build a profitable Faceless YouTube Channel in 72 Hours
Sep 2, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Schneider: Corporations will inevitably adopt synthetic AI brand spokespersons
“It's going to trickle down into, like, direct-to-consumer, and then that trickles down into B to B, and, like, this is an inevitability that will happen over time. Like, imagine, like, a corporation, right? Like, a Torture Would kill for this. They're like, yo…”
Cody Schneider Sep 2, 2024 ▶ 32:55 5 $1M+ startup ideas you can launch tomorrow with $0
Nov 11, 2024 positive
Insight
Coogan: DTC dog food outperforms because pets never churn from food fatigue
“So like dog food companies have been one of the few categories in direct to consumer that have done fantastically. And the reason is because your dog doesn't tell you if they're sick of their food. Like if you start a human food company, the human will be like…”
John Coogan Nov 11, 2024 ▶ 30:33 John Coogan (TBPN) gives you $1B BIG startup ideas
Dec 23, 2024 positive
Insight
Dalen: Continuous cash flow makes $499 monthly DTC SaaS pricing easy
“When you think about D to C, there's always money flowing every month. Like as long as the business exists, there's money flowing. So, so to justify a 499 dollars a month subscription within that, like flow of money is so easy to figure out as long as you solv…”
Daniel Dalen Dec 23, 2024 ▶ 49:11 pov: brainstorming $1M+ startup ideas with Daniel Dalen
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