John Rush
13 statements across 2 episodes · 8 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 12, 2024 by John Rush · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Jun 12, 2024 bullish
Jun 12, 2024 bullish
Rush puts micro-influencers on fixed 12-month retainers over one-off posts
“So I pay influencers fixed amount every month. And there is similar to partnership, like the football stars do with Nike, et cetera, but on a micro, on nano scale, right? So, and I pay them fixed money every month and they know it will be coming in whatever ha…”
Jun 12, 2024 bullish
Jun 12, 2024 positive
Rush: Pre-validating waitlists and prepayments creates a derisked startup draft
“If someone actually does this job of coming up with ideas validating the ideas with the users and then collecting a wait list, maybe collecting prepayments. And then you have the whole thing. Like there is an idea. There is there are like a hundred people who …”
Jun 12, 2024 bearish
Rush: Micro-influencer sponsorship prices have crashed from $1,000 to $100
“I was looking at that segment two years ago as well, and I was checking the prices and it was at least one K And they would guarantee maybe 30,000 views. And then I kept asking the same people price again every few months. And now it's way lower just because t…”
Oct 21, 2024 neutral
Oct 21, 2024 positive
Rush: Cold-offering unlisted directory owners yields better prices than marketplaces
“I think the best way to actually buy directories is to go to similar web and Research the traffic, research the audience, research the countries, and then reach out to them. An offer to buy. I do that. And because if somebody put their directory for sale, very…”
Oct 21, 2024 positive
Oct 21, 2024 positive
Rush: Listing trending items on directories captures early Google search traffic
“The next wave of growth comes from being early to list hot items on your directory, and Google will find nothing else on the internet to supply to the user who is searching for that, and Google will show Your item, your page for that.”
Oct 21, 2024 negative
Rush: Building an online directory should take one evening max
“So it all takes, if it takes you more than one evening, then you're doing it wrong. Because if it takes more than one evening, You need to redo your method, otherwise you're kind of riding on a small car, on a slow car, and you'll never get really far with tha…”
Oct 21, 2024 bearish
Rush: Users will shift from Google search to curated directories
“So I think people will be outsourcing the decision-making for the content to the directories from Google, because now they ask Google, and that's becoming more and more relevant as we see that the top Search results of the Google are mostly dominated by all th…”
Oct 21, 2024
Oct 21, 2024 positive
Rush: Founders should test five to ten directories simultaneously
“That's why I usually bet for five, six, 10 ideas, and I test them all at the same time, so that I, Remove the chance to be disappointed when one idea fails. That's pretty good approach, I would say. Like, don't do just one directory, because it will be disappo…”