Phil Liu

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May 4, 2021
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Missive rejected an all-equity acquisition offer from a $30M company
“It was equity and an equity. I don't know if it means much, but it was thirty millions in, in valuation from that business, but you had to believe that the equity.”
Phil Liu May 4, 2021 ▶ 19:27 How To Bootstrap to $1m with VC Funded Competitors With Just 4 People
May 4, 2021
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Phil Liu lived on a teen project's ramen profitability for 10 years
“At the co-working space, I was actually making money from, like, a really from a game portal I created when I was a teen, a French game portal I created when I was a teen, and, you know, just, like, ramen money, ramen profitable money, like, a few Ks a year, j…”
Phil Liu May 4, 2021 ▶ 2:53 How To Bootstrap to $1m with VC Funded Competitors With Just 4 People
May 4, 2021 positive
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Word of mouth sustains Missive's growth with just a four-person team
“The rest is just like it's such a big space that even if it's just word of mouth and we're just a small team that it's really working out actually, because with the word of mouth, it's sustained our growth and we're just four guys and it makes good sense.”
Phil Liu May 4, 2021 ▶ 14:16 How To Bootstrap to $1m with VC Funded Competitors With Just 4 People
May 4, 2021 neutral
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Missive generated only about $3,000 in revenue during its first year
“First year of missive was like, ah, I don't know, not a lot of money. Like, I think like three K for the whole year.”
Phil Liu May 4, 2021 ▶ 8:45 How To Bootstrap to $1m with VC Funded Competitors With Just 4 People
May 4, 2021
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Missive rejected three acquisition approaches by tech unicorns
“We had we were approached three times. And buy big let's say unicorns and more.”
Phil Liu May 4, 2021 ▶ 18:46 How To Bootstrap to $1m with VC Funded Competitors With Just 4 People
May 4, 2021 positive
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Phil Liu: Missive ignores data and builds based on customer feeling
“We don't look at data. Actually, that's the simple strangest answer. I can like honest answer. It's like, we don't really look at data. It's just the feeling of our customer.”
Phil Liu May 4, 2021 ▶ 15:26 How To Bootstrap to $1m with VC Funded Competitors With Just 4 People
May 4, 2021
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Phil Liu doubts Missive would accept a $10M all-cash acquisition offer
“I don't think so.”
Phil Liu May 4, 2021 ▶ 19:47 How To Bootstrap to $1m with VC Funded Competitors With Just 4 People
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