Steve Olsher
16 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 1, 2016 by Steve Olsher · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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Jul 1, 2016 negative
Outside executives hired for planned 2000 IPO lacked basic competency
“Wall Street wanted to see the gray hairs, the CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, all the lettered saviors, and when everything went to hell in a handbasket, basically, we figured out pretty quickly that the folks we had brought in to take us to the promised land didn't know ja…”
Jul 1, 2016
Olsher: Liquor.com filed S-1 in 2000, lost domain until 2005
“Well, actually it started as a catalog company in 91. We launched on CompuServe's electronic mall in 93, put together one of the first fully functional e-commerce sites in 95, and then picked up the domain liquor.com in 98, had the S one filed to go public in …”
Jul 1, 2016
Jul 1, 2016 negative
Traditional book publishers act as mere printers without providing distribution value
“And frankly, you know, there's self published, there's hybrid publishers and there's traditional. I've done all three. And at the end of the day, publishers are nothing more than printers. You know, so, I mean, all they do is print, you know, the books for you…”
Jul 1, 2016 neutral
Jul 1, 2016
Publishing advances rely entirely on an author's existing platform over agents
“Agent is, I mean, it's part of the battle, my brother, but it's really all about platform. I mean, I hate to use Michael Hyatt's term and everybody else, and you know that term, but it's, it truly is about, if you can push a button to make shit happen, you're …”
Jul 1, 2016
Jul 1, 2016 negative
Entrepreneurs make a huge mistake focusing on just one business
“The reality is as an entrepreneur that that is just going to be a huge mistake, right? I mean, it is too many people out there that frankly just dive into one thing, build it, sell it, move on to something else. I get that, but I'd rather dive into multiple th…”
Jul 1, 2016 bullish
Jul 14, 2017
Jul 14, 2017
Olsher: New Media Summit costs $150K all-in to produce
“Well, all in, it'll be a hundred grand for the venue, no doubt. And then when you take into consideration the AV and the event management and everything else that goes into it, the marketing and so on you're probably looking, I mean, for most events of this na…”
Jul 14, 2017 neutral
New Media Summit early bird tickets cost $4,997 with 42 sold
“It's 4997 dollars to come to this event, meet with the icons, leave with bookings in hand again, take care of all your PR really, if you will in one fell swoop. And so at this point we just started marketing. We sold our first two super early bird tickets righ…”
Jul 14, 2017
Jul 14, 2017
Jul 14, 2017
Olsher buys stage time at conferences as a core revenue driver
“Part of my revenue model is actually by stage time. So if you have an event and you know that people are going to, you know, be there and be interested potentially in my products, programs, or services, talk to me. I will buy stage time.”