Jacob Lenski

Founder & CEO, Ecom Pilot · 1 appearance on the record.

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Jakub (Jacob) Lenski is the founder of Ecom Pilot, a SaaS product-discovery tool for e-commerce merchants, and Afiliatree. He completed a software engineering degree apprenticeship at semiconductor firm ARM and was named a Thiel Fellow finalist.

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Everything Jacob Lenski said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Lenski: There is no market winner or working tool for dropshipping
“When it comes to dropshipping, there's no real market winner, and there's no tool that really So, you know, properly works, right?”
Jacob Lenski Aug 14, 2021 ▶ 11:05 20 Year Old Sells $15k Lanyards, Now Ecomm Research Tool
Insight
Lenski: Profitable e-commerce products must be discovered supplier-first
“If you want to find a good product to sell in e-commerce, you need to find it supplier first, right? One that's not yet being sold on Amazon, one that's yet not being dropshipped”
Jacob Lenski Aug 14, 2021 ▶ 11:36 20 Year Old Sells $15k Lanyards, Now Ecomm Research Tool
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lenski: ecompilot.net could reach $100,000 in revenue during first launch month
“Speaking with my partners, you know, they're thinking much larger than they're saying, you know, in our first launch, when we do it properly through product home, through the correct mediums, we could go definitely to let's say a 100,000 the first month.”
Jacob Lenski Aug 14, 2021 ▶ 5:29 20 Year Old Sells $15k Lanyards, Now Ecomm Research Tool
Opinion
Lenski: Affiliate marketing is top acquisition channel for e-commerce SaaS
“I believe that, you know, one of the strongest sources for bringing people in especially within the e-commerce market and especially in drop shipping and Amazon selling will be through affiliate marketing, right?”
Jacob Lenski Aug 14, 2021 ▶ 7:36 20 Year Old Sells $15k Lanyards, Now Ecomm Research Tool

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Insight
Latka: Lifetime pricing ruins SaaS unit economics and prevents hiring
“If you do a lifetime fee, you're ruining all your SaaS economics. You can't make hiring decisions. You can't do this full-time when you graduate because you have to do new revenue every single month.”
Nathan Latka Aug 14, 2021 ▶ 13:20 20 Year Old Sells $15k Lanyards, Now Ecomm Research Tool

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
20 Year Old Sells $15k Lanyards, Now Ecomm Research Tool Aug 14, 2021 8m
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