Holland: 20% of VideoBlocks customers drive 80% of downloads
Joel Holland · EP 443: SaaS $20M 2015 ARR, 150K Customers Giving People Quality Video, Photos, Audio with Joel Holland, CEO of VideoBlocks · Oct 10, 2016 · at 8:02
Joel Holland, CEO of VideoBlocks, discusses subscriber download patterns and bandwidth unit economics with Nathan Latka.
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“So it is 20% of our customers who drive 80% of the downloads, and we're okay with that, because those tend to be the most engaged, and because of how inexpensive, ah, hosting and distribution is today, thanks to Amazon primarily, ah, it's very difficult. Like, you have to download, like, thousands and thousands of clips before you're In the red for us.”
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