David Rusenko
15 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 5, 2018 by David Rusenko · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Sep 5, 2018 positive
Sep 5, 2018
Rusenko: Startups Should Never More Than Double Headcount in a Year
“I think that you should probably never more than double the size of your company in any given year. So I don't think I know of an example of hypergrowth That works out of companies that go from 20, you know, 20 employees to 300 in a year, and that works out.”
Sep 5, 2018 neutral
Rusenko: The best startups create new markets, rendering market research useless
“The best companies will create a market. So if you look at sort of what Weebly's done, if you look at what Airbnb's done, if you look at what Dropbox has done, all, all companies have created their own market. I say this because by definition here, market rese…”
Sep 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 positive
Sep 5, 2018
Rusenko: Founders must ignore conferences and news until reaching product-market fit
“Number one, there's only one thing that matters. Think about that startup journey from idea to growth stage. Focus only on the thing that gets you to that next stage. Don't focus on anything else. Don't go to conferences. Don't like write blog posts. Don't rea…”
Sep 5, 2018 neutral
Sep 5, 2018
A South African competitor raised $40M and blatantly cloned Weebly's UI
“I remember one of our competitors, I won't name them but they're from South Africa and they had raised forty million bucks and we had raised 650 K and they things were not going that great for them. And so they completely ripped off our interface. And they jus…”
Sep 5, 2018
Rusenko: Direct Sales Requires Charging At Least $200-$300 Per Month
“If you're going to have a sales force, you're probably going to charge people at least Two, 300 dollars a month to be able to afford the Salesforce, and if you aren't gonna have a Salesforce, then you should probably charge 25 dollars a month or less.”
Sep 5, 2018 bullish
Sep 5, 2018 positive
Sep 5, 2018
Rusenko: Prioritize resolving major unknowns over standard cost-benefit task rankings
“When you're trying to make continuous improvement, that's actually a pretty good approach when you're trying to make discontinuous improvement optimized for learning. So basically ask yourself, what is my biggest unknown right now? What's the number one thing …”
Sep 5, 2018 positive
Aim for a 'minimum remarkable product' rather than a standard MVP
“I don't really like the word viable, because it's kind of insinuating that you're gonna put like the, like, just the least crappy thing you can out there. I much prefer the word remarkable. So minimum remarkable product. Ah, the product that is the least you c…”
Sep 5, 2018 negative
Sep 5, 2018 neutral
Rusenko: The only two hard startup challenges are PMF and hiring
“And I'm convinced that there's basically, ah, only two hard things. Number one is finding product market fit. It's really, really, really hard. Most companies will not be able to find product market fit. It's incredibly challenging. Number two is hiring and bu…”