Episode Details

What would be your potential reward for mastering the fundamentals?

Whether it's small business acquisitions, private equity investing, or the financial media and newsletter business…

In Matt’s case the reward is approximately $14,000,000 in net profit in 2024

All this with a team of 16 people.

We discuss:

— How to grow a business (Growing 86% in 2020; 77% in 2021)

— Email is still massively untapped for PE funds, VCs and traditional businesses

— Spend $1-2m per month on advertising

— Why more private companies should publish their numbers

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:19 - Team of 16; $2.3M in revenue per employee

00:05:57 - Different sources of revenue

00:07:48 - A short masterclass on how business builders and investors can use email to their advantage (deals, talent, capital)

00:18:01 - Mentors are key

00:19:19 - Hiring mistakes and lessons learned

00:22:54 - Bootstrapping vs. raising capital

00:23:25 - Why share ALL numbers publicly, even when running a private company

00:28:17 - How to overcome VERY difficult periods (personal, family, business)

00:39:11 - 3 lessons from 17-year career (distribution is everything)

00:43:12 - The key to 0.0001% success is to turn your business into your hobby

00:50:47 - $200,000,000 and I’m out

My full conversation with Matt Paulson, the founder of MarketBeat — Stream now.

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