How I Reverse Engineered A $100 Million Exit - Jason Lemkin

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Episode 571: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Jason Lemkin (https://twitter.com/jasonlk ) talk about the 7 rules of building to a $100M business. Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5 — Show Notes: (0:00) Jason Lemkin’s first million (4:19) The rules of getting to a 9-figure exit (5:32) Rule 1: New minimum is $400K per employee (7:58) Rule 2: Go multi-product (9:40) Rule 3: Your second product must be bigger than your first product (11:05) Cheat code: Double your prices (13:48) Rule 4: 30% of your revenue is international (15:43) Rule 5: Localize your product (19:05) Cheat code: Remove friction (22:42) Rule 6: 100% net revenue retention (29:01) Business models that won’t get you there (33:38) $100M conferences (39:35) Rule 7: Don’t raise double digit millions — Links: • Saastr - https://www.saastr.com/ • HLTH - https://www.hlth.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano