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What I learned from 56 $250k+ businesses
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How Melissa Kwan automates webinars without the need of being on camera
What do you do when you run out of leads for your business? It’s a little scary when you don’t know where your next customer might be and you have to learn something new. For Melissa Kwan, enterprise sales are her bread and butter. It’s where she’s made multiple businesses successful and how she’s been able to be a successful entrepreneur. With her current venture, eWebinar, sales are quite a bit different.

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Platform Risk: Surviving Apple's Catastrophic Changes
The company that calls itself a Phoenix. Learn how Geniuslink survived 4 different times where revenue was cut in half overnight.

My favorite online community platform
Community businesses are becoming a hot trend. Here is Matt's favorite online community platform.

Building with the same online marketing strategy for 13 years
Building a venture is a marathon, not a sprint. Learn how Buffer bootstrapped it's way to $18 million in revenue per year.

The Email Strategy Behind Her Template Business
Sam Vander Wielen turned a surprising conference moment into an $8M legal template business when entrepreneurs sought her legal advice instead of her health coaching.

Data built a $250k Ice Cream Shop
How a data scientist built a $250k ice cream shop before serving a single scoop.

Four Crashes Couldn't Kill This Business
How Geniuslink solved geofragmentation, survived four "revenue-cut-in-half-overnight" catastrophes, and emerged as the leading smart link platform for creators.

Making Candles Instagram Worthy Made Her $250K
Sara Jennetten built Blank Mason into a $250K candle-making experience by designing every detail to be Instagram-worthy from day one.

They turned one viral video into a $200K biz
Chris & Sara turned one viral van tour into a $250K business that lets them travel the world while doing work they love.

The metrics of a successful online community
If you’re building your own online community, it’s really tricky to figure out what metrics to use for success. Thankfully, Circle provides some answers with their 2024 Community Benchmark Report

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My favorite online community platform
Community businesses are becoming a hot trend. Here is Matt's favorite online community platform.