Pricing Product Sales Snapchat 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2022
You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Design a product or service that you can sell. But some of you will surely say “What about Facebook and Snapchat, who focused on growth first and are clearly successful?”
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 17, 2017
Or you know the other one — the one where Snapchat lost $2 billion in just one quarter. The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months.
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socalTECH
MAY 7, 2018
Everyone was on the phone, fighting with drivers over price and things like their availability. We viewed this as a central marketplace which would allow drivers to be put in the driving seat, get paid what they want, go where they want to go, and get paid the market price, and would help solve this issue. We're hiring.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2019
You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Design a product or service that you can sell. But some of you will surely say “What about Facebook and Snapchat, who focused on growth first and are clearly successful?”
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 22, 2016
Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. So what’s exciting about this new product? This product is literally too good to pass up.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2015
No carrier in their right mind wanted to cede control of the software but Apple was willing to offer its products exclusive through one carrier in exchange for not having any carrier software on the device. So often exclusivity on mega deals is of huge importance to your potential customers or business development partners.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2017
You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Design a product or service that you can sell. But some of you will surely say “What about Facebook and Snapchat, who focused on growth first and are clearly successful?”
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