Entrepreneurship. Growth. Carolina Panthers. Austin.
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I told my niece to point to a book for me to read to her. She initially pointed towards “A Cat in The Hat” from her mom’s purse.
I said try again. She then picked this book out.
Yeah, that’s right, kid. Learn how to create offers you’ll be a millionaire.
Starting young.
One of the most surprising things about pricing:
The more premium your pricing, the less people ask questions, the more they trust you, and actually want to work with you
🫡🫡
Ryan is a beast.
4 years ago, we met because I haphazardly tweeted that I want to give a first time founder $10k + a monthly stipend to build a business with me.
I had 80+ people email me.
Ryan stood out because he created a video, had a great pitch and we immediately hit it off.
6 months later (or more?) we created Spacebar Visuals - a B2B video agency focused on product launches, event videos and customer testimonials.
But, it didn't start that way.
We started off making low budget animated explainer videos. We made just enough to keep the lights on and figure out what made us great.
2 years ago, Ryan and now a team of ~15 people figured it out.
We went from something like $50k in rev in the first half year we worked together, to now having months of $100k+ in revenue.
We'll make our second million 5x faster than the first.
We're still small. We're not an AI breakout company. But we're doubling YoY, very profitable and have a killer team.
🧑🚀🚀
I look outside this window everyday and think to myself, “a grill cleaning company would crush”
Look what is getting cleaned.
Found out today that Spacebar Visuals has officially crossed $1M in lifetime revenue 🤯
Pretty insane to think about considering I knew literally nothing about about running a B2B video agency just four years ago
How timessss have changed.
Excited for the next million 💸🚀
Ryan Atkinson retweeted
Fun to think about this... the company we created from this tweet was Spacebar Visuals, a B2B video agency.
Last month, we did $88k in revenue, have a team based in Austin, TX + globally, and 100+ happy clients.
@ryansatkinson is a force of nature.
We need to do this again.
Ryan Atkinson retweeted
You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can’t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
…
Just keep going ✌️
Ryan Atkinson retweeted
I posted this 3 years ago.
@ryansatkinson DM'd and emailed me with a video pitch, and we launched @SpacebarVisuals.
Now, we’re doing $50k+/month, produced millions of views for our clients, and we’ve already broken our quarterly sales record halfway through Q4.
🚀🚀🚀
Ryan Atkinson retweeted
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Ryan Atkinson retweeted
We have a dead simple budgeting system at @SpacebarVisuals
80% of cash goes to Ops (payroll, cogs, commissions, etc)
10% to Marketing
10% to profit-sharing
We put these in separate, connected accounts automatically when cash comes in.
When we have excess cash in ops, we decide to re-invest or distribute.
Never think about it otherwise. Sounds stupidly simple/obvious but most small businesses don't do this.
@ryansatkinson is incredibly disciplined about it, and when we made the change business improved.
Ryan Atkinson retweeted
Record revenue month for @SpacebarVisuals 🚀
@ryansatkinson was the first entrepreneur we bet on at Spacebar Ventures, and almost 2 years later he continues to crush it
