Welcome to the FIRST EPISODE of The Crazy Ones, hosted by fellow friends, founders, and builders, Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista), Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso), and Jesse Pujji (@jspujji). Today, we talk about the rise and the insane $700M evaluation of Liquid Death, then we get into how to make your pitch deck UNDENIABLE to investors, and finally the truths that you need to know when you’re a tech entrepreneur.
Links Referenced:
Liquid Death’s Evaluation | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-03/liquid-death-water-valued-at-700-million-following-financing
Martha Stewart’s Liquid Death Collab: https://liquiddeath.com/pages/martha
Jesse Pujji’s Tweet Thread on Kahani’s Deck: https://twitter.com/jspujji/status/1575562023701663747?s=46&t=_KOWILOIZ68OMh_DkZOhpw
Sophia Amoruso’s Business Class: https://www.businessclass.co/
00:00 - Intro
0:30 - Co-Hosts Intro
1:03 - Liquid Death’s $700M Valuation
7:00 - Show Intro
7:30 - The Topic Rundown
8:15 - Sophia Amoruso on Nasty Gal, her $100 Revenue Business, Girlboss & Business Class
8:53 - Jesse Pujji on building the biggest FaceBook marketing business, his venture studio Gateway X
11:37 - What is a Venture Studio?
11:57 - Bootstrapping as a state of mind vs. Raising money from Venture
15:03 - Jesse’s pitch on his e-commerce business Kahani
18:40 - Alex critiquing Jesse’s deck design
22:00 - Is Kahani a product or a feature, instead of a massive business?
24:38 - Jeff Bezos’ Flywheels on how to make a “defensible” business
26:25 - The #1 Question Entrepreneurs need to Ask In A Pitch
27:55 - Sophia Amoruso’s $1Million Dollar Businesses and Business Class
32:35 - Jesse on the idea of “unfair advantage” for entrepreneurs
34:55 - Alex on Thomas Frank, creating $120 - $140K per month on Notion
39:10 - Executive Coaching as a ‘pyramid scheme’ to make $1M in a year
41:20 - Startup AMA
43:20 - Outro
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Liquid Death's $700M Valuation & The Hidden Truth of Becoming A Tech Entrepreneur
