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Timur Daudpota, cofounder of Blurbiz. His business allows companies to create and edit videos and post them directly to Snapchat. Listen to Timur share his journey as an entrepreneur. He started out with skateboards, and now he\\u2019s jumped to Snapchat.

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Famous Five:

Favorite Book? \\u2013 Zero to One
What CEO do you follow? \\u2014 Elon Musk
Favorite online tool? \\u2014 Sketch
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014No
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? \\u2014 Read more books.

Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:10 \\u2013 Nathan introduces Timur
02:00 \\u2013 Blurbiz is a SaaS platform
03:00 \\u2013 They found a gap in Snapchat
03:35 \\u2013 Customers can link their Snapchat account and post videos through Blurbiz
04:20 \\u2013 Working with publishers
04:40 \\u2013 They charge $2k to $5k per month
05:00 -- $60k in revenue last month
05:15 \\u2013 Too early for churn
05:45 \\u2013 Customer acquisition
06:20 \\u2013 They pay themselves a $60k salary
06:35 \\u2013 Fundraising is $425k total
07:15 \\u2013 Valuation
08:20 \\u2013 Team size is 8
08:30 \\u2013 Commission based
09:45 \\u2013 Based out of Mountain View
10:00 \\u2013 Started with a skateboarding company
10:40 \\u2013 Bringing back a classic skateboard design
11:00 \\u2013 LED skateboard wheels
11:30 \\u2013 Received prize money for their company
12:00 \\u2013 Finding a better way to sell
12:20 \\u2013 They connected their product with social media and sales jumped
13:00 \\u2013 Equity for Blurbiz
13:45 \\u2013 Follow Blurbiz on Snapchat
14:00 \\u2013 20000 views for every post on Snapchat
16:40 -- The Famous Five
3 Key Points:
Constantly find ways to improve your business.
If you find a gap in a certain company or industry, fill it.
Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur.

Resources Mentioned:
Host Gator \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
Freshbooks - The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
Leadpages \\u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
Audible \\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.
Sketch \\u2013 Timur\\u2019s favorite online tool
Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives