Published: March 31, 2017, 9 a.m.
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Shin Sakane. He\\u2019s the founder and CEO of Seven Dreamers. Seven Dreamers is daring to create technology that has never been seen in the world. Shin has a PhD in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Delaware.
Famous Five:
- Favorite Book? \\u2013 The Path
- What CEO do you follow? \\u2013\\xa0 Elon Musk
- Favorite online tool? \\u2014 Facebook
- Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 No
- If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? \\u2013 \\u201cGet global experiences, visit so many different countries, cultures...\\u201d
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:44 \\u2013 Nathan introduces Shin to the show
- 02:20 \\u2013 Seven Dreamers creates technology that the world has not seen yet
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- 02:30 \\u2013 First product is the fully automated carbon golf shaft
- 02:35 \\u2013 Second product is the nascent nasal airway stent
- 02:58 \\u2013 There\\u2019s no connection between the products
- 03:16 \\u2013 Seven Dreamers wanted to develop something that is not yet available anywhere
- 04:00 \\u2013 Seven Dreamers was launched in 2011
- 04:20 \\u2013 Seven Dreamers has raised over $75M
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- 04:29 \\u2013 The money was mainly spent on product development
- 05:05 \\u2013 The nasal stent currently has more sales than the golf shaft
- 05:27 \\u2013 The golf shaft price is $1200 - $120K
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- 05:53 \\u2013 The most popular model sells for $1800
- 06:10 \\u2013 The golf shaft was launched in 2014
- 06:30 \\u2013 400 shafts/month are being sold
- 07:35 \\u2013 The way to make a golf shaft
- 09:06 \\u2013 Team size
- 09:45 \\u2013 2016 total revenue
- 10:30 \\u2013 It took Seven Dreamers 11 years to develop laundroid
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- 11:15 \\u2013 Seven Dreamers has spent $15M for product development
- 11:33 \\u2013 Shin shares how they came up with the idea of laundroid
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- 12:13 \\u2013 Laundroid was initially limited
- 12:50 \\u2013 Laundroid\\u2019s price is $15K
- 13:38 \\u2013 The 3 products are completely different\\u2014from the suppliers to the technologies
- 14:08 \\u2013 Most of the product ideas come from Shin
- 14:43 \\u2013 The last round they raised
- 15:03 \\u2013 Shin shares the valuation of each of their products
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- 15:30 \\u2013 \\u201cEverything counts\\u201d
- 16:12 \\u2013 The nasal airway stent is currently their biggest money maker
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- 16:25 \\u2013 Average MRR $1M
- 16:53 \\u2013 2017 goal is $80M
- 17:07 \\u2013 Seven Dreamers are working on their sales and marketing
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- 17:14 \\u2013 \\u201cWe do our own marketing\\u201d
- 17:34 \\u2013 Advertising cost
- 18:40 \\u2013 Seven Dreamers spent money on sponsoring athletes
- 19:09 \\u2013 The number of golf shaft complete sets that have sold
- 21:15 \\u2013 The Famous Five
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3 Key Points:
- Think outside the box\\u2014have a solution to a problem, then create a product.
- Study and know your market well so that your product speaks directly to a need.
- Be creative and innovative.
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Resources Mentioned:
- Acuity Scheduling \\u2013 Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments
- Host Gator\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
- Audible\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
- The Top Inbox\\xa0 \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences
- Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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