He Hustled in His Attic for 5 Years Before Hitting $1m, Now Over $4.8m Annually with Robert Moore of RJ Metrics EP 233

Published: April 13, 2016, 1:26 p.m.

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Robert Moore, CEO of RJMetrics, a Business Intelligence organization that specializes in helping small businesses obtain the data they need to thrive. Listen as Nathan and Robert talk fundraising, life in venture capital, and what it takes to grow a business from $0 to $4M is less than 5 years.

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Famous 5
Favorite Book? \\u2013Winners Dream
What CEO do you follow?\\u2014N/A
What is your favorite online tool?\\u2014Slack
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014No
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?\\u2014Everything is going to be OK.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:20 \\u2013 Nathan\\u2019s introduction
01:41 \\u2013 Welcoming Robert to the show
01:50 \\u2013 A history rooted in Online Poker
04:35 \\u2013 Getting in on Google AdWords early
05:12 \\u2013 2004-2006 almost $100K in revenue
06:21 \\u2013 RJMetrics coming to be
08:12 \\u2013 Worked at a VC firm after college
09:41 \\u2013 100-200 touches to get 1 or 2 conversations
12:15 \\u2013 Thus far, RJMetrics has raised $22M
13:10 \\u2013 Being on the sales side of money sucks
14:20 \\u2013 Average revenue per client per year
15:11 \\u2013 User acquisition is done through both inbound and outbound efforts
16:14 \\u2013 All-in customer acquisition cost is between $5K and $50K
17:00 \\u2013 Churn rate is 3 to 4 years
18:15 \\u2013 RJMetrics went from $0 to $4M in revenue over 4 years
20:30 \\u2013 Famous 5

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3 Key Points:
Economies and industries can collapse overnight, have an idea or exit strategy in your back pocket.
The money-selling business is a GRIND.
Keep grinding\\u2026it\\u2019s the only way to get from A to B.

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