248: Scaling Up a Service Business: From Idea to $400k in Monthly Recurring Revenue (in Under 3 Years)

Published: Sept. 21, 2017, 9 a.m.

b"Three years ago Design Pickle didn't exist. It wasn't even an idea in founder Russ Perry's head yet.\\nThat's why it seems crazy to me that today the unlimited graphic design service is doing $400k in monthly recurring revenue!\\nBack in 2014 Russ was running a creative agency, but he started to hate everything about it. \\u201cI felt like I was in a prison of my own creation,\\u201d he said.\\nBy January 2015, he'd shut down his agency and started working as a freelancer. Not wanting to build a similar prison again, he sought out a different business model -- one with a simpler service offering that was designed to scale.\\nFrom taking on a friend as his first client to now completing more than 800 design jobs a day, it\\u2019s been an incredibly quick ascension and a great example of how to scale a service business.\\nTune in to hear how Russ grew his business from zero to $410k+ in monthly recurring revenue in less than 3 years.\\nWe cover his marketing strategies, his hiring best practices, and what Design Pickle does to keep customers coming back month after month.\\nFull Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Scaling Up a Service Business: From Idea to $400k in Monthly Recurring Revenue (in Under 3 Years)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"