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#263 – Starting a Profitable Business After a Life-Changing Exit with Laura Roeder of Paperbell

2022/10/19
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Laura Roeder:我热爱创建SaaS业务,享受掌控感和创造感。出售Edger后,我给自己放了一周假,但很快又开始工作,因为我热爱创业。Paperbell 为客户处理了数百万美元的支付,但公司营收尚未达到数百万美元级别。我从之前的创业经历中吸取教训,在 Paperbell 中采用自由职业者团队,而不是全职员工,以更灵活的方式解决具体问题。在 Paperbell,我更注重工作效率,减少了社交活动,专注于工作本身。选择创业项目时,我会考虑以下几个因素:可自举、与丈夫合作、利用自身优势和受众、解决实际问题,并确保产品足够好以获得付费用户。Paperbell 的核心功能是销售课程包,通过客户访谈和产品发布验证了市场需求,但初期由于营销渠道单一,营收曾出现下降。SEO 是 Paperbell 最主要的营销渠道,虽然初期增长缓慢,但最终取得了成功。我从不进行一对一演示,而是专注于可扩展的营销策略。 Courtland:Laura Roeder 连续创办并成功出售多家公司,取得了大多数创业者梦寐以求的成就。Paperbell 是一款垂直SaaS,专注于为教练提供服务。 Channing:教练行业发展迅速,潜力巨大,部分教练年收入可达数百万美元,甚至发展出教育业务。改变思维模式可以带来不同的决策和结果。高绩效教练的收入可能远高于平均水平,可以通过选择高价值客户、口碑营销和发展教育业务来实现高收入。许多教练的收入水平适中,但他们享受灵活的工作时间和工作内容。

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Laura Roeder discusses her love for starting businesses and her approach to entrepreneurship, comparing it to building a 'sim city' where she has control over the universe she creates.
  • Laura loves the control and creativity involved in starting businesses.
  • She compares entrepreneurship to a game where she builds her own world.
  • Laura enjoys the challenge of creating a company that aligns with her lifestyle.

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Laura Roeder (@lkr) talks life coaching, starting multiple successful businesses (and selling one for millions), early growth via SEO, and designing a company to align with your lifestyle with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).