Key moments
Jump straight to the part of Chad Stephens – You Can't Make Money From a Form you want.
- 0:00 Cold open: "You can't make money from a form"
- 2:24 Growing up in Bayside, tennis dreams and the milk bar plan
- 4:30 The black sheep of six kids, and running a cafe in Brighton
- 6:21 VenueHQ, the first idea that didn't work
- 7:06 Four blokes, one Brighton rental and the application that became 1Form
- 11:18 Maxed-out credit cards, a car loan with no car, and moving back home
- 14:19 Winning over property managers with no marketing budget
- 20:41 Lunch in an empty restaurant and pitching the people behind Carsales
- 26:12 The GFC, and the $5 button that finally made money
- 32:03 Hiring, growing and the squiggly signature
Connections
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