15: Grayscale: From non-technical founder to six-figure revenues

Episode details

Landon sits down with Ty Abernethy, Co-Founder and CEO of Grayscale to discuss getting to $60K ARR with an MVP, getting blacklisted for sending too many outbound sales emails, and VC vs Bootstrapping.

Today’s Topics:

• How Landon and Ty met at a strangely-named entreprenuer meetup
• Grayscale’s 30-second elevator pitch
• Accidentally naming Ty’s company after a disease
• Coming up with the initial idea
• Getting to $60K ARR with an MVP
• Finding a co-founder
• Burned by too much funding too early in a recent business
• Outbound sales and partnerships
• How to get your domain blacklisted (and then fix it)
• The hardest part about running a business
• Taking the team out for drinks
• Digital detox

Links & Resources:

• Grayscale - Conversational Recruiting Platform
• Marcel - Steakhouse and bar