In this episode, Rob talks with Josh Pigford in a first appearance since the sale of Baremetrics for $4m. They discuss his seven-year journey to build Baremetrics, the details of the sale, and Josh's post-sale, non-software aspirations.

The topics we cover

[02:42] Intros
[04:26] Avoiding capital gains via qualified small business stock.
[09:08] Josh's post-sale purchases and other dramatic life shifts
[13:46] Changes at Baremetrics after sale
[18:32] Weeks of cash to profitable in 8 months
[23:20] Breaking through plateaus and product vs marketing for growth out of plateaus
[30:13] What motivated Josh to start thinking about selling
[32:58] Launching a new feature called Intros in 2020
[39:11] Laser tweets and post-sale aspirations

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Episode 534 | A $4M Exit with Josh Pigford of Baremetrics

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