One. Billion. Dollars.
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Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable: Billion Dollar Shave Club: Unilever buys razor subscription service | The Verge[^]
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DSC, which ships razors to customers for a monthly subscription fee, isn't yet profitable, but plans to be by the end of 2016. It's on target for revenues of $240 million this year, and has around 3 million customers in three countries.
OK, let's crowd-source our billion dollar startup idea. . . . OK, I have no ideas.
TTFN - Kent
Kent Sharkey wrote:
Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable:
Those are modern dollars, not to be confused with the ones you grew up with :rolleyes: Sorry, but with all those "multi million dollar" unicorns out there that aren't, the way things are valued seems a little bit.. incorrect :)
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable:
Those are modern dollars, not to be confused with the ones you grew up with :rolleyes: Sorry, but with all those "multi million dollar" unicorns out there that aren't, the way things are valued seems a little bit.. incorrect :)
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True, but in this case - Unilever paid cash. It isn't just a matter of valuation. Well, OK, it is a case of Unilever valuing the company as worth paying 1B in cash. It's just in this case, someone got the Benjamins. It's that part that has me agog this morning.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable:
Those are modern dollars, not to be confused with the ones you grew up with :rolleyes: Sorry, but with all those "multi million dollar" unicorns out there that aren't, the way things are valued seems a little bit.. incorrect :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
the way things are valued seems a little bit.. incorrect
This can be attributed to the prime rates for the central banks be at record lows for years. Investors are getting really desperate for anything with decent returns and are making increasingly risky maneuvers. Personally, I've pulled out of my stocks for the most part.
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True, but in this case - Unilever paid cash. It isn't just a matter of valuation. Well, OK, it is a case of Unilever valuing the company as worth paying 1B in cash. It's just in this case, someone got the Benjamins. It's that part that has me agog this morning.
TTFN - Kent
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You mean he didn't get one billion loonies, so he could do the Scrooge McDuck dive? I'm disappointed.
TTFN - Kent
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Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable: Billion Dollar Shave Club: Unilever buys razor subscription service | The Verge[^]
Quote:
DSC, which ships razors to customers for a monthly subscription fee, isn't yet profitable, but plans to be by the end of 2016. It's on target for revenues of $240 million this year, and has around 3 million customers in three countries.
OK, let's crowd-source our billion dollar startup idea. . . . OK, I have no ideas.
TTFN - Kent
I do have a great idea but no clue how to raise money. :(
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Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable: Billion Dollar Shave Club: Unilever buys razor subscription service | The Verge[^]
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DSC, which ships razors to customers for a monthly subscription fee, isn't yet profitable, but plans to be by the end of 2016. It's on target for revenues of $240 million this year, and has around 3 million customers in three countries.
OK, let's crowd-source our billion dollar startup idea. . . . OK, I have no ideas.
TTFN - Kent
Not so daft. You can pretty much bank on it making 4-500Kpa, and most of that will be from Unilever products, so it's a sound investment, even over the mid term. What is absolutely priceless is the guys who are doing it. They've built up a ginormous rep, so the attitude Unilever has to take is "Here's your money, now we'll go away and let you just get on with doing what you do so well". Yeah, right.
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You mean he didn't get one billion loonies, so he could do the Scrooge McDuck dive? I'm disappointed.
TTFN - Kent
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Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable: Billion Dollar Shave Club: Unilever buys razor subscription service | The Verge[^]
Quote:
DSC, which ships razors to customers for a monthly subscription fee, isn't yet profitable, but plans to be by the end of 2016. It's on target for revenues of $240 million this year, and has around 3 million customers in three countries.
OK, let's crowd-source our billion dollar startup idea. . . . OK, I have no ideas.
TTFN - Kent
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But it's an American billion, for God's sake! Peanuts!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable: Billion Dollar Shave Club: Unilever buys razor subscription service | The Verge[^]
Quote:
DSC, which ships razors to customers for a monthly subscription fee, isn't yet profitable, but plans to be by the end of 2016. It's on target for revenues of $240 million this year, and has around 3 million customers in three countries.
OK, let's crowd-source our billion dollar startup idea. . . . OK, I have no ideas.
TTFN - Kent
Maybe this post will go viral :D
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Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable: Billion Dollar Shave Club: Unilever buys razor subscription service | The Verge[^]
Quote:
DSC, which ships razors to customers for a monthly subscription fee, isn't yet profitable, but plans to be by the end of 2016. It's on target for revenues of $240 million this year, and has around 3 million customers in three countries.
OK, let's crowd-source our billion dollar startup idea. . . . OK, I have no ideas.
TTFN - Kent
So a company thats business model was to sell products for significantly less than was charged by giant consumer good conglomerates was just bought by a giant consumer good conglomerate. Gee I wonder how they're going to go from the red to the black within a year. :confused::confused::confused:
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