7 Unicorn Drive: Unlock the Secrets to a Billion Dollar Business
To scale and create a billion-dollar business requires a purposeful intention from the start, and coupled with people-centric leadership, the result is a massive success.
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In early 2010, my husband, Samo, had a strong urge to work on nonprofitable ecological projects, as the climate crisis was already more than evident back then. Coming from Southeastern Europe, it was obvious that getting funds was an illusion, which is why he decided to co-fund a start-up with me and six other friends. Our strategy was to sell the company in five years and earn US$100 million after taxes. With an additional two years of earnout, we planned to be able to start working on sustainable projects in seven years.
We started with the idea of working in the mobile phone app business, as all seven of us had a computer science background. After six months of work and a few not so successful projects, we launched the Talking Tom app that instantly went viral and set the ball rolling. Following the release of more than 15 entertainment and game apps, and more than five billion users of all ages and genders across the world, we sold the company for US$1 billion in 2017, just seven years after launching.
Our purpose: ?Why do want to earn this money"? was strong and gave us the energy and passion needed to build a strong, powerful team of 200 colleagues in of...
The post <i>7 Unicorn Drive</i>: Unlock the Secrets to a Billion Dollar Business appeared first on LUXUO.
In early 2010, my husband, Samo, had a strong urge to work on nonprofitable ecological projects, as the climate crisis was already more than evident back then. Coming from Southeastern Europe, it was obvious that getting funds was an illusion, which is why he decided to co-fund a start-up with me and six other friends. Our strategy was to sell the company in five years and earn US$100 million after taxes. With an additional two years of earnout, we planned to be able to start working on sustainable projects in seven years.
We started with the idea of working in the mobile phone app business, as all seven of us had a computer science background. After six months of work and a few not so successful projects, we launched the Talking Tom app that instantly went viral and set the ball rolling. Following the release of more than 15 entertainment and game apps, and more than five billion users of all ages and genders across the world, we sold the company for US$1 billion in 2017, just seven years after launching.
Our purpose: ?Why do want to earn this money"? was strong and gave us the energy and passion needed to build a strong, powerful team of 200 colleagues in of...
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