What do you think it would take to scale your company beyond 100m in revenue? Some pretty significant smarts, blood, sweat and tears.  Now imagine doing it three times in 30 years! Incredible.  

In this episode, we speak with John Katzman, the Founder and CEO of three companies that have sailed past $100m in revenue and still going; Princeton Review, 2U and Noodle.  An unbelievable achievement! I know you’ll love hearing his insights into the value of spectacular CFOs, approaches to funding and how to bring great people together to achieve something worthwhile.  Don’t miss it.

Here’s What We Cover….

01:59 - Overview of John’s Three Edtech Companies

04:17 - The Genesis of the Princeton Review

07:13 – Unpacking Funding for the Businesses

12:52 – Philosophies Around Raising Capital 

16:02 – The Value of Spectacular CFOs

19:21 – Strategies that Changed Growth Trajectory

21:51 – The Genesis of the Noodle Brand

22:32 – What Lights John Up in Business

26:12 - Learning from the Biggest Mistakes

29:50 – Most Challenging Time

33:57 - Is there something that you would do differently?

37:47 - What the business will look like in three years?

41:05 - John’s “Above All Else’s”

45:58 - How to follow John and Noodle

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