Doing startups is hard. Doing just one is usually enough for most people. But doing 100 in 5 years, that’s a special kind of insane or amazing depending on how you look at it!

That’s precisely what Mark McNally Co-Founder and CEO of Nobody Studios and previous guest and Co-Founder, Barry O’Reilly have done. They’re seeking to launch one hundred compelling businesses in 5 years. That’s right. One hundred.

To succeed in producing that many quality businesses you have to have learned a few things about how to filter out ideas that won’t succeed, how and when to raise capital, how to recruit great talent who together can create that magic that brings ideas to life and who can successfully and rapidly execute and iterate small tests and experiments.

If you’re a Founder who’s got a new product or service idea or business model you’d love to make fly you’ll love this week’s episode with experienced and successful entrepreneur Mark McNally, Co-Founder and CEO of Nobody Studios who’s on a mission to build 100 startups over 5 years. We explore the problems with getting big valuations too early on the journey, the ingredients that make ideas succeed, equity crowdfunding, how to avoid burnout and so much more.

03:00 – The Genesis of Nobody Studios

10:54 – The Problem with Big Valuations too Early

16:47 – The Portfolio Approach to Building Startups

20:28 – Sourcing Ideas When Building 100 Companies

24:21 – The FruAgressive Concept

25:43 – Some of the Early Companies Coming Out of Nobody Studios

32:00 – Ingredients that Make Startups Succeed

36:46 – Equity Crowdfunding

41:32 – When Investors Realise Returns

45:07 – Avoiding Burnout

50:33 – How to Follow Mark and Nobody Studios

If you got value from today’s episode, please remember to:

1. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts

2. Register to be the first to know when new episodes drop and free tools are published at www.scaleupspodcast.com, or

3. Drop us a question about scaling using Speakpipe on the website, or email [email protected].

ScaleUps Podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaleupspodcast

ScaleUps Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scaleupspodcast/

ScaleUps Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scaleupspodcast

Website: https://nobodystudios.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrkmcnally/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/says-nobody-studios/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansteeleprofile/

Website: www.seansteele.com.au