HOLLY CARDEW - PIXC
ON HOW SHE SCORED A CALL WITH HER DREAM MENTOR - THE CEO OF MAILCHIMP
How do you build a thriving global business with a fully remote workforce?
Holly was only a teenager when she started building her first online store. While doing this, she quickly realised that many online stores had issues turning average photos into high-quality professional shots.
She decided to throw together a landing page where retailers could upload any images that needed editing. Soon after, she received an order for 800 images to be edited, and so her current business - Pixc - was born.
2 accelerator programs later, Holly travels between Silicon Valley and Australia, has built a multi-million dollar business with a fully remote workforce, and recently partnered with Shopify and is now their most popular app!
In this chat we covered:
How to build a business with a completely remote workforce
How she managed to find out how Mailchimp's founder built his list from 10k to 1 million
The best way to approach someone you’d like to have as a mentor
Using content marketing to build your brand and gain an advantage over the competition
How to get traction on your landing page 101
What to think about if you're considering to be part of an accelerator program
The dos and don'ts of operating in Silicon Valley
THE BITS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS
“If you’re reaching out to a mentor for the first time you have to have a specific question, and it can’t be one that you can find the answer to on Google.”
“I got a call with the CEO of Mailchimp, because I asked him this specific question - “I’m curious to know how you get from 10,000 users to 1 million users.”
“If you have a co-founder, you should have one person out there networking and talking to people at all times.”
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