SlideShare Monetization Opportunity
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Sam discusses reviving SlideShare, a neglected but highly trafficked platform for business presentations and documents that was previously owned by LinkedIn and now owned by Scribd.
Key Points:
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Current State:
- Gets 100-150M monthly visits
- Minimal revenue generation
- Hasn't been updated in years
- Running with minimal staff (estimated 1-2 engineers)
- Content is primarily marketing decks, pitch decks, and business strategy presentations
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Business Opportunity:
- Transform into B2B lead generation website
- Target companies like Salesforce, HubSpot, or other B2B software companies
- Monetize through advertising
- Leverage existing user-generated content that maintains traffic
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Key Advantages:
- Critical mass of users already achieved
- Self-sustaining through user-generated content
- Hard to replicate due to established network effects
- High-value business audience
- Potential for 9-figure annual revenue through ads
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Current Situation:
- Owned by Scribd after LinkedIn sale
- Appears to be running with minimal investment
- Maintains high traffic despite neglect
- Previously sold by LinkedIn for likely low price due to lack of revenue
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.