Cash machines - Jason Cohen

In this great video Jason Cohen talks about what properties great self funded business have. Jason calls them 'cash machines' and these are some of the properties he mentions in the video:

Revenue model

Bad market

Good market

The squeeze: catch 22

If the company is successful and grows, your role changes. You might not like that it's not the small business anymore. You can accept the situation, sell the company, try to raise prices.

Summary of a cash machine

Predictable acquisition of recurring revenue with annual prepay in a good market creates a cash machine.

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