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Bootstrapping with a Paycheck from Indiana: One Click Ventures Co-Founder Angie Stocklin (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: The mode in which you’ve done this is actually very interesting. I find it quite fascinating. What else is interesting in the story? Angie Stocklin: We tested our hand in drop-ship businesses. Sramana Mitra: That’s a very important point. Angie Stocklin: Even when we were still in our home, we tested drop-ship businesses.
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck from Indiana: One Click Ventures Co-Founder Angie Stocklin (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: What kind of scale did each of these businesses reach? Are we talking million of dollars in revenue? Angie Stocklin: To be honest, it was hundreds of thousands. A couple of the brands were in the tens of thousands. Anything that was over a million, we kept. Sramana Mitra: Talk a little bit
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck from Indiana: One Click Ventures Co-Founder Angie Stocklin (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Tell me more about other businesses. How much did you buy the reading glasses for? How did that ramp? Angie Stocklin: We ended up just buying a domain. It was not a great domain. It was readingglassesshopper.com. It’s a mouthful. I think we purchased it for $2,500. We were able to leverage a
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck from Indiana: One Click Ventures Co-Founder Angie Stocklin (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Sunglasses is a fairly big category on the Internet. How did you compete with the existing larger players? Angie Stocklin: We were a discount brand. There were several brands that were similar to ours at that time. We were targeting customers who wanted something that was not branded and between $15 and $20.
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck from Indiana: One Click Ventures Co-Founder Angie Stocklin (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Somebody else is sending these letters from Indiana and you were an affiliate partner of that particular business. Angie Stocklin: Correct. Sramana Mitra: You were generating traffic in your website and monetizing those letters in that affiliate model from that original business? Angie Stocklin: Yes. Sramana Mitra: How much did he charge for
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck from Indiana: One Click Ventures Co-Founder Angie Stocklin (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: This is actually an interesting point because we often see entrepreneurs trying to start affiliate marketing as a side business. Did you both quit your jobs and start it full-time or did you still hold on to your prior jobs? Angie Stocklin: We kept our jobs for several years. We were toying around
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck from Indiana: One Click Ventures Co-Founder Angie Stocklin (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Angie and her husband have built a portfolio of e-commerce businesses using a very unusual strategy. I had a lot of fun learning about their journey, and hope you would as well. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are
