How to Build a Business When Everyone Says Your Idea is Impossible
Chris Barton is the co-founder of Shazam, a mobile music recognition service which started out as an idea that Chris had in 1999. All the experts told him that it was impossible. Today, Shazam has over 100 million active users each month.
In 2004, Chris joined Google and currently he’s working at Dropbox, where he’s responsible for business development for mobile operators. He also continues to serve on the Shazam Entertainment board.
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Success Quote
- “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” — Walter Bagehot
Book Recommendation
- “Burn Rate” by Michael Wolff
Links, Resources & People Mentioned
Contact Information
- Chris Barton – @bartonsurfer
- Omer Khan – @omerkhan
Recommended Podcast Episodes
- Bootstrap and Sell a Profitable Micro-SaaS Company - with Tyler Tringas [207]
- How Carrd's Founder Turned a Side Project into a Profitable SaaS - with AJ [225]
- Duda: From Frustrations and Doubts to 8-Figure ARR SaaS - with Itai Sadan [378]
- 5 Steps to Nailing Your SaaS Product Positioning - with April Dunford [252]
- PSPDFKit: Bootstrapping a SaaS $20K to $1M ARR in 8 Months - with Jonathan Rhyne [407]
- SaaS Turnaround: From Near Failure to $10 Million ARR - with Derek O'Carroll [218]
- ClickFunnels: Bootstrapping a SaaS to $140M ARR with Webinars - with Todd Dickerson [413]
- Elastic.io: Getting Traction by Charging More for Your SaaS - with Renat Zubairov [236]
- Vacation Tracker: 60 Waitlist Signups to $2M Bootstrapped SaaS - with Lav Crnobrnja [406]
- Renewtrak: From Struggling SaaS Startup to 29x ARR Growth - with Mathew Cagney [345]