Founder of Memberply, a Shopify app that creates an Amazon Prime-style membership subscription program
Perth, Western Australia
Joined March 2009
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Douglas Lim retweeted
My wife bought me two plain t-shirts for Xmas so that, in her words, 'you can for once wear something without a fucking startup logo on it'
ALT Two t-shirts
Douglas Lim retweeted
I once killed a $125 million deal by being “too honest.” There are many ways to lose deals, lest you think last week’s story was my only painful blunder. This one hinged on a fateful encounter with Jerry Yang and involved Paul Graham (@paulg). Here’s what happened.... (1/n)
Douglas Lim retweeted
Y'all need to fix this man's placement too.
🚨 1 RETWEET = 2 VOTES 🚨
@BenSimmons25 x #NBAAllStar
Douglas Lim retweeted
Something unexpected happened today, @ChartMogul locked me out of my account!
3 years, 10 months, 14 days
Over 110PB worth of backups! Millions of snapshots and backups, thousands of users and hundreds of customers.
Here is to the next 10k @ snapshooter.io
👇
Douglas Lim retweeted
Here's a little Tony Hsieh for you.
First, the customer service email he wrote to my wife (and 13,000 others) after their orders were a day late...and wherein he suggests they call customer service and ask them to sing I'm a Little Teacup... 1/2
Douglas Lim retweeted
VF Corp, which owns Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and more, is acquiring iconic streetwear brand Supreme for $2.1 billion.
The biggest winner?
The Carlyle Group, who paid $500M in 2017 for a 50% stake in Supreme.
$VFC is up 13% this morning after being down 30% YTD.
Douglas Lim retweeted
You’re rarely first to think of your idea. Today someone showed me a business that is similar to @bannerbearHQ, has been around since 2013 and charges €5000 a month. (Not a typo)
There’s room in the market for multiple players. Focus on your customers and forge your own path.
Douglas Lim retweeted
Looking back at the most successful consumer startups of the last 10 years — most companies achieved initial scale by excelling at just one of three growth "lanes":
1. Performance marketing (e.g. FB ads)
2. Virality (e.g. WOM, invites)
3. Content (e.g. SEO)
👇 Read on 👇
Douglas Lim retweeted
Last night I ate ramen for dinner. Today, Bannerbear hit $3k MRR which is what I consider my point of "ramen profitability".
I advise all early stage founders to eat ramen tonight. It works.
Douglas Lim retweeted
We're looking for some Balsamiq Beginners to have a nice chat. Do you know anyone? Send them here, please! balsam.iq/help-us-be-better
Douglas Lim retweeted
The path to SaaS pricing enlightenment goes:
Cost-based pricing > Value-based pricing > Pure Discriminatory pricing.
Let me explain...
Douglas Lim retweeted
On Tuesday, Perth lit up in green to show our appreciation for all our health workers.
They do an incredible, essential job for WA, all year round.
As we face down the COVID-19 pandemic, we need them more than ever.
Douglas Lim retweeted
Ben Simmons spoke to the media moments ago, saying:
• There is currently no date/ timeline for return, but that rehab has been going great (nerve impingement, lower back)
• Says, he currently has no pain
• Looking forward to coming back stronger both physically & mentally
Douglas Lim retweeted
There are so many "startup photos" that inspire me. My two favorites:
1. Jeff Bezos in a tiny office with spray painted Amazon logo. Humble beginnings.
2. Steve Jobs & the Macintosh team sitting on their office floor. Baby in the photo reminds me that startups are a family.
