GenZ VC EP4: $1.5M ARR Startup at 19 years old in 6 months

Seamus Madden built Dealroom Media into a $1.5 million ARR agency at 19 years old in under 12 months with a team of only 4 people. Before becoming a founder, Shamus started a podcast interviewing Tier 1 talent, including Mark Cuban, and then accidentally got involved in Venture Capital with Blitzscaling Ventures.

We discuss Seamus' journey, including bunking off school, failing his final exams, the hustle mentality founders must have to succeed, the differences between the US and Europe, and his biggest takeaways.
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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:50 Biggest lessons in growing a business to $1.5m ARR
06:31 Getting involved with Venture Capital
11:52 Lessons from going into VC before becoming a founder
13:55 Too many founders romanticise VC
17:34 Dealroom Media - the journey so far
18:07 How did you discover the problem that Dealroom is solving?
22:37 Nearly going bust
24:48 First $10k month
25:37 Skipping his exams and getting kicked out of school
31:47 What's the biggest realisation you've faced since becoming a founder?
34:06 What do you want to build after Dealroom?
35:36 What are you not proud of?

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