Why Perlego's founder turns down self-published content for quality control
“We've always stayed true to ourselves from that perspective, and sometimes it's taken a bit longer.”
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a big thing is you wanna make sure you have the best publishers and the best quality. And I feel like self publishing sometimes isn't the best quality. But no. We've always stayed true to ourselves from that perspective, and sometimes it's taken a bit longer. Right? Some publishers have held out, but once you scale and build more revenue, those those discussions get easier and easier. Yeah. Gauthier, are you are you a solo founder? I've got a cofounder CTO, Matt. Yeah. But when it comes to fundraising, publishing deals, etcetera,
I have to do all that kind of stuff. And would you would you in whatever you do next, if you do something next, would you want to cofounder again?
Yeah. For sure. So I've got a close friend who I work with a lot. My next company, I'll do with that individual.
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Perlego founder Gauthier Van Malderen explains his strategy of prioritizing high-quality publishers over self-published content, even when it slows growth. He also discusses the challenges of being effectively a solo founder while having a CTO cofounder who focuses purely on technical work.
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This clip reveals a specific strategic decision about content quality versus growth speed that other marketplace founders would find valuable.
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