The average Sam's Club generates about half the revenue of the average Costco, and that gap has widened over time, while Sam's Club's unit count is smaller today than a decade ago.
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The closing carve-outs section delivers a mix of product recommendations and media picks. Ben's first carve-out is Tifosi sunglasses — grippy, anti-slip, and cheap, solving his long-running annoyance of sunglasses sliding during runs. His second is a mashup by NYC DJ Dwells of Radiohead's 'Everything in Its Right Place' and Kendrick Lamar's 'N95,' posted by Jason Kottke — described as one of the best mashups Ben has ever heard, instantly transporting him back to college-era all-Radiohead programming sessions. David recommends the Patrick O'Shaughnessy / Jeremy Giffon episode of Invest Like the Best, praising it as one of the year's best podcast episodes for the density of mind-bending one-liners Giffon delivers. He also recommends San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood for a date night, specifically calling out an ice cream stop at Humphrey Slocombe and noting the neighborhood's transformation from its Hell's Angels era. The hosts close with subscription reminders — email list, LP program, Slack — and a shout-out to Fast Company writer David Lidsky for a piece chronicling Acquired's research process for the Nike episode.
The first Costco store in China, which opened in 2019, attracted 400,000 members within 2 years — nearly 6x the 68,000-member average of a mature US store.
Bhanu grew SiteGPT to $13,000 monthly recurring revenue entirely through organic channels, spending nothing on paid marketing.
More than 1 million people have visited SiteGPT's website since launch in March 2023, all through organic channels.
Approximately 90% of SiteGPT's Google search traffic comes from the free tools Bhanu built, not the main product pages.
Bhanu sold his first SaaS product, Feather, for $250,000 so he could focus fully on the faster-growing SiteGPT.
SiteGPT has generated approximately $500,000 in total revenue since its launch in March 2023.
The average customer lifetime value for SiteGPT is approximately $1,700 to $1,800, which Bhanu considers unusually high.
SiteGPT receives around 50,000 visitors per month, of which about 200 convert to leads and 60 start free trials.
SiteGPT hit $10,000 MRR within its very first month of launch, driven largely by early traction in the AI chatbot space.
Despite strong download numbers, PropGPT could not push past $1,000–$2,000 MRR due to poor product retention.
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