meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

EP 363: Google AdSense for Physical BillBoards Does $250k with Douglas Lusted

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latka

Ceo, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Software, Business, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Startups

4.6683 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Douglas Lusted, the CEO and co-founder of Linkett. Douglas is an incredible individual who earned his way onto the Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list at the age of 19! He’s taken his company, which specializes in out-of-home advertising, from an idea on paper to an unstoppable force that’s taking on big-time enterprise clients.

Famous Five:

Favorite Book? – Lean Analytics
What CEO do you follow? — Kurtis McBride
Favorite online tool? — Calendly or Prospect.io
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?—Absolutely not.
If you could let your 20-year-old self know one thing, what would it be? — Keep on doing what you’re doing.

Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:25 – Nathan’s introduction
01:45 –Linkett is an analytics platform
02:20 – It is sold as an annual subscription
02:35 – Company was founded in 2013, and it was his first business venture
03:05 – First-year revenue was $100000
03:50 – Money and capital raised
05:00 – Their team now
05:20 – Growth for the company over the past year and a half
06:10 – Monthly recurring revenue (about $25k)
06:50 – The company’s churn
07:40 – Advertisers’ pricing systems
09:35 – The future of billboards
10:18 – What Douglas would do as a billboard owner
10:45 – Customer worth
11:40 – The company is focused on growth
12:00 – Connect with Douglas Lusted on LinkedIn
14:010 – The Famous Five


3 Key Points:
Don’t be afraid to redefine an industry and how it operates
When you have a great idea, go for it.
Create a product that improves an industry’s integrity.
Resources Mentioned:
Freshbooks - The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
Prospect.io – Douglas’s favorite online sales tool based out of Canada
Lean Analytics – Douglas’s favorite business book.
Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

 

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is the top, where I interview entrepreneurs who are number one or number two in their industry in terms of revenue or customer base.

0:09.0

You'll learn how much revenue they're making, what their marketing funnel looks like, and how many customers they have.

0:16.0

I'm now at $20,000 per talk.

0:18.0

Five and six million.

0:19.0

He is hell-bent on global domination. We just broke our 100,000 units sold mark Five and six million. He is hell bent on global domination.

0:21.2

We just broke our 100,000 unit sole mark.

0:23.9

And I'm your host, Nathan Latka.

0:28.2

Okay, Top Tribe, this week's winner of the Hunter Bucks is Danielle Al-Soudini.

0:32.7

He's based overseas.

0:35.0

He's an employee at a current company and can't wait to break free. For your chance to

0:39.8

win 100 bucks, Top Tribe, simply subscribe to the podcast now and then text the word Nathan to 3344 to prove

0:47.1

that you did it. Again, text the word Nathan to 33444 to prove that you did it. I give away

0:53.1

100 bucks every Monday.

0:56.1

Top Tribe, you know I don't have a lot of time to waste. That's why I use fresh books to send

1:00.8

out invoices and make sure I'm collecting my money. To get your free month, go to nathanlatka.com

1:06.8

forward slash fresh books and enter the top in the how did you hear about us section top tribe

1:12.7

this is episode 363 coming up tomorrow morning you'll hear from john yillan from roost he's doing

1:18.2

300 grand per year but just got a 15 million dollar valuation what the hell is wrong with this

1:23.3

picture top it's tribe. Good morning.

1:27.6

Our guest today is Douglas Lustit.

1:29.8

He's the CEO and co-founder of Linkett.

1:31.5

He's named as Forbes 30 under 30 at the age of 19.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nathan Latka, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Nathan Latka and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.