Ryan Willumson

Co-founder & Chief Revenue Officer, @industrydive. Business journalism for industry leaders.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

We got an award for my favorite thing Industry Dive is good at! Thx to my cofounders @seangriffey and @esd for being so damn good at what they do, and most of all to the talented people that chose to take a chance on us. You are what make it fun to come into work every day

[Industry Dive @industrydive]

Once again we've been named a 2019 @washingtonpost Top Workplace! Thanks to our employees, who made it all happen! #TopWorkplacesDC @WashPostJobs https://t.co/RLtIVpXZ4Y

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@yojoefitz @thesamparr @ShaanVP Appreciate you. 🤝

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

I just listened to the 8/11 episode of My First Million with @thesamparr and @shaanvp in which they “broke down” B2B media and Industry Dive. Put simply, it was an uninformed and shitty take. The entire episode is littered with factual inaccuracies as well as strategic ones.

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@ShaanVP @Jake_Langley @thesamparr @oliverbrocato 😂

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@MehtabKarta @thesamparr @ShaanVP I hear you, I agree that I think they meant it as a compliment. I don’t care, and have never cared, about free exposure on a podcast that size. If the comment is basically I should be grateful, I disagree.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@Kamphey @JoeySweeny You mean bc we raised an angel round?

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@FracSlap It’s just going to get 10x harder for you, sorry. Been easy street so far, hope you enjoyed the gravy train while it lasted

[Shaan Puri @ShaanVP]

@ryanwillumson @industrydive the podcast was giving you a compliment

you guys built a great business

Our point was that it's a straightforward, simple business (not rocket science/cutting edge tech)

why the bunched panties?

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@thesamparr my man if you think you're going to beat Joe Lombardo at Supply Chain Squares, you have another thing coming. ;)

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@thesamparr I appreciate that. I know it wasn't meant as a direct attack on Industry Dive, I truly believe you that you meant it as a compliment. I think if you re-listen, you'll hear that you convey that the bar for success in B2B is "very low" and I think that's just plain wrong.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@ShaanVP @industrydive panties reference. nice. Just providing balance to your take on the difficulty of running a successful B2B media company. You guys made it sound like it would be a cakewalk for you. I get that you were complimenting the financials, but it was undercut by the rest of it.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@thesamparr you're right I should have said a few years back, wasn't trying to mislead. my bad. why send cold emails to everyone? seems like the potential hire (and you) would be wasting each other's time if there's no thought going into the filtering of initial candidates

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@thesamparr appreciate that wasn't the intent.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@thesamparr this was a few years back. and yes, you did.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@thesamparr @industrydive yup, I said basic headline and didn't put quotes around it. you're right that those words were said at one point, but that's not the tone of the segment

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

@thesamparr so why such an uninformed and condescending take then? go back and listen to the episode again, it is completely dismissive of the entire space

[Sean Griffey @seangriffey]

Every few years, some B2C players think they can come into B2B and teach us yokels how they do things in the big city.

Those of us who live and breath in niche markets laugh...and then bury them.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

Next time, serve your audience better by talking about the intricacies involved in our space. Or if that’s too hard to do, take the easier route. Start a B2B media company and sell it for $500 million in 10 years.

Go get em, sharks.

[Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson]

B2C being smarter than B2B isn’t a new take. But when they jump in, they don't know how the markets work. They don't know where to find the money when it isn't programmatic ads. They don't know how to find a real audience. Turns out, B2B is actually hard.