Founder Interview Video
How Papermark Reached $3M ARR as a Bootstrapped, Profitable Open Source DocSend Alternative (Interview with Co-Founder Marc Seitz)
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction and Marc Seitz's Background
- 1:17Tweet First, Build Second: Version One in a Weekend
- 2:18Why DocSend Was the Right Target
- 3:26Open Source Community and GitHub Stars
- 4:50LinkedIn Virality and Audience Building
- 9:05Free Plan, Daily Signups and New Paying Customers
- 10:01The Viral Loop Inside 60,000 Teams
- 12:07Revenue Milestones: $1M and $2M ARR
- 12:26The September 2025 Inflection and the 2026 Forecast
- 13:48Failures Before Papermark and Lessons for Builders
- 14:45Bootstrapped, Profitable and Reinvesting
- 15:20Would They Sell for $30M from Dropbox?