Founder Interview Video
How Tribe Technologies Reached 1,000 Paying Customers and a $43M Valuation with a Customizable Community Platform (Interview with CEO Siavash Mahmoudian)
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction and Company Overview
- 0:30Tribe vs. Circle: Target Market Differences
- 0:52Platform Philosophy: Customizable and Embeddable
- 2:57Pricing Plans and Structure
- 6:01Founding Story and Background
- 9:03Seed Round: Bessemer, CRV, and $7.5M
- 10:00Valuation and Dilution Discussion
- 10:41First Version of Tribe and App Store
- 14:56Team Structure and Inbound Sales
- 15:12Organic SEO and Content Strategy
- 16:03Webinars for Education
- 18:09Churn, Net Dollar Retention, and Expansion Pricing