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How SmartCue Relaunched on Product Hunt with 852 Upvotes and 4 Paying Customers in 2022 (Interview with CEO Robin Singhvi)

Robin Singhvi (Founder and CEO of SmartCue) spoke to Nathan Latka on December 1, 2022.

SmartCue figures from the interview

Paying Customers (2022)
4
Biggest Customer (2022)
$1,000 per month
Smallest Customer (2022)
$300 per month
Total Funding Raised (2021)
$150K
Team Size (2022)
5
“So, you know, interesting since the last time we spoke, I had six customers. I had an MVP. We started implementing and rolling out the MVP to our customers, realized that the product was failing. And the nature of our product was such that, you know, it it was working alongside sales reps when they were doing live sales demos. It could not crash. Right? If it crashed, it instantly lost the confidence of the rep. And so we went”
“back to the drawing board, rearchitected the entire product, relaunched it this past September, so just two months ago. And we're back at, you know, six, eight customers now. Mhmm. A few paying others in pilot. And yeah. So so but what we're seeing is that the usage is better, better customer response. They're seeing value out of it. And we're actually seeing customers use us for not just the use case we intended it for, but also other functions”
“No. Well, after our call, you convinced me to raise a smaller round and raise only as much as I need to so that I'm not not diluting as much. So thank you for that, Nathan. So we ended up raising a We raised a really small 150,000 pre seed. A lot of it, you know, from friends and family, angels,”

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How SmartCue Went from Zero to $900 a Month in Revenue Within 45 Days of Launch (Interview with CEO Robin Singhvi)

Robin Singhvi (CEO of SmartCue) spoke to Nathan Latka on October 13, 2021.

SmartCue figures from the interview

Monthly Revenue (October 2021)
$900/month
Price per Seat (2021)
$49 per user per month
MVP Development Cost (2021)
$8,000
Dev Team Monthly Cost (2021)
$1,000 per month
“So so we have we have about six customers right now, and, we have delivered SmartCue to them that enables their SaaS sales teams deliver, like the the tagline says, deliver the best product demos. Most of them are based in The US. We have a couple in Europe. So early days, but but we have we have, pretty good traction, and and we're getting some great feedback from the customers.”
“we've officially started selling it, in September 2021. So just about a month in.”
“So we're we're charging $49 per user per month. And, you know, a couple of these customers have actually signed annual contracts with us, which is pretty good. Again, validation of what we're doing.”

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Bio

Experienced B2B SaaS sales & solutioning leader. 10+ years of experience & 4 exits, Robin has partnered with & enabled sales teams to create compelling sales pitches & demos.

Company

SmartCue

Mumbai, India · Founded 2021

Revenue
$51.4K
Funding
$1.2M
Team size
3
Customers
4

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