Why he regrets selling 30% equity in $200k pre seed round
Pre-Seed Raise (2021 to 2022)
$200,000
Pre-Seed Valuation (2021)
$650,000
Equity Sold (2021)
30%
Free Users (January 2023)
5
Interviewed published
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How he bought out his $130k Seed Investor with $200k in new money, $7.5m valuation
Annual Revenue (2023)
$204K
Total Customers (2023)
18
Valuation (2022)
$7,500,000
Team Size (2023)
8
Interviewed published
Sole founder hits $1.1m run rate, profitable selling ESG data to 30 fund managers
Annualized Run Rate (2023)
$1.1M
Customers (2023)
30 fund managers
ARPU (2023)
$4,000 per month
Team Size (2023)
6
Interviewed published
He launched $1.2m ARR SaaS Tool out of $5m Agency. Here's the playbook.
ARR (2023)
$1.2M
Customers (2023)
80
ARPU (2023)
$500 per month
Team Size (2023)
5
Interviewed published
Her Devs work out of Bomb Shelters in Ukraine, $150k in Revenue for Employee Care SaaS
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He Sold his First Company for $425m, Here's What He Did Next
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Revenue Per Employee (2023)
$500,000
Avg Contract Value (2023)
$100,000+
Price Per Manager Seat (2023)
$9,000 per year
Team Size (2023)
140
Interviewed published
How he went $0 to $1m/mo in under 24 months for Waste Management SaaS in India
Annual Revenue (2022)
$12.1M
Paying Customers (2023)
1,000
Revenue Growth (2022)
900%
Gross Margin (2023)
75%
Interviewed published
Genius Bootstrapper Hits $1.7m ARR, Raised $300k But Kept 100% Equity, How?!
Published
Gong of Japan Hits $20m Revenue with just $15m Raised! Prime Takeover Target?
Annual Revenue (2023)
$19.2M
Revenue Growth (2023)
100%
Paying Customers (2023)
1,600
Net Dollar Retention (2023)
110%
Interviewed published
How They Used #1 Product Hunt Launch to Hit $20k+ MRR for Expense Management Tool inside Slack
Total Users (2023)
700
Revenue Growth (2023)
300% year-over-year
ARPU (2023)
$300 per month
Pre-Seed Raised (2022)
$170K
Interviewed published
She built secret software to add $4m in deal volume to her brokerage last year
Published
Evotix hits $17m ARR, 6 Months from breakeven, 5+ Year Track record of 40% YoY Growth
Published
FinTech Helps Hotel Bed Owners in US Hedge FX Risk Selling to Travelers in Other Countries
Total Funding Raised (2022)
$19M
Team Size (2022)
20
Engineers (2022)
10
Revenue Status (2022)
Pre-revenue
Interviewed published
How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000
Paying Customers (2022)
4
Biggest Customer (2022)
$1,000 per month
Smallest Customer (2022)
$300 per month
Total Funding Raised (2021)
$150K
Interviewed published
He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
ARR (2022)
$600K
Customers (2022)
7
Team Size (2022)
39
Total Funding
$5.5M
Interviewed published
She hit $250k MRR in November for Partnership SaaS, 4000 Customers, approx $90m Valuation
MRR (November 2022)
$250,000
Revenue Growth (2022)
800%
Partners on Platform (2022)
4,000
Gross Monthly Churn (2022)
0.5%
Interviewed published
His 50% Co-Founder Hacked Him, Paid $15k to Buy Out, Now $600k in ARR Growing Fast
ARR (2022)
$600K
Customers (2022)
250
ARPU (2022)
$200
Net Profit (6-month period) (2022)
$90,000
Interviewed published
Farms in Egypt To Pay This SaaS $1/mo/active Acre to Manage Seasonal Potatoe Crop Harvest
Post-Money Valuation (2022)
$10M
Total Funding Raised (2022)
$2M
Customers (2022)
10 commercial farms
Seasonal Workers Placed (2022)
5,000
Interviewed published
How he hit $1m Revenue His First Year Building Leasing API's for Real Estate Industry on back of $1.75m Agency
Annual Revenue (trailing 12 months) (2022)
$960K
SaaS MRR (2022)
$25K
Customers (2022)
70
Gross Churn (2022)
1%
Interviewed published
He's spending $40k on MVP then plans to hire 50 sales reps commission only per month. Will it work?
MVP Spend to Date (2022)
$40,000
Engineering Team (2022)
8 engineers
Beta Installs (2022)
20 businesses
Founder Fund Pool (2022)
$250,000
Interviewed published
How he sold his $2.3m SaaS with approx $500k EBITDA for $6m+ Cash
ARR at Sale (2021)
$2M+
EBITDA Multiple at Exit (2021)
13x
Founder Ownership at Exit (2021)
60%
Team Size at Exit (2021)
15
Interviewed published
24 Year Old Invests $340k of His Own Savings to Launch new AirBNB Data Tool
Published
$500k in ARR with team of 4 helping consultants manage their business with SaaS dashboards
ARR (2022)
$480K
Paying Customers (2022)
800
ARPU (2022)
$50 per month
Angel Raise (2021)
$400K
Interviewed published
Typeform On Steroids Hits $50k in MRR up from $20k 1 year Ago
ARR (2022)
$600K
Customers (2022)
80
Revenue Growth (2022)
130%
Team Size (2022)
10
Interviewed published
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