WP Engine Founder Jason Cohen on Hitting $400m in Revenue
ARR
$100M (reached in under 7 years)
First ARR Milestone
$1M in first 18 months
Revenue Growth (2012)
$1M to $5M in one year
Websites Hosted
Millions
Interviewed published
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How I Turned my Podcast into a $50m ARR B2B SaaS
ARR
$50M+
Funding Raised
$180M
Funding Round
Series A (2022)
All-Company Offsite Attendees
250+
Interviewed published
This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem
ARR
$30M
Year-Over-Year Growth (reported Apr 2024)
50%
Paying Customers
2,000
Valuation
$100M
Interviewed published
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed badly
Published
How Younium Hit 200 Customers Paying $30k ACV For its Billing and Revenue Analytics tool
ARR
$6.5M
Customers
200
Avg Contract Value
$30,000
Total Raised
$10M
Interviewed published
Genius SaaS Pricing Page Generated $3m in Revenue Last Year
ARR (2024)
$3M
Year-over-Year Growth (2024)
100%
Paying Customers (2024)
120
Team Size (2024)
45
Interviewed published
CPO Shares Genius Product Strategy, $23,000,000 in Sales (ARR), No Outside Funding
Kévin Moënne-LoccozLemlist CEO
Published
Coro Announces $100m Live on the Show, Their Partnership Playbook
Published
$50m Bootstrapped CEO Rytis Lauris of Omnisend Shares First SEO Hire, Growth Tactics and Playbook
Published
3 Growth Tactics we Used to grow SEMRush to $330m ARR and Why Shares dropped 20% on IPO day
Eugene LevinSEMrush CEO
Published
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method
Total Revenue (2023)
$6M
Premium Student Subscribers (2024)
20,000
New Student Sign-Ups (2024)
150,000 per month
Scholarships Paid Out (2023)
$1M+
Interviewed published
Miami Based Fintech did $70m in 2023 Revenue - What about Gross Margin?
Revenue (2023)
$70M
Charge-Off Rate (life to date through Dec 31 2023)
6.8%
Team Size (2024)
90
Monthly Applications Processed (per month)
5,000
Interviewed published
Do these 9 things to ensure your way to $50 Million ARR
Revenue (2023)
$25M
Revenue (Starting Point) (2011)
$1M
Gross Revenue Retention (2023)
97%
Clients (2023)
2,000
Interviewed published
39 Year Old Made $21m Last Year Selling Surprising Software
Published
20-Year-Old Poker Winner Starts $4M Bootstrapped SaaS
Annual Run Rate (2024)
$4M
Customers (2024)
600
Average MRR per Customer (2024)
$600
Revenue Growth (2024)
100%
Interviewed published
This Software for Doctors hit $51m revenue last year (100% growth). $5m profit.
Published
51 year old dad raises $31.5m to help companies do meter based billing
Total Funding Raised
$31.5M
Team Size (2024)
56
Interviewed & published
$1M from Selling South American Business Data
Revenue (2023)
$800K
Revenue Growth (2023)
50%
Direct Customers (2024)
50
Team Size (2024)
40
Interviewed & published
24 Year Old Makes $1 Billion By Sending This Text Message
ARR
$50M
Paying Customers
100,000+
Team Size
200
Total Funding Raised
$1M
Interviewed published
He Makes $100m/year with AI (You won't believe what his customers pay)
ARR
$20M
Customers
150
Avg Contract Value
$150,000/year
Net Dollar Retention (reported Dec 2019)
120%
Interviewed published
How to Generate $6m of Revenue and keep 100% Equity with BadgerMaps CEO
Steve BensonBadger Maps Founder and CEO
ARR (2023)
$6M
Customers (Logos) (2023)
4,000
Avg Seat Price (2023)
$55
Annual Growth (2023)
15%
Interviewed published
Why he shut down his $40m Revenue Grocery company and moved into data recovery
Total Funding Raised (2023)
$400K
Revenue (2023)
$0
Team Size (2023)
3
Capital Spent (2023)
$150K
Interviewed published
How To Make $30,000 Instantly off a Viral Linkedin Post
Renat ZubairovRevOS Co-Founder and CEO
ARR (2023)
€30,000
Paying Customers (2023)
6
Revenue (incl. services) (2023)
$200K
Health Score Template Downloads (2023)
1,000+
Interviewed published
How to build a $4.5m revenue company with 0 Full Time Employees
Revenue (2023)
$4.5M
GMV (2023)
$30M
Revenue Growth (2023)
20%
New Users via Organic Search (2023)
100,000 per month
Interviewed published
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