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1460 Social Listening Tool Breaks $22M in ARR Responding to RFP's

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Release Date: 07/24/2019

27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit? show art 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Ryan Allis launched iContact when he was 18. He made $15m cash when he exited in 2011 for $169m. He shares his negotiation with Salesforce Marc Benioff, how he found 10 profitable acquisition channels, 70,000 customers, and broke $50m in revenues. Will he buy it back for $1 one day?

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This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem show art This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

LMS365 raised $20m in 2023 at a $100m valuation - a 5x multiple on $20m of ARR. As of April 2024, they do $30m in ARR. Their 200 person team is focused on building software for the Microsoft ecosystem. Can they hit $40m ARR this year?

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How Younium Hit 200 Customers Paying $30k ACV For its Billing and Revenue Analytics tool show art How Younium Hit 200 Customers Paying $30k ACV For its Billing and Revenue Analytics tool

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

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Genius SaaS Pricing Page Generated $3m in Revenue Last Year show art Genius SaaS Pricing Page Generated $3m in Revenue Last Year

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

They hit $3m ARR fast using MTU tiers on their pricing page. Raised $7m in 2023 at a $35m post money valuation and are burning $30k per month today. Focus is profitability before Q2 2025, will they hit it?

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39 Year Old Made $21m Last Year Selling Surprising Software show art 39 Year Old Made $21m Last Year Selling Surprising Software

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Rural mom and pop shops love him. 13,000 have purchased his POS and software system processing over $1.85 billion in GMV in 2023 across 35m transactions. Can he crack $2b GMV in 2024?

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How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method show art How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Companies like Samsung are sourcing college talent using Scholarship Owl. The firm hit $6m in 2023 revenue, bootstrapped. 150,000 college students join the platform monthly increasing the size and quality of the talent pool the company’s B2B customers can pay to access. Can he hit $10m this year?

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How to turn your sales playbook into a revenue machine that adds $Xm in new ARR per quarter show art How to turn your sales playbook into a revenue machine that adds $Xm in new ARR per quarter

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

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Miami Based Fintech did $70m in 2023 Revenue - What about Gross Margin? show art Miami Based Fintech did $70m in 2023 Revenue - What about Gross Margin?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

CEO Alex Shvarts shared a default rate of 15%, charge off rate of 6.8%, along with significant expenses related to acquisition costs, and interest expenses. The firm is targeting $300m in capital deployed in 2024. If it hits its target, does this FinTech SMB factoring company have enough margin to survive long term?

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This Software for Doctors hit $51m revenue last year (100% growth). $5m profit. show art This Software for Doctors hit $51m revenue last year (100% growth). $5m profit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Reveeler grew ARR 100% from $25m to $51m in 2023 and took $5m to the bottom line as profits. What interest rate do they pay Hercules on their new $65m debt facility for acquisitions? How does CEO Jay Ackerman plan to hit $100m in revenue this year (2024)? Who will they acquire next?

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Do these 9 things to ensure your way to $50 Million ARR show art Do these 9 things to ensure your way to $50 Million ARR

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

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CEO of Linkfluence, a SaaS platform that turns social data into valuable insights for global brands, using AI and the human expertise from 100+ data scientists and analysts. Co-founder & CEO of Scoop.it, a web content monitoring SaaS platform acquired by Linkfluence. Entrepreneur since 2000: Musiwave (first mobile music platform, acquired by Microsoft), Goojet (pre-iPhone mobile widget platform). Startup advisor and investor: Tedemis (email retargeting, acquired by Criteo), The Refiners, Impact (cross-border accelerators in San Francisco).