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Dmitry Okunev

Founder & CEO, Chanty. On 1 show, 3 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Dmitry Okunev is the founder and CEO of Chanty, a bootstrapped team communication platform. Prior to launching Chanty in 2016, he established several digital ventures, including the agency Digifico.

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3appearances
36statements
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Everything Dmitry Okunev said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty has 20,000 total organizations and 1,000 paying business customers
“Well, right now we are reached already like 20 key somewhere there. Nathan Latka: You have 20,000 paying customers. Dmitry Okunev (Dimitri Okunov): paying customers, we have around one K. Okay. Nathan Latka: What's the 20,000 number? Is that free users? Dm…”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 3:25 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty's average paying account expands from initial small groups to 47.5 users
“Well, they sign up usually really small. It's just, you know, that focus group on the company, there are like three, four or five users. But eventually our average member amount for one team is 47 and a half.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 4:58 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty's average monthly revenue per paying customer is approximately $122
“If I'm not mistaken, our current premium paycheck is around 122 dollars, stuff like that.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 5:35 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
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Okunev: Chanty closed prior year around $600K in revenue
“If I'm not mistaken, we closed a year around 600 K.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 6:24 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
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Okunev: Chanty maintains an annual churn rate of about 6.8%
“We are currently on return rate around 6.8%. So that's a little bit less than seven percent.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 8:16 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Okunev says Chanty's non-affiliate customer acquisition cost is $487
“So one customer acquisition cost at this moment, like a week ago, it was 400 87 dollars.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 9:35 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Founder Dmitry Okunev owns 80% of Chanty, with 20% in employee pool
“One small correction. I own 80% of the company. 20% of the company is it's a pool of equities for our employees.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 12:54 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Founder Dmitry Okunev invested $500,000 of personal capital to start Chanty
“So my first investment was half a million.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 13:16 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
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Okunev: Chanty received a VC valuation offer of $20 million
“The last valuation that we received was twenty million.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 15:19 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty relies on five key partners and 1,000 small affiliates
“So we have, Five key partners who runs international. Let's say like that. And we have yeah, currently more than thousand of, like, very small affiliate partners.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 6:52 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty runs its $3M ARR business with just 16 people, says Okunyev
“Well, we are currently 16 people. So eight engineers. The other people, they are not engineers, but they are, they run technical roles.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 9:42 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Chanty has 22 in-house staff and 35 total workers
“We have 22 full-time people in the team, like, in-house. And we have more people who are sales reps. So all in all, it's around 35, 36 people depending on the period.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 10:37 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)

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TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER Founder & CEO, Chanty 3 36 100% 1/1 full record on Top Founders →
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