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Stefan Fountain

Chief Digital Officer, Kees de Boekhouder. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

founderexecutive@spif ↗pr.co ↗

Stefan Fountain is an Amsterdam-based tech entrepreneur who founded the contact synchronization startup Soocial and later led the public relations software platform pr.co as co-founder and CEO. He serves as Chief Digital Officer at Kees de Boekhouder.

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Everything Stefan Fountain said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Stefan Fountain says PR.co would need at least a $4M acquisition offer
“Not in that range. No, it'd have to be 10 X that range.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 13:45 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
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PR.co suffers 10% monthly churn on its under-$50 MRR customers
“We've got the churners on the low end of the scale, so under 50 MRR. Our churn rate's about 10%.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 9:28 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
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PR.co grew 70% in one year after shifting focus to active selling
“Oh, I think that the main issue is that we've just been a bunch of engineers trying to build this product in a little, in a, in our back room, and only this year we've been going out to sell, and we grew 70%.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 15:33 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
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PR.co signs Heineken, Sonos, Shimano, and TaylorMade with $20k+ ACVs
“And now recently we just signed Heineken and we have Sonos and Shimano as a customer, TaylorMade Golf, and those ACVs are 20 plus, 20 K plus.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 2:49 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
PR.co reaches cash flow positive on $400K raised with 3:1 LTV:CAC
“We raised 400 K from industry experts and a local VC, and with that money, we're able to scale our sales and marketing, and now we've got to acquisition versus LTV ratio of over, over three, one on three, so it's really cool to see that we're finding our scala…”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 4:42 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fountain: PR.co Maintains Net Negative Monthly Revenue Churn
“It's net negative. So we're actually getting more From the existing customers than the smaller customers that are leaving.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 10:07 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fountain: Top 10 Customers Account for Roughly 30% of PR.co MRR
“So if we look at the top tier, let's say, 10 customers, it's probably the top 30% of our MRR. Maybe a bit higher than that.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 11:07 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
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PR.co generates €30,000 per month in recurring revenue
“30 month, 30 grand a month in euros.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 15:15 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
PR.co got a cease-and-desist over David Hasselhoff in underwear logo
“We got a cease and desist letter, but to put that on a business card or in a bio is too long. We're using an image of David Hasselhoff in his underpants as our company logo. And it took two years, and then somebody told his agent or his lawyer or someone about…”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 1:17 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
PR.co ARPU grew from $48 to over $100 per month in the past year
“So I think our ARPU has gone up in the last year from 48 to over a hundred.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 3:18 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
PR.co reaches 287 active customers
“That's 287.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 4:02 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Stefan Fountain: PR.co spent $12K–$15K testing paid channels before stopping
“So I think we spent about maybe 12 K up to 15 K on different sources. Most of that was AdWords, some of it various different channels.”
Stefan Fountain Jun 9, 2018 ▶ 13:00 1050 3+ Years to Hit $20k in MRR, Sell and Get Out!

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