Don Mal

8 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 3, 2024 by Don Mal · across every show →

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Sep 3, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Six new FP&A vendors have entered the market since Vena and succeeded
“Since Vena, there have been another, let's call it half dozen vendors that have entered the space that are all doing well.”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 13:23 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
Sep 3, 2024
Disclosure
Don Mal left a seven-figure salary to co-found Vena sight unseen
“I left my very, very high paying job to start Vena. I think like it was a seven figure income the year I left just to take a risk to start something, but I did it without even seeing the product.”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 36:08 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
Sep 3, 2024
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Don Mal: Vena reached $1M ARR in about 18 months
“A million would have been literally, I'd say maybe a year and a half.”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 23:15 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
Sep 3, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Don Mal left Vena at $50M ARR before it reached $100M
“I mean, I left Vena five years ago when we were halfway there, but the company was well on its way, and so great to see that they have eclipsed the hundred million ARR mark.”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 1:59 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
Sep 3, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mal: Vena spent over $1M launching enterprise go-to-market
“Early days at Vena, going back to Vena now, had invested over a million dollars launching a go to market motion for enterprise. Okay. Hired very expensive sales reps.”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 31:19 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
Sep 3, 2024
Insight
Founders should launch products in domains they already know how to sell
“I always tell young entrepreneurs, Hey, look, stick close to your nettings, you know, come to market with something you already know how to sell.”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 9:38 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
Sep 3, 2024
Assertion Supported
Vena took five years to hit $10M ARR, then eight to $100M
“If you go back to Vena, like those first five years, you're just building that first, like getting to five to ten million of ARR, you know, that's really what you're doing, I think, in most cases. But then if you think about where Vena is today, like eight yea…”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 22:41 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
Sep 3, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vena sold perpetual on-premise licenses before pivoting to cloud within one year
“Early days, we were an on-premise solution actually. But within about a year, George, you know, really determined we needed to be a cloud first, you know, type of application be, you know, when I say cloud first, we cloud second, I guess, but it was really qui…”
Don Mal Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 8:48 They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
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