Microsoft Excel
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1 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 3, 2024 by Don Mal · said 106 times in 32 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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2026 49 mentions in 11 episodes 4 per episode
- He failed for 5 years. Then hit $20M ARR with 100% outbound. | Didi Gurfinkel, Founder of Datarails · PMF Show
- It took him 4 years to launch—then he hit $1M ARR in 30 days. | Siqi Chen, Founder of Runway · PMF Show
- He lost his first 5 deals—built the next Looker, raised $250M | Omni
- Worked out of a police department unpaid for a year—built a $6.8B company | Peregrine · PMF Show
- How I grew my AI startup to $3M ARR in 3 months. | Chaz Englander, Founder of ModelML · PMF Show
- He wrote the book on Account Based Marketing. Here are his GTM secrets for enterprise. | Bassem H... · PMF Show
- He spent $150K on brand before he had a product—closed $1.5M ARR in 1 month. | Endra
- He raised $75M—but kept his team to 21 people & pays everyone the same salary. | Cos Nicolaescu, ... · PMF Show
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2025 31 mentions in 12 episodes 3 per episode
- He went 7 years with no revenue— then grew to $100M ARR. | Rob Woollen, Co-Founder of Sigma · PMF Show
- He spent 5 months working with customers before building—then grew to $10s of millions ARR. | Avi... · PMF Show
- Solo Episode: B2B SaaS is dead. Here's what the best AI founders are doing instead. · PMF Show
- He launched a “side-project”— now it’s used by 10% of all restaurants. | Jordan Boesch, Founder o... · PMF Show
- Amplitude is now a $1.5B public company. Here's how they beat competitors with a 10x cheaper prod... · PMF Show
- He Bootstrapped to $55M in Revenue—without ever having to hit 100% YoY growth. | Stéphan Donzé, F... · PMF Show
- He Bootstrapped Wrike to $10M ARR—then exited for $2.2B. | Andrew Filev, Founder of Wrike & Zencoder · PMF Show
- How he grew to $100M ARR—then exited for $460M. | Zuben Matthews, Founder of Brigit · PMF Show
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2024 21 mentions in 5 episodes 4 per episode
- They hit $100M ARR—in a "crowded market". Here's how they got to $1M ARR in just 18 months. | Don... · PMF Show
- He raised $275M in the last 3 years. His 'boring' B2B startup is now a $1B unicorn. | Andrew Butt... · PMF Show
- He raised $1.5M, hit $400K ARR in 9 months— but had to Exit Early. Here’s the top 3 lessons he le... · PMF Show
- How to Validate an Idea | Eran Henig, Founder of Thriver · PMF Show
- How to Bootstrap from 0 to Millions in Revenue w/ Ilya (CEO & Founder, Vanhack) · PMF Show
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2023 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- Hongwei Liu, Founder of MappedIn | How to Find Product Market Fit · PMF Show
- Rodolphe Barrere, Founder of PotLoc | How to Find Product Market Fit · PMF Show
- Nabeil Alazzam, Founder of Forma.ai | How the First Enterprise Sale Leads to Product Market Fit · PMF Show
- Mike Katchen, Co-Founder of Wealthsimple | How to Come up with an Idea that Gets Product Market Fit · PMF Show
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Everything said about Microsoft Excel, oldest first
Sep 3, 2024 positive
Don Mal: Vena differentiated by embracing Excel rather than replacing it
“All of the vendors were replacing Microsoft Excel as the tool that most companies use for budgeting and planning. We actually embraced Microsoft Excel as the grid technology in our software, so we kept people in a very familiar environment, and you know, we us…”