Eric Rea

5 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 18, 2019 by Eric Rea · said 4 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Sep 18, 2019

Assertion Supported

Podium hit 550 employees and $92M in funding in four years

“Four years ago, it was me and my co-founder Dennis in the spare bedroom of my apartment. Today, we have 550 employees. Ninety-two million dollars of funding”

Eric Rea Sep 18, 2019 ▶ 23:52 Going from $0 to $60M ARR in 4 Years with Podium CEO Eric Rea | SaaStr Software Community

Sep 18, 2019 negative

Opinion

Non-Valley founders face a higher risk of quitting due to disbelief

“And so outside of Silicon Valley, I think that all of us here are at far more risk of quitting because people just won't believe in what we're doing.”

Eric Rea Sep 18, 2019 ▶ 10:40 Going from $0 to $60M ARR in 4 Years with Podium CEO Eric Rea | SaaStr Software Community

Sep 18, 2019

Insight

Non-technical founders must hire engineers before building a sales team

“And I think it's really important to hire an engineer first if you're not, if you don't already have engineering power because if you don't have a great product, you're kind of screwed even if you're great at sales.”

Eric Rea Sep 18, 2019 ▶ 28:31 Going from $0 to $60M ARR in 4 Years with Podium CEO Eric Rea | SaaStr Software Community

Sep 18, 2019

Assertion Supported

Podium scaled from $0 to $60M ARR in four years

“In the past five years, my co-founder Dennis and I have built a SaaS company outside of Silicon Valley from zero to sixty million dollars of ARR in four years.”

Eric Rea Sep 18, 2019 ▶ 0:58 Going from $0 to $60M ARR in 4 Years with Podium CEO Eric Rea | SaaStr Software Community

Sep 18, 2019

Disclosure

Podium pre-sold 10 businesses before the founders invested $750 each

“So, once we got about 10 businesses to sign up, then we invested our 750 dollars each, we built the MVP, and we just, and we launched it.”

Eric Rea Sep 18, 2019 ▶ 25:46 Going from $0 to $60M ARR in 4 Years with Podium CEO Eric Rea | SaaStr Software Community

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