Girish Mathrubootham

7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 15, 2023 by Girish Mathrubootham · across every show →

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Sep 15, 2023
Insight
Mathrubootham: Invest in a second product immediately after first PMF
“The work that you do in product today is going to help you in revenue two, three years down the line. And especially once you have product market fit in the first product, when the revenue is coming in, that's when you will have the time to actually invest in …”
Girish Mathrubootham Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 15:51 Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
Sep 15, 2023
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Mathrubootham: Freshworks raised $1M from Accel with $2,100 MRR
“The first round of funding when we had 70 stranger customers from all around the world, Paying us an average of 30 dollars a month, so we had 2100 dollars of MRR, but that was enough to get us a million dollar funding, and that's why I said it's a big bet that…”
Girish Mathrubootham Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 6:09 Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
Sep 15, 2023 neutral
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Mathrubootham: 40% of Freshworks revenue comes from inbound SMBs
“We have 40% of our revenue. It's completely SMB customers, a hundred percent inbound.”
Girish Mathrubootham Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 3:38 Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
Sep 15, 2023
Insight
Mathrubootham: Celebrate employee craftsmanship instead of pushing revenue metrics
“They're important for the board, but you cannot push down the metrics to the people. So you have to celebrate your employees for making biryani. So like if your marketer is writing a brilliant blog post or your AdWords person is coming up with a creative campa…”
Girish Mathrubootham Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 18:57 Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
Sep 15, 2023 negative
Opinion
Mathrubootham: Indian buyers hijack product roadmaps, making global expansion impossible
“It's actually much easier to sell to global customers than selling to Indian customers. You know, Indian customers are notorious for hijacking your product roadmap, and you can never sell outside once you start selling to India.”
Girish Mathrubootham Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 1:50 Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
Sep 15, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Mathrubootham: 31 startups have been founded by Freshworks alumni
“Like we have 31 startups that have come out of Freshworks.”
Girish Mathrubootham Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 2:46 Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
Sep 15, 2023 positive
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Mathrubootham: Freshworks hired zero Ruby on Rails devs until employee 69
“Till employee number 69, we did not hire a single programmer who actually knew Ruby on Rails. We hired great programmers and figured out that, okay, they can learn Ruby on Rails and then contribute.”
Girish Mathrubootham Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 10:23 Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
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