Amir Salihefendić

8 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 31, 2020 by Amir Salihefendić · across every show →

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Oct 31, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Bootstrapped Doist employs 90 people with zero salespeople
“So right now, like we are about I think, 85 people, maybe 90 because we are hiring more now. Initially most are engineers, like probably 50 engineers. We don't have any salespeople, so”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 8:52 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Oct 31, 2020 negative
Opinion
Salihefendić claims Basecamp is wrong about equity in bootstrapped startups
“I mean, honestly, like, I think I mean, I was kind of, like, against this, you know, like, the bootstrapping, especially, like, if you, like, hear the base camp guys, like, equity has no value and stuff like that, but it's kind of bullshit, because, like, equi…”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 15:50 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Oct 31, 2020
Disclosure
Doist is establishing a 25% employee stock option pool
“Like we are actually like rolling out the like employee stock options right now, but like I own most of it and the employees will own in the end, I think, 25%.”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 15:21 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Oct 31, 2020
Assertion Supported
Salihefendić: Doist has never raised outside capital
“We didn't raise any money and we still have not raised any money.”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 14:35 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Oct 31, 2020 negative
Disclosure
Salihefendić refuses to entertain any acquisition offers for Doist
“I would say, fuck you... I, you know, I have already like declined, you know, like I don't even like entertain that those ideas... I don't actually, why would I want to sell like this? You know, it's kind of like my life's work.”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 23:16 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Oct 31, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Salihefendić monetized Todoist early by gating reminders to cover servers
“On the first year, actually, like, in the first couple of months, because, like, I was doing this on the side, and I didn't want to pay for the, like, server costs, so I just, like, you know, let's just make reminders a paid feature.”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 3:24 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Oct 31, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Doist historically ignored metrics and refuses to celebrate ARR milestones
“The thing to note is, like, we never actually celebrated any of the milestones so even right now, like, when you pass, like, one million or ten million in ARR, like, it's kind of, like, not really something that we celebrate a lot, and the same thing, like, wi…”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 12:06 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
Oct 31, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Salihefendić ignores Doist's poor customer churn compared to SaaS benchmarks
“I mean, I know that the churn is bad, like compared to the benchmark, but honestly, like, I don't really care that much. Like there's some people inside a company that care more about this than me.”
Amir Salihefendić Oct 31, 2020 ▶ 20:21 Todoist Productivity Tool Hits $14m Revenue, Bootstrapped
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