Belkins

9 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 17, 2021 by Vladislav Podolyako · said 30 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Sep 17, 2021 positive
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Belkins Generated $6M ARR in 2020
“So in the year, Belkinz did almost six mil in ARR, so in the annual revenue.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 3:24 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
Sep 17, 2021
Disclosure
Vladislav Podolyako Started Agency Belkins with Just $100
“Michael and I started to build Balkans with, like, hundred bucks, and we, like, came so far with a lot of people.”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 16:19 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
Sep 17, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Podolyako Spins Off Software Products into Separate Bootstrapped Entities
“We split it up to a different company with different team with own resources, because if you're bootstrapping, you need to take care of all those stuff. And since we're like the bootstrap and we hate to earn investments because we can do it by ourselves, like …”
Vladislav Podolyako Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 3:54 Folderly Email Deliverability SaaS Hits $1.56m ARR In Under 9 Months, Bootstrapped
Oct 26, 2022 positive
Insight
Maximoff: Revenue sharing discourages marketing leaders from maxing out their budgets
“Because right now everyone in performance based and revenue sharing they also think twice before spending money. So it means that whenever you send whenever you set up a budget for a marketing leader, for example, a 100,000 dollars a month, they won't want to …”
Michael Maximoff Oct 26, 2022 ▶ 19:02 Professional Services Playbook: How we used services to bootstrap our way to $3m in SaaS revenue
Oct 26, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Maximoff: Belkins lowers CAC by selling SaaS to 5,000 lost agency deals
“Belkins agency been on the market for five years, and we already have Probably 5000 or 6000 lost deals in our pipeline. We are able to access those deals to sell the product, right? So in a way it's decreased the acquisition cost for those.”
Michael Maximoff Oct 26, 2022 ▶ 11:24 Professional Services Playbook: How we used services to bootstrap our way to $3m in SaaS revenue
Oct 26, 2022 positive
Insight
Maximoff: Setting account manager KPIs is the only way to scale testimonials
“We even have a KPI inside our team for our account manager to be able to collect this many reviews every month, because that's the only way you will do it gradually, and you do it consistently every month”
Michael Maximoff Oct 26, 2022 ▶ 21:03 Professional Services Playbook: How we used services to bootstrap our way to $3m in SaaS revenue
Oct 26, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Maximoff: Belkins rewards successful product creators with company-wide revenue sharing
“Whenever we start a new product within this organization, then essentially if that product is successful, like folderly, then the person who built that product is able to get the revenue sharing from the whole company.”
Michael Maximoff Oct 26, 2022 ▶ 17:37 Professional Services Playbook: How we used services to bootstrap our way to $3m in SaaS revenue
Oct 26, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Maximoff: Belkins grants zero employee equity, opting for revenue sharing instead
“So this is how the cap table looks for us. So we don't give away equity to anyone. So me and my partner, so the way it works is the way it works is we are purely performance based and revenue sharing base.”
Michael Maximoff Oct 26, 2022 ▶ 15:52 Professional Services Playbook: How we used services to bootstrap our way to $3m in SaaS revenue
Oct 26, 2022 positive
Insight
Maximoff: Proprietary SaaS and agency services create a self-reinforcing sales flywheel
“By creating SaaS product, I was able to increase my sales numbers for my agency, and because my agency numbers are higher, and we can generate more leads and more customers, I'm able to upsell those customers with my product, which is like a circle, right? So …”
Michael Maximoff Oct 26, 2022 ▶ 13:23 Professional Services Playbook: How we used services to bootstrap our way to $3m in SaaS revenue
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