Chanty

36 statements across 3 episodes · 6 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 3, 2021 by Dmitry Okunev · said 49 times in 3 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Everything said about Chanty, oldest first

Apr 3, 2021
Disclosure
Founder Dmitry Okunev invested $500,000 of personal capital to start Chanty
“So my first investment was half a million.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 13:16 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021
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Okunev: Chanty received a VC valuation offer of $20 million
“The last valuation that we received was twenty million.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 15:19 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Okunev: Chanty closed prior year around $600K in revenue
“If I'm not mistaken, we closed a year around 600 K.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 6:24 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021 negative
Disclosure
Okunev: Sales quotas work for in-house reps, not contractors
“Well, here we are on the weak side. So we were trying to introduce that and for the full timers for our two sales that, that works, but for sales reps, unfortunately for us, it doesn't work.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 12:01 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021
Disclosure
Founder Dmitry Okunev owns 80% of Chanty, with 20% in employee pool
“One small correction. I own 80% of the company. 20% of the company is it's a pool of equities for our employees.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 12:54 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021 neutral
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Okunev says Chanty's non-affiliate customer acquisition cost is $487
“So one customer acquisition cost at this moment, like a week ago, it was 400 87 dollars.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 9:35 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021 positive
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Okunev: Chanty maintains an annual churn rate of about 6.8%
“We are currently on return rate around 6.8%. So that's a little bit less than seven percent.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 8:16 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty has 20,000 total organizations and 1,000 paying business customers
“Well, right now we are reached already like 20 key somewhere there. Nathan Latka: You have 20,000 paying customers. Dmitry Okunev (Dimitri Okunov): paying customers, we have around one K. Okay. Nathan Latka: What's the 20,000 number? Is that free users? Dm…”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 3:25 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021
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Chanty's average monthly revenue per paying customer is approximately $122
“If I'm not mistaken, our current premium paycheck is around 122 dollars, stuff like that.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 5:35 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Apr 3, 2021
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Chanty's average paying account expands from initial small groups to 47.5 users
“Well, they sign up usually really small. It's just, you know, that focus group on the company, there are like three, four or five users. But eventually our average member amount for one team is 47 and a half.”
Dmitry Okunev Apr 3, 2021 ▶ 4:58 Team Communication App Breaks $122k/mo, Still Owns 100%
Jul 12, 2021
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Chanty generated approximately $600,000 in prior-year revenue
“If I'm not mistaken, we closed a year around 600 K.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 5:35 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021
Disclosure
Dimitri Okunov owns 80% of Chanty with 20% in employee equity
“I own 80% of the company. 20% of the company is it's a pool of equities for our employees.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 12:06 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Chanty has 22 in-house staff and 35 total workers
“We have 22 full-time people in the team, like, in-house. And we have more people who are sales reps. So all in all, it's around 35, 36 people depending on the period.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 10:37 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 neutral
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Chanty has approximately 1,000 paying business customers
“Paying customers, we have around one K.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 2:46 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021
Disclosure
Dimitri Okunov invested $500,000 of personal capital into Chanty
“So my first investment was half a million.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 12:28 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 positive
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Chanty received an inbound $20 million valuation offer from VCs
“The last valuation that we received was twenty million.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 14:30 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 neutral
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Chanty's average revenue per paid account is approximately $122 monthly
“If I'm not mistaken, our current premium paycheck is around 122 dollars, stuff like that.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 4:47 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021
Disclosure
Chanty pays affiliate commissions between 20% and 50%
“So, we have a few tiers of these affiliates or partnership programs. The smaller, the smallest gets 20%. The highest, like, value added reseller gets half, 50%.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 6:04 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty's annual customer churn rate is approximately 6.8%
“We are currently on return rate around 6.8%. So that's a little bit less than seven percent.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 7:27 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Sales quotas work for Chanty's in-house reps but fail externally
“So we were trying to introduce that. And for the full timers for our two sales that, that works, but for sales reps, unfortunately for us, it doesn't work.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 11:14 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 neutral
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Chanty's average paying customer has 47.5 team members
“Eventually our average member amount for one team is 47 and a half.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 4:16 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jul 12, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chanty's non-affiliate customer acquisition cost is $487
“So one customer acquisition cost at this moment, like a week ago, it was 400 87 dollars.”
Dmitry Okunev Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 8:45 My Favorite Bootstrapped SaaS Founder ($122k MRR)
Jan 23, 2024
Disclosure
Chanty pays affiliates up to 70% commission in year one, says Okunyev
“Up to 70%.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 4:12 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
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A single Indian reseller brings Chanty up to 300 customers monthly
“I think around two, 300.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 8:13 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dimitro Okunyev predicts Chanty will hit 70-80% profit margins within two years
“So I would expect that our profit margins would be around like 70 to 80%, maybe in a year or two.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 11:28 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024 bullish
Assertion Supported
Dimitro Okunyev positions Chanty as 10x cheaper than Slack, Zoom, and Trello
“You know, Lapsum for the Slack, Microsoft, Slack, Zoom, and Trello would be like 41 dollar, so we are almost 10 times cheaper.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 9:02 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
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Chanty's largest single customer pays approximately $300,000 annually, says Dimitro Okunyev
“So they pay around 300 K. Okay.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 14:22 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
Disclosure
Chanty reached $3M revenue with zero salespeople, says founder Dimitro Okunyev
“We still doesn't have salespeople on the team. So it's just pure product-led growth.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 2:00 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024 bearish
Disclosure
Dimitro Okunyev rejected a $10 million buyout offer from a public company
“Yeah, the offer was like quite nice. It was like, ten millions. I don't believe that this is the fair price so far.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 10:49 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
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Dimitro Okunyev says Chanty has 24,000 paying customers
“Currently we have 24,000 of paying customers, which are basically quite of them are small. That's we have a few who are like really, really, really big.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 2:36 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Chanty avoids paid advertising because unit economics do not work, says Okunyev
“No. in my opinion, the math barely fits here for us.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 23:26 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
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Chanty relies on five key partners and 1,000 small affiliates
“So we have, Five key partners who runs international. Let's say like that. And we have yeah, currently more than thousand of, like, very small affiliate partners.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 6:52 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
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Chanty generates $3 million revenue with $4,600 LTV, says Dimitro Okunyev
“We are around three million right now. The customer lifestyle value grew up to the 4.6 K and the actually user base grew up accordingly. The paid user base.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 2:19 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
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Chanty runs its $3M ARR business with just 16 people, says Okunyev
“Well, we are currently 16 people. So eight engineers. The other people, they are not engineers, but they are, they run technical roles.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 9:42 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
Disclosure
Chanty excludes affiliate payouts from its $3M revenue, says Dimitro Okunyev
“No, no, that's just this 30% cut that we got for ourselves. The rest are going out of us. So, I mean, we don't even see this money.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 5:11 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
Jan 23, 2024
Disclosure
Dimitro Okunyev is willing to offer 15% equity for a sales co-founder
“Yeah, I have a clear Clear number of mines, so I calculated that it could be like 15%.”
Dmitry Okunev Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 15:23 How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
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