Dux-Soup

includes Dux Soup Turbo, Dux Soup Pro

18 statements across 2 episodes · 9 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 21, 2021 by Will van der Sanden · said 21 times in 5 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Will van der Sanden (7), Nathan Latka (5), Carter Olive (5), Sarov Gupta (3), Stefan Smulders (1)

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2023 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2021 15 mentions in 3 episodes 5 per episode

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Everything said about Dux-Soup, oldest first

Jun 21, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Van der Sanden says an all-cash buyout would be hard to reject
“Catch in hand that would be very difficult to reject because I've got plenty of other ideas that I want to work on and try out.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 17:10 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup forecasts breaking $400K MRR in 2021
“Well, that's definitely the forecast, yeah.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 7:40 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dux-Soup counts 70,000 total users and 15,000 paying customers
“Today what we got, if you included the free ones 70,000. But if you, if you're looking at paid customers, we got about 15,000 customers.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 3:52 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Van der Sanden: Turbo Edition is Dux-Soup's fastest-growing package
“The fastest growing one is absolutely the Turbo Turbo Edition.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 1:41 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 positive
Opinion
Latka: No software company exceeds $4.5 million in revenue per engineer
“If you look at revenue per engineer, it's through the roof. I don't think anyone breaks 4.5 million.”
Nathan Latka Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 19:27 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dux-Soup paid influencer John Nemo zero to promote the platform
“Nothing at all, no, zero. He liked the way that the product works, he liked the way that it was priced, and we also got along at a personal level”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 7:08 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dux-Soup operates with only one software engineer: founder Will van der Sanden
“Well, I would say one.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 10:46 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup adds about 4,000 new users monthly
“We have about 4000 new users every month.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 14:08 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021
Disclosure
Van der Sanden confirms he owns 100% of Dux-Soup
“So you own a hundred percent of the business right now? [578] Will van der Sanden: Absolutely.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 9:37 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup maintains an 80% profit margin
“Well, I would say 80%.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 15:34 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup made around $1,500 in first-year revenue
“First year in revenue, that must have been around like 1500 dollars, I think.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 2:34 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup experiences about 10% monthly churn
“The churn, we were at about 10%.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 12:42 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup is entirely self-funded with zero outside capital
“No, this is all self-funded. So there's no no bootstrap, no capital.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 8:00 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Van der Sanden: About 20% of new Dux-Soup users convert to paid
“There would be about, I would say a fifth, probably.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 14:33 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Jun 21, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup ARPU is about $25 per user monthly
“The average is about 25 dollars a month per per user.”
Will van der Sanden Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 2:23 This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
Sep 13, 2021 bullish
Disclosure
Gupta: Senzilla Will Shift to Compete with ZoomInfo and Outreach
“I'm not going to stay in that space. I'm not going to compete with them. I, my sights are set more on the zoom input and outreach of the world than the expandee and ducks, because I feel, you know, the world is moving towards more multi-channel prospects tune …”
Sarov Gupta Sep 13, 2021 ▶ 14:17 Linkedin Automation Tool Bootstrapped to $25k/mo From Parents Basement, Big Profits
Sep 13, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Latka: Expandi and Dux-Soup Are Bootstrapped at $4M–$5M Revenue
“Both of those examples you just said, they're both, I think, bootstrapped and doing four to five million revenue.”
Nathan Latka Sep 13, 2021 ▶ 13:52 Linkedin Automation Tool Bootstrapped to $25k/mo From Parents Basement, Big Profits
Sep 13, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gupta: Senzilla achieves 40% average connection acceptance rates on LinkedIn
“That's one of the reasons people are shifting to us in a large way from all the competitors in the market, like expandee, duck soup and all of these, because they are seeing that the acceptance rates on our platforms are much higher, like 40% on average.”
Sarov Gupta Sep 13, 2021 ▶ 13:39 Linkedin Automation Tool Bootstrapped to $25k/mo From Parents Basement, Big Profits
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