GreenRope

19 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 5, 2019 by Lars Helgeson · said 31 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Oct 5, 2019 positive
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Helgeson: GreenRope has never taken seed funding
“I've never taken seed funding. It's always been from the revenue that we've generated, and we've kept the company small.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 4:07 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019 neutral
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Helgeson confirms GreenRope pays resellers 50% to 70% revenue share in perpetuity
“Are you paying out between set 50 and 70% to each reseller because you're keeping 30 to 50. Is that in perpetuity? Lars Helgeson: It is. It is.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 6:28 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019
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Helgeson says GreenRope's customer acquisition cost ranges from $800 to $1,200
“I think it, well, it fluctuates from month to month, but it varies between about 812 hundred a month, or 1200, sorry, to acquire the customer.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 17:27 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019
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Helgeson claims GreenRope's platform was built by just six engineers
“Well, if you consider that our product has been built by six engineers, and all of the things it can do, and you compare it to companies like HubSpot or Salesforce that have a thousand times our size, I would argue that their software is fairly better.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 9:21 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019 bullish
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Helgeson claims GreenRope's total cost of ownership is 10% of competitors'
“The integration is why our total cost of ownership is always less than 10% of what our competitors do, because you don't have to do integration.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 12:33 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019
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Helgeson: Majority of GreenRope customers arrive via white-label resellers
“The majority of our customers actually come through us that way, where we will white label or private label our platform. And as a result, we take a small percentage so that the other companies are resellers can then go after their channels and sell to those i…”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 3:01 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019
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Helgeson confirms GreenRope generates over $225,000 in monthly recurring revenue
“Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So north of that. But yeah, exactly.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 3:58 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019 neutral
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Helgeson: GreenRope is on track for 20% to 25% growth
“I think we're on track for about a 20% growth, 20, 25% growth. So it's not, we're not in hockey stick mode, you know?”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 5:20 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019 positive
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Helgeson: GreenRope avoids buying out resellers to maintain sustainable growth
“We don't want to buy out that channel because we want them to continue to grow their business running on our technology. And that's, it's sort of a fundamental difference between the way a lot of SAS companies work, where they think in terms of how can I grow …”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 7:12 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019 positive
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Helgeson: GreenRope monthly logo churn fluctuates between 0.9% and 1.2%
“Way below that one. It fluctuates between like .9 and 1.1 or 1.2, depending on the month.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 11:15 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Oct 5, 2019
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Helgeson says GreenRope charges roughly $250 monthly and avoids per-seat pricing
“On average, it's about 250 dollars a month. We do not charge per user, which is very different from the way most CRMs work.”
Lars Helgeson Oct 5, 2019 ▶ 2:21 1533 How Greenrope CRM Bootstrapped to $2.7M in ARR
Apr 12, 2020
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Helgeson: GreenRope operates with 25 value-added reseller partners
“25.”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 6:47 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
Apr 12, 2020
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Helgeson: GreenRope serves 1,200 direct, ~500 non-profit, and 1,500 reseller clients
“So we have about 1200 of our direct clients. And then on top of that, we have another, I, I'd have to look at the numbers again. I think it's about four or 500 nonprofits. And then we also, and then we have another, the remainder of that, another 1500 come thr…”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 6:13 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
Apr 12, 2020 neutral
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Helgeson: GreenRope pays salespeople indefinite recurring commissions
“So the one thing that we do that's also different is I pay indefinite recurring commission with our salespeople. So they're just building over time.”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 13:49 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
Apr 12, 2020 positive
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Helgeson: GreenRope deliberately operates at breakeven for sustainability
“So so I could be more than breakeven if I wanted to be, but the reinvestment is a conscious decision for a long-term sustainable business model.”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 15:12 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
Apr 12, 2020
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Helgeson: GreenRope average revenue per customer reaches $250 monthly
“It's now 250.”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 5:56 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
Apr 12, 2020
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Helgeson: GreenRope generates roughly $2.5 million in ARR
“Roughly a little, we're about two and a half million.”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 16:51 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
Apr 12, 2020 positive
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Helgeson: GreenRope sales demo conversion rate is near 40%
“Our conversion rates are closer to 40%, so.”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 13:32 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
Apr 12, 2020
Disclosure
Helgeson: GreenRope does a 50/50 revenue split with resellers
“With our resellers, we do a fifty-fifty split with them on our retail rates.”
Lars Helgeson Apr 12, 2020 ▶ 15:50 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM
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