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This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem Apr 16, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 20:11 Rasmus Holst Uh, the hard thing is about hot things, um, which is, uh, CEOs, uh, is a CEO journey of, of what is really when things are hard.

Suzy.com did $65m Revenue Last Year. 18% was services so how did he keep 75% gross margin? Jan 30, 2024 · 1 mention

Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue Jun 7, 2023 · 1 mention

Sourcepoint Hits 500 Customers for Data Privacy Product, Will "definitely hit $50m in 2024" Mar 23, 2023 · 1 mention

He's $14m in ARR, Here's why he IPO'd and plans to grow 30% this year Mar 22, 2023 · 1 mention

How he Grew AI Tool $25k to $250k MRR Last 12 Months, On track for $800k MRR This Year Mar 15, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:32 Sanjay Kumar Uh, I'm, I'm, these days I'm reading hard things about hard things written by Ben Horowitz.

Why Marketplace + SaaS Is So Powerful, $2.7m in Revenue Feb 22, 2023 · 1 mention

Evotix hits $17m ARR, 6 Months from breakevent, 5+ Year Track record of 40% YoY Growth Jan 17, 2023 · 1 mention

How He Got First $2k in MRR From His Community of 1,000 Dec 31, 2022 · 1 mention

He just hit $60m Revenue but burned $25m net last year. Here's how Market Research SaaS Suzy fixed their runway in volatile economy Dec 20, 2022 · 2 mentions

She has guts! Turned down $20m offer with $15k in MRR for her Ad Management SaaS Dec 10, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:58 Victoria Dubin Uh, second, probably, you know, by, uh, Horowitz said the hard things about hard things.

Mini PE firm grow new acquisition to $2m ARR for gov contracting SaaS Aug 29, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:35 Ron Jones Hard thing about hard things, Ben Horowitz, and, um, Working Backwards, it's an Amazon story by, um, Colin Breyer and Bill Carr.

How Tettra hit $1m ARR for its internal knowledge base tool Aug 26, 2022 · 1 mention

How he sold his $1m business for $20m Last Week Aug 22, 2022 · 1 mention

How Uberflip Doubled ACV to $60k By Doubling Down on Customized Content at Scale Aug 4, 2022 · 1 mention

How he acquired a SaaS startup for $1 (now $14m in revenue, not a typo) Aug 1, 2022 · 1 mention

He just hit $12m in ARR. Took 7 years to hit $1m. Don't get discouraged! Jul 28, 2022 · 1 mention

Spiffy Hits $50m Revenue Cleaning Cars with automated software stack and 280 vehicle cleaning fleet Jul 21, 2022 · 1 mention

He's Making $100k/mo Helping Construction Companies Rent out their Idle Pieces of Equipment Apr 21, 2022 · 1 mention

Look Back: Cognism Prospecting Tool Hits $10m Revenue, 40% Of Last Round Was Secondary Mar 19, 2022 · 1 mention

Workplace Management SaaS Hits $4.7m in ARR, up 70% YoY, Price Increase Added $55k/mo last 20 days Feb 14, 2022 · 1 mention

LATAM SaaS + IoT Grows 10x to $1.2m in ARR, $3.7m Round at $15m Valuation Jan 24, 2022 · 1 mention

How This Security Company Raised $26m Seed Round With No Revenue Jan 20, 2022 · 1 mention

Zero to $15k/mo in 12 Months, Data Automation Tool Now Raising $1.2m on $10m Jan 18, 2022 · 1 mention

Voice AI Company Raises $17m at $80m Valuation, 50x Revenue Multiple, Scaling Fast with NDR of 120% Jan 11, 2022 · 1 mention

Practice Ignition Breaks $24m Revenue, Raises $50m at $330m Valuation Helping 5,000 Accounting Firms Scale Jan 4, 2022 · 1 mention

100% YoY Growth to $1.5m ARR Today Helping Brands Unlock Consumer Data With Rewards Dec 17, 2021 · 1 mention

Document Signing API Mindee Hits $1.5m in ARR, Closes $14m Series A Dec 7, 2021 · 1 mention

Issuu Breaks 40k Brands, $30m ARR, Paying to Manage and Distribute Content Nov 3, 2021 · 2 mentions

Can Mode Beat Looker? 140% Net Dollar Retention and 600+ Customers Say Yes! Oct 18, 2021 · 1 mention

Brazilian Cloud Security SaaS Hits $750k ARR With $350k Raised, Opening $5m Series A Soon Oct 3, 2021 · 1 mention

CPG User Research SaaS Suzy Hits $40m ARR, Flirts with $500m Valuation, IPO Next? Aug 30, 2021 · 1 mention

Will Bizzabo Announce A Major Acquisition Next Month? (Flashback) Jul 14, 2021 · 2 mentions

PE Just Ate JazzHR, Here are their metrics 1 year ago Jul 13, 2021 · 1 mention

What Do You Do After You Exit Your First SaaS For More than $9m? Apr 29, 2021 · 1 mention

Granulate Breaking Records in Cloud Computing Savings Space, $30m Revenue Next? Apr 14, 2021 · 1 mention

Mobile Paywall Testing Company Breaks 200 Customers, $500k Raised Apr 2, 2021 · 1 mention

Modigie Gets You Accurate Prospect Cell Numbers, Hits $300k ARR, 29 Customers Jan 24, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:20 Ken Hoppe It used to be crossing the chasm, but it's, it's, it's, it's horror, which is, uh, harder things.

Mode Grows 95% to $19m ARR, Turning Analysis Into Superhero's Dec 28, 2020 · 1 mention

AlgoPix Hits $2.4m Revenue Helping CPG Brands Monitor Competitors Pricing Dec 18, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:22 Ori Greenberg Oh, uh, I didn't prepare for that, but I guess, uh, the hard thing about hard things by Ben Horowitz.

LeadGenius Hits $10m in Revenue, Growth Slow at 50% YoY Considering $25m Raised Dec 11, 2020 · 1 mention

Holded Grows 100% YoY to $4m ARR, Last Round Valuation $22 Million Oct 24, 2020 · 1 mention

Cognism Prospecting Tool Hits $10m Revenue, 40% Of Last Round Was Secondary Oct 14, 2020 · 1 mention

Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech Oct 10, 2020 · 1 mention

JazzHR Has Record 40k Applicant Month During Pandemic, $15m Revenue Sep 4, 2020 · 1 mention

Dialpad CEO "We'll break $100m in 2020, comfortable burning $1m/mo, $45m in bank" Jul 5, 2020 · 1 mention

Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo? Jun 22, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:58 Kunal Bhatia Oh, that's gotta be Ben Horowitz's The Hard Thing About Hard Things, and my next book from him is Waiting at my doorstep at my parents' house in Boston.

VisitorQueue Hits $270k Revenue, Powers Your Sales Team ABM Jun 20, 2020 · 1 mention

LivingSecurity.com: Guess What Multiple They're Raising $5m Series A At May 31, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:17 Ashley Rose Uh, something I'm finishing up right now, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz.

1754 Parker Conrad Gave Rippling CTO 40%, Kept 60%, 2,000 Customers "$36m ARR Not Far Off" May 13, 2020 · 1 mention

1726 HealthTech Company Expects To Hit $1m in ARR As Critical Tech During COVID Apr 15, 2020 · 1 mention

1701 How He Turned 50k Free Users into $12k in MRR Mar 21, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:39 Vaibhav Domkundwar Uh, you know, from an operational perspective, I absolutely love Ben Horowitz's, uh, the hard things, the hard thing about hard things.

1684 With $60M in ARR, How Braze Drives Serious Expansion Revenue on Old Cohorts Mar 4, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 14:53 Bill Magnuson Uh, I would probably say The Hard Thing About Hard Things, uh, is my favorite one I've read in a while. 2 times in the scene

1650 How He Kept Leverage in $15m Raise Despite ARR Being Less Than $25m Raised To Date Jan 30, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 15:25 Heath Wells So hard things, I was going to say that, you know, the Ben Horwitz book, but everyone's saying that on your podcast, so I couldn't do that. 2 times in the scene

1648 How He Spun $4m ARR Influencer Marketing SaaS Out of Agency Jan 28, 2020 · 1 mention

1646 Why 900 SaaS CEO's Put $200m in ARR Through Him Every Year Jan 26, 2020 · 1 mention

1625 How $31M ARR CEO Profits $500k/mo and Cracked SMB Net Retention of 110% Jan 5, 2020 · 2 mentions

1594 The Main Reason He Took $1.5m Government Loan at 4% Instead of VC Dec 5, 2019 · 1 mention

1584 Why 600 Companies Pay Him $150/mo To Help With VC Updates Nov 25, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 16:18 Mike Preuss Favorite business book, uh, Hard Things About Hard Things. 2 times in the scene

1572 How This CEO Plans to be IPO Ready in 2 Years Nov 13, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:54 Mohit Lad Um, I would say the best book I enjoyed was The Hard Thing About Hard Things.

1561 How To Get 5 Team Members Paying Personally Onto One Team Account with $5m ARR MixMax Nov 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:58 Olaf Matei My favorite business book would probably be the hard thing about hard things.

1543 They'll Help You Manufacture Your Product for 1/4th the Cost as Other Brokers, $100k in MRR, 20 Customers Oct 15, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:09 Nathan Latka Embrace the suck, or as Ben Horwitz said in, uh, in his book, Hard Thing About Hard Things, uh, if you're going to eat shit, don't nibble.

1539 How Venga Hit 2000 locations, $3.6m ARR on $2.7m Raised Helping Restaurants, Fitness Centers with Customer Experience Oct 11, 2019 · 1 mention

1536 Manufacturing Sales Platform Hits $5m ARR With New $250k ACV Plans Oct 8, 2019 · 1 mention

1527 Supply Chain Risk Company Hits $7m in ARR, 130 Customers Sep 29, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:58 Heiko Schwarz I think one of the best I read is hard things about the hard thing about hard things.

1519 Health Records Company Hits $23m ARR Serving 6000 Health Customers Sep 21, 2019 · 1 mention

1517 How $165M ARR DiscoverOrg Sales Operation Works Sep 19, 2019 · 1 mention

1508 With $1.2m in MRR, They're Making Truck Fleets More Efficient Sep 10, 2019 · 1 mention

1507 Guesty Passes 1,000 Customers, 50,000 Properties, Charging 2-5% Sep 9, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 22:39 Amiad Soto So for me, the faith, my favorite book was a hard thing about hard things.

1480 Social Listening Tool Raising $6m on $22M Pre Money (10x Valuation) Aug 13, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:11 Camille Bargiel It's, it's, um, recently I've, I've read the, what's the name, the hard thing about hard things.

1477 $0 to $50k MRR in 70 Days for New Recruiting Tool Backed by AI Aug 10, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:35 Joanna Riley Um, right now, well, so Hard Things About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz, um, I think that's a, a great book.

1471 How to Use a $750K "Affiliate Launch Model" To Juice Your SaaS Offering Aug 4, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:46 Andy Fletcher I would say The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz and The Goal by Eli Goldratt.

1454 How This Intercom, Drift Competitor Is Winning in India Jul 18, 2019 · 1 mention

1434 She Saved a Pre Revenue $60m Raised Company, Then Launched Own Passing $6m in ARR for Team Alignment Tool Jun 28, 2019 · 1 mention

1413 With $4m in ARR, This Cannabis POS System Is Market Leader Growing 3x YoY Jun 7, 2019 · 1 mention

1366 ACT! and SalesLogix Founders New Company Hits $1m in ARR Apr 21, 2019 · 1 mention

1361 Adthena Passes $7m in ARR, 80% YoY Growth Apr 16, 2019 · 1 mention

1341 Reverse merger on australia stock exhange Mar 27, 2019 · 1 mention

1322 How to Move from Service Business to Pure SaaS Mar 8, 2019 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 14:26 Connor Lee Um, I mean, I think the same, I said last one with his, which is the, the, uh, Ben Horowitz's book. 3 times in the scene

1304 Raising $10m on $30m Pre Right Now for Video Feedback Platform, $5m ARR Feb 18, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 17:58 Dave Carruthers Um, I, um, the latest Ben Horowitz book, um, Hard Thing About Hard Things. 2 times in the scene

1261 How He Went from $0 to $4k/mo Helping Brands Track Customer Facing Video Jan 6, 2019 · 1 mention

1241 His New Way to Prospect Just Passed $1m in ARR, $5.4m Raised Dec 17, 2018 · 1 mention

1226 How GrowSumo is Covering Base Expenses While Growing Performance Based Revenue Dec 2, 2018 · 1 mention

1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR Nov 24, 2018 · 1 mention

1213 Kabbage CEO: We've lent $5b to 150,000 SMB's, Will Pass $300m in 2018 Revenue Nov 19, 2018 · 1 mention

1197 Sell your video content directly to your audience, $4.5m invested so far Nov 3, 2018 · 1 mention

1182 Supercharged Mailchimp for Ecommerce passes $2m in ARR, Bootstrapped Oct 19, 2018 · 1 mention

1172 How He Pivoted to $30m in Funding, 10,000+ Jobs Placed with Recruiting AI Tool Oct 9, 2018 · 1 mention

1162 Pittsburg Placed Niche.com Passes 10m Uniques/Mo, $3m in SaaS Revenue Sep 29, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 20:29 Luke Skurman I'm just finishing it right now, but it's the Ben Horowitz's kind of book, his journey. 2 times in the scene

1123 Ecommerce Brands Pay Him $3m To Increase Average Cart Value 12%+ Aug 21, 2018 · 1 mention

1095 His First Move at Zenefits? 450 Laid Off. Now Eyeing Profitability and $100m in ARR Jul 24, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:14 Jay Fulcher I love so many of them, but I, my, my, my friend Ben Horowitz wrote The Hard Thing About Hard Things, and that is a phenomenal book for any entrepreneur that's listening.

1089 Workato CEO: "We're Enterprise Version" of Zapier, Segment, Elastoic Jul 18, 2018 · 1 mention

1085 We're #1 In Salesforce for Call Routing, Tech with $10m+ in ARR Jul 14, 2018 · 1 mention

1083 How she 2x ARR yoy in mobile testing space to $6m in ARR Jul 12, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 20:53 Nancy Hua Um, I feel like everyone says the hard thing about hard things. 2 times in the scene

1061 We serve 2b impressions a day including MSN homepage Jun 20, 2018 · 1 mention

1059 $100m In Audio Ad Spend Goes Through Our Platform Jun 18, 2018 · 1 mention

1052 You're doing $9m in ARR, why write a book decoding creativity? Jun 11, 2018 · 1 mention

1046 She Controls WeWork TV Screens, Passes $4.8m ARR Jun 5, 2018 · 1 mention

1039 The Argument For Utility Based SaaS Pricing, $.85 Per Booked Hour, 18.4 Million Booked Hours May 29, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 13:29 Greg Tanaka Oh, my favorite book is, uh, The Hard Things About Hard Things, just because, I'm not sure if you've ever read it, but it's, um, it's, um, it's a book written by one of our investors, uh, from Jason Horitz, uh, Ben Horitz, and it just… 2 times in the scene

1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue May 11, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:07 Ivan Smolnikov That durable, how he predicted it, but still, the book is pretty, pretty nice, and the hard thing about, you know, from Ben Horowitz, hard thing about hard things, if you remember, this is good as well.
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