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Ian Blair

9 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 24, 2017 by Ian Blair · said 7 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Oct 24, 2017
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Blair: BuildFire has raised about $2.5M in capital
“We've raised about two and a half million so far.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 5:03 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Oct 24, 2017
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Blair: BuildFire's monthly logo churn hovers between 3% and 5%
“Pure logo churn is about five. I can hover anywhere from like three to five percent.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 14:14 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Oct 24, 2017 positive
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Blair: BuildFire broke $1M annual revenue run rate in 2015
“In 2015, let's see, 2015, I think that's when we broke the one million a year mark”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 5:47 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Oct 24, 2017
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Blair: BuildFire has grown purely through inbound marketing without outbound sales
“We haven't really had a direct sales effort yet. A lot of SaaS companies early on, that's how they start out. And, you know, we were fortunate to really do inbound marketing well and provide us with a whole slew of customers early on.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 16:25 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Oct 24, 2017
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Blair: BuildFire receives hundreds of thousands of monthly website visitors
“We have, you know, hundreds of thousands of people on our month or on our site each month.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 12:09 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Oct 24, 2017 positive
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Blair: BuildFire acquires DIY customers for $25 to $30 CAC
“So like, for example, like the DIY customers, you know, it's like 25, 30 bucks. It's really cheap.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 15:41 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Oct 24, 2017
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Blair: BuildFire spends just over $10,000 monthly on paid advertising
“We're doing a little over 10,000 a month on paid.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 12:19 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Oct 24, 2017
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Blair: Scaled white-label reseller to $300k ARR in 12 months
“We ended up building up a 300,000 dollar recurring revenue stream in 12 months.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 4:07 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
Mar 4, 2019
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Latka: BuildFire Reached $2.4M 2017 Revenue and $300k Monthly MRR
“Since launching BuildFire in 2012, Ian has raised 2.5 million in investor funding and has 31 employees at age 25. His annual revenue in 2017 was 2.4 million dollars and his current monthly recurring revenue is 300,000 dollars per month.”
Nathan Latka Mar 4, 2019 ▶ 4:16 Fast Trick: How Your Competitors Are Getting Customers
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