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21 statements across 21 episodes · 9 bullish · 0 bearish · 21 people on the record · first statement Nov 22, 2016 by Ali Salman · said 157 times in 112 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Nathan Latka (31), Sindre Haaland (9), Erling Lind (4), Dhruvil Sanghvi (4), Vinod Muthukrishnan (3), Ted Elliott (3), Reggie Agarwal (3), Matt Elson (3)
2026 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2024 4 mentions in 1 episode
2023 10 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode
- Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms
- How I raised a $15m Series B in a downturn
- Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month
- How We Scaled Founderpath to Process 200 Million Rows of Financial Data Per Day
- How I leveraged marketing analytics to scale from $1M to $11M
- Acquired! Why She Sold her Bootstrapped $800k ARR Company for $3m
- Sourcepoint Hits 500 Customers for Data Privacy Product, Will "definitely hit $50m in 2024"
- SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 17 mentions in 13 episodes 1 per episode
- How he acquired a SaaS startup for $1 (now $14m in revenue, not a typo)
- This founder hit $90m ARR last week, took $30m secondary in last round for Document Management SaaS
- He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
- How Metadata grew 700% to $15m in Revenue in 24 months while switching from high burn to profitable
- How Tenfold went from $5m ARR, Burning $1m per Month to 100% YoY Growth and a big exit
- How Bootstrapped YouCanBookMe Hit $5m using team profit sharing as internal motivation
- Mini PE firm grow new acquisition to $2m ARR for gov contracting SaaS
- PLG Playbook: How Jotform hit 10m Users, Targeting 5% Free to Paid, Min $19/mo Price Point, Bootstrapped
- 5 more episodes that year, every mention in 2022 →
2021 27 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
- Gong Competitor: "We'll Raise at a $120m Valuation" after breaking $6m in ARR
- DevOps Tool Copado Breaks $400m Valuation, as New CEO Ushers in 100% YoY Growth with Founders
- $1.4m ARR Furniture Delivery Chatbot Company Growing 200% YoY, Raising $5m Now
- Raising $10m on $50m Valuation, 1500 Farmers Pay $2m/yr For This SaaS
- 100% YoY Growth to $1.5m ARR Today Helping Brands Unlock Consumer Data With Rewards
- Myr POS SaaS For SMB's hits $1.2m ARR, Raised at $7.5m Valuation with 400 Customers
- Bug reporting tool Breaks $4800/mo, 600 Customers After Raising $1.5m at $6m Valuation
- Buy Rendering Power with YellowDog, $1.8m ARR, $12.5m Valuation
- 7 more episodes that year, every mention in 2021 →
2020 26 mentions in 19 episodes 1 per episode
- Festival Version of ClassPass Targeting $500k Seed, 1000's of Consumers, 100's of Events
- 1748 "Wouldn't Be Surprise If We Hit $50M This Year" says 3d Home Modeling CEO
- EssayJack Raising $2m on $8m Valuation, $250k in ARR
- RockContent 2x To $25m in Last 12 Months, Helping 2000 Customers Scale Content
- Preston Pysh on Bitcoin $200,000, QE at the top, UBI at bottom, $10t+ Fed Balance Sheet?
- CoachMePlus raising $2m on $10m post money right now
- TeamSnap Cut 50% Workforce, Hiring Back Now As COVID Recovery Builds
- MyWifiNetworks Turned Down $5.4m All Cash Offer Last Month, Despite Loosing 30% Due to COVID
- 11 more episodes that year, every mention in 2020 →
2019 34 mentions in 23 episodes 1 per episode
- 1508 With $1.2m in MRR, They're Making Truck Fleets More Efficient
- 1367 CloudBeds Passes $10m in ARR, Launches AirBnB Partnership
- 1292 How Cvent Hit $500m Bookings with Eyes on $1B in Meeting and Event Space
- 1289 Virtual Event Management Business Passes $2m in ARR Selling $30k ACV's
- 1527 Supply Chain Risk Company Hits $7m in ARR, 130 Customers
- 1330 This Professor Quit Higher Ed For Learning Management Platform, $24m in ARR
- 1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR
- 1592 Why This $12m ARR Company Had To Pivot Away From Just Live Chat, Rely on $100k+ ACV American Customers
- 15 more episodes that year, every mention in 2019 →
2018 8 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- 1239 SailThru raised $50m, now profitable, 20% yoy growth, whats next?
- 1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR
- 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced
- 1100 Why aren't more private equity firms paying him $12k/seat?
- 1096 How TapClicks is Managaing 60% yoy Growth in Marketing Dashboard Space
- 901 SaaS: Bootstrapped Enterprise Marketing Maropost Passes $36m ARR
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
2017 16 mentions in 13 episodes 1 per episode
- 682: Why Tech Companies Are Opening Salt Lake City Offices With CloudCherry CEO Vinod Muthukrishnan
- 810: SaaS: With $70m Raised, White Board Videos Secret to VidYard 2x YoY Growth
- 882 AdTech: $250m on $1b Ad Spend as Rubicon Project Enters Header Bidding Space
- 870 SaaS: $190m Raised, 150 Customers, $60m+ ARR for Supply Chain Management
- 846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers
- 803: SaaS: Email He Used To Get From $0 to $10k MRR
- 798: Mobile Ad Tech Passes $100m in Revenues
- 742: This Founder Crowns Real Estate Agents "Mayors", Grows From $700k to $6.4M in Under 12 Months
- 5 more episodes that year, every mention in 2017 →
2016 11 mentions in 11 episodes 1 per episode
- Ep 486: Agency Hits $2M In Revenue, 49 Employees, $36k ACV with RapidBoostMarketing CEO Ali Salman
- EP 409: $250 Million 2015 Revenue with 1800GotJunk Founder Brian Scudamore
- EP 386: Hurdlr Saves You Tax Money, 10,000+ Users
- EP 361: 61 Customers $700k In Revenue, The Ultimate Sales Training Tool with Sam Caucci
- Meat on Demand Does $1,200,000 in 2015, EP 280: Tim Ray
- EP 323: He took his company public for $1b
- Giving Up on $1MM+ Consulting Business For $1B+ SaaS Idea, EP 277: Khalid Saleh
- She Has 5 Kids and Is Making THIS MUCH Per Month? With Kim Ades EP 250
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2016 →