Raul Kaevand

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Dec 2, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Instantly was originally built purely as an internal agency tool
“Like we didn't even plan on launching it just for our own agency. But when we did it and start talking to people about it, then really, so like we have something it's unique.”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 2:19 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022 neutral
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Kaevand met his Instantly technical co-founder Sumit on Reddit
“So I posted on indie hackers, I posted on Reddit, which is like a full stack market. They're looking for partners. And this dude randomly messaged me on Reddit... And yeah, on Reddit, I just made a post like co-founder subreddit. We messaged, we talked, and we…”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 5:04 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022
Disclosure
Instantly split 50% equity to its developer and 50% to marketing
“We pivoted and then we decided to go fifty-fifty and then from my side like previously what I've done wrong is I've given like too much equity in like wrong places and focused more on like software, like other stuff. But I realized like the marketing sales is …”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 6:16 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022 negative
Disclosure
Kaevand refuses to raise outside funding for Instantly acquisitions
“I like these things like acquiring, like, different companies. It might be cool, like at some point, but I wouldn't raise money for it to do it. Maybe it's like a stupid business wise, but just for like our, Like the way we built this company and we like worki…”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 14:13 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022 positive
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Instantly reached 2,900 paying customers and $200k MRR
“It's 20, 2900.”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 2:44 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022 neutral
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Kaevand's lead gen agency hit $30k–$40k MRR before launching SaaS
“And when we launched instantly publicly, the agent itself was around 30, 40 K MRR.”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 3:24 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022 positive
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Instantly acquired its first customers by upselling agency clients
“The first clients that we got for instantly were all the clients that we jumped on a call, offered a service in our leaders agency, and then used instantly.”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 3:46 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022
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Instantly hit $10k–$15k MRR when its founders shut down their agency
“Oh, I think it was around, like, 10, 15 K's.”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 7:07 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
Dec 2, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Instantly operates with a lean team of 15 employees
“So we have the four core team members. Then we have around six or seven now on support. So the support is a big focus for us right now. And then just really, we have, we just had like two more developers. We're working a long time versus like one. So two full-…”
Raul Kaevand Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 15:12 New SaaS goes 0 to $2.4m in 9 months using genius growth strategy
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