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Ross Paquette

13 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2018 by Ross Paquette · across every show →

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Jan 11, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Maropost Took at Most $100,000 in Personal Seed Funding
“I can't even put a dollar figure on it. It was maybe a 100,000 you know, worst case scenario because we were able to bring in a couple of customers early on with, you know, with kind of a basic product and those customers inherently sort of help fund the growt…”
Ross Paquette Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 5:23 901 SaaS: Bootstrapped Enterprise Marketing Maropost Passes $36m ARR
Jan 11, 2018 negative
Opinion
Ross Paquette Is Strongly Against Raising Venture Capital
“It wasn't like we had to go out and raise capital. I'm very much against that process. The focus has always been to just, you know, kind of grow by a customer acquisition, not acquisition.”
Ross Paquette Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 4:06 901 SaaS: Bootstrapped Enterprise Marketing Maropost Passes $36m ARR
Jan 11, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Paquette Funded Maropost's Early Development While Selling Software at Oracle
“I was still working for Oracle ERP. So I was selling construction software, neither of which I know anything about. But while I was working there, I was funding the development of Merrill post.”
Ross Paquette Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 3:55 901 SaaS: Bootstrapped Enterprise Marketing Maropost Passes $36m ARR
Jan 11, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Maropost Has Approximately 158 Employees
“We're about a hundred and 58 people.”
Ross Paquette Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 13:14 901 SaaS: Bootstrapped Enterprise Marketing Maropost Passes $36m ARR
Jan 11, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Maropost Has Never Raised Primary Capital, Only Secondary
“We've never raised any money to date. Yeah. so last summer was merely or purely a secondary round that's public.”
Ross Paquette Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 5:14 901 SaaS: Bootstrapped Enterprise Marketing Maropost Passes $36m ARR
Jan 11, 2018
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Maropost Reached $160M Valuation With PE and Family Offices
“That was our last valuation that we did. I brought in a couple of partners last summer two private equity firms and two family offices. So that was really what they came up with.”
Ross Paquette Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 1:18 901 SaaS: Bootstrapped Enterprise Marketing Maropost Passes $36m ARR
Apr 17, 2022
Disclosure
Paquette plans to retain 80% equity and avoid becoming a public CEO
“I'm not interested in that either. And that's not my goal. That's the difference. My goal is more to retain 80% of the business and be able to operate from a product perspective or a vision perspective and really be supportive to somebody like that. I don't as…”
Ross Paquette Apr 17, 2022 ▶ 16:15 Bootstrapped Maropost Hits $60m Revenue, 52% Profits, Doing $1.7b Secondary Right Now
Apr 17, 2022
Disclosure
Paquette takes zero salary, relying entirely on Maropost equity ownership
“So I don't have a salary. I don't have a bonus. I don't have anything. I have my ownership in the business. And if the business does well, I do well.”
Ross Paquette Apr 17, 2022 ▶ 13:54 Bootstrapped Maropost Hits $60m Revenue, 52% Profits, Doing $1.7b Secondary Right Now
Apr 17, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Maropost completed a $37M all-secondary funding round in 2016
“That was 2016 and we did an all secondary round for thirty seven million US, fifty million Canadian if it was relevant.”
Ross Paquette Apr 17, 2022 ▶ 3:29 Bootstrapped Maropost Hits $60m Revenue, 52% Profits, Doing $1.7b Secondary Right Now
Apr 17, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ross Paquette is the sole shareholder of Maropost
“No, we don't have any shareholders except for myself. So we have option holders like everybody else.”
Ross Paquette Apr 17, 2022 ▶ 15:18 Bootstrapped Maropost Hits $60m Revenue, 52% Profits, Doing $1.7b Secondary Right Now
Apr 17, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Maropost bought Neto in an all-cash deal to protect its cap table
“No, no, it was all cash. So we, yeah, our cap table is still myself and the employees.”
Ross Paquette Apr 17, 2022 ▶ 10:40 Bootstrapped Maropost Hits $60m Revenue, 52% Profits, Doing $1.7b Secondary Right Now
Apr 17, 2022 bullish
Disclosure
Maropost is executing a secondary round at a $1.7B valuation
“So I'm not even sure if I should share this, but we're doing a secondary round at a 1.7 billion dollar valuation.”
Ross Paquette Apr 17, 2022 ▶ 17:20 Bootstrapped Maropost Hits $60m Revenue, 52% Profits, Doing $1.7b Secondary Right Now
Apr 17, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Maropost generated approximately 52% EBITDA margins last year
“Yeah, about 52, yeah.”
Ross Paquette Apr 17, 2022 ▶ 14:42 Bootstrapped Maropost Hits $60m Revenue, 52% Profits, Doing $1.7b Secondary Right Now
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