Ryan Allis

5 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 18, 2024 by Ryan Allis · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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2024 1 mention in 1 episode

Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably Apr 30, 2024 · 1 mention · from 1:40
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2016 1 mention in 1 episode

Quick Way to Sell Your First Company For More Than $1m Jan 19, 2016 · 1 mention · from 7:38
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Apr 18, 2024 neutral

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iContact operated at $56 ARPA and 3.3% monthly churn

“We figured out that our average revenue per account, I call it ARPA instead of ARPU because, you know, multiple accounts, some accounts have multiple users, was 56 per account. 3.3% churn, which is normal for SMB.”

Ryan Allis Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 6:54 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

Apr 18, 2024

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iContact took zero outside capital until reaching $1M ARR

“We didn't take any outside capital. We lived in the office for the first year. We took no salaries for the first three years and just accrued them. And then once we got to a million, then we raised capital.”

Ryan Allis Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 1:55 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

Apr 18, 2024 positive

Disclosure

Ryan Allis Made About $15M Post-Tax From iContact's $169M Exit

“I ended up making about fifteen million dollars after taxes but that's good.”

Ryan Allis Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 17:00 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

Apr 18, 2024 neutral

Disclosure

iContact spent $2M monthly to acquire 4,000 customers at $500 CAC

“We were spending two million dollars a month in sales and marketing by the time we got acquired. In early 2012, that 2000 dollars a month in sales and marketing was going to acquire 4000 new customers each month, about a 500 dollar customer acquisition cost, a…”

Ryan Allis Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 9:39 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

Apr 18, 2024 positive

Assertion Supported

Harvard Business School admitted Ryan Allis without an undergraduate degree

“This is me getting an MBA from Harvard Business School. They let me in without a college degree, which is pretty awesome, and ended up finishing up there.”

Ryan Allis Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 17:32 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

Ryan Allis

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