SaaS founders

8 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Feb 5, 2016 by Matthew Bellows · across every show →

Everything said about SaaS founders, oldest first

Feb 5, 2016 positive
Insight
Bellows: Founders should generate $1M in sales before hiring first rep
“My recommendation is that the founding team, whether that's If the engineer is the sort of CEO person, the partner, sell about a million dollars worth of product before you go out and sell and hire your first or second salesperson. You want to get to about a m…”
Matthew Bellows Feb 5, 2016 ▶ 4:47 Yesware Aims for $30m in 2016 with Matthew Bellows of Yesware
Jun 5, 2021 positive
Insight
Fazio: SaaS founders should offset CAC by selling paid onboarding courses
“In terms of other SaaS founders growing their sasses, I feel like a lot of them will spend an absolute ton of time making these giant support articles and all these videos when you guys could just package this up in a course and use that as your front end offe…”
Daniel Fazio Jun 5, 2021 ▶ 16:52 Turning a $500k Course Into a $20k MRR SaaS Play. Next Russell Brunson?
Jul 18, 2021 negative
Opinion
Peterson: Most SaaS Sellers Are Product-Focused and Avoid Sales Teams
“What I'm seeing in the SaaS space is that founders tend to be tech savvy, but not business savvy, and that's not a slight against any founders. It's just the way founders in this space are, right? So SaaS founders are very good at identifying a need in the mar…”
Kevin Peterson Jul 18, 2021 ▶ 8:09 He'd Sell Keyword Research SaaS $750k ARR For $1.5m, $250k in Profits
Jul 3, 2022 neutral
Insight
Barattini: Most SaaS founders do not know why customers cancel subscriptions
“We see that most founders don't know why people are canceling. They're more focused around the product onboarding, which is totally understandable.”
Filippo Barattini Jul 3, 2022 ▶ 2:46 How he makes $7k/mo from app the fund his new SaaS tool
Nov 11, 2022 positive
Insight
Warner advises selling splinter products on lifetime deals to drive SaaS upsells
“Splinter off a part of your product that you can sell on lifetime deals. You can sell on one-time deals, and then put people into an upsell funnel to send them the main product.”
Robert Warner Nov 11, 2022 ▶ 23:21 How my $5k hobby project used 1 to many selling to reach $700k ARR in a year
Mar 3, 2023 negative
Insight
Work-Life Balance Is Impossible for Scaling SaaS Founders, Kepes Argues
“And the reality is that as a SaaS founder, no matter what people say, you don't have that balance because you have to focus because it's a short life cycle. And in order to scale to the level, To see the outcome you need to be hustling.”
Ben Kepes Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 13:39 How This Angel Investor Got $20k Check into Cloudability, 40% Checks Still in Play
Feb 20, 2024 positive
Insight
Webb: Struggling SaaS Founders Should Switch to Manual Phone Sales
“There are anomalies where that can happen, but for most of the founders that are watching the show that might feel they're struggling, it is user by user, and you really do want to be on the phone. If you're not picking up the phone, trying to get your users I…”
Martin Webb Feb 20, 2024 ▶ 12:51 Solo Founder, No Employees, Exits for $1m+ Keeps 100%
Feb 20, 2024 positive
Insight
Webb: You Need Fewer Users Than You Think for Large Valuations
“And what I found out, and the lesson that I've now learned, is you don't need as many users as what you think you need to get a big valuation.”
Martin Webb Feb 20, 2024 ▶ 13:35 Solo Founder, No Employees, Exits for $1m+ Keeps 100%
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