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How Buildern Reached $2M Revenue With 300 Customers | Hmayak Tigranyan
- ▶ 3:22 Nathan Latka And when you look at, I'm just looking at your history here on screen, you were at Upwork, Trip Planner, Trevelo Solutions, Codelmo. 2 times in the scene
I spent $1m on Linkedin Ads and Added $3m of new Revenue, Paragon CMO
- ▶ 5:16 unnamed speaker Uh, we paid Upworkers to help us scrape websites manually.
20 year old wins $3m playing Poker, launches $4m bootstrapped SaaS
- ▶ 15:44 David Daneshgar So I was able to pull a list from Zipwhip and then feed that to someone on Upwork to like get deeper into the data. 3 times in the scene
How to launch a Newsletter, get 7k Subs, first $5k Sponsor. SaaS Next?
- ▶ 5:55 CJ Gustafson It's not like you just hired somebody on Upwork to write it for you and it doesn't really make sense.
Deal! How She Spun SaaS out of $5.5m Agency
- ▶ 3:03 Nathan Latka Like, are you going to basically, like, do I post a job on Tamera, and then you're aggregating from Fiverr, and Upwork, and Freelancer.com, and all the sites, and you're showing me, you know, candidates to hire and manage your platform.
AI tool hits $2.4m ARR Helping Walmart Generate Thousands of Images
- ▶ 8:04 unnamed speaker It's a disaggregated industry where you've got, you know, Fiverr, Upwork, their Suna, Snapper, allow you to send stuff to their studio or have a photographer come to you, but it's really a disaggregated market.
SaaS SEO Shortcuts That Drive $10M+ ARR, Building A Media Moat, & More!
$1m Raised, 800 Users, Here's how he's launching pricing
- ▶ 2:02 Adam Stone And Elance at the time, which merged to become Upwork.
- ▶ 8:11 Nathan Latka I mean, look, the only, what I just heard you say is like the friction I have when I use Freelancer, Upwork, or whatever, is I've got to go post the job. 2 times in the scene
Bootstrapped team of 2 hits $15k in MRR for video editing tool
How he hit $1m Revenue His First Year Building Leasing API's for Real Estate Industry on back of $1.75m Agency
- ▶ 11:59 Nathan Latka Uh, what type of funnel there is like Upwork, Fiverr, others.
How We Acquired our PLG Competitor to Break $30m in Revenue
- ▶ 4:02 James Isilay So my, I found my CTO on using Upwork.
How he sold his $1m business for $20m Last Week
- ▶ 10:51 Nathan Latka Were they part of like an outsourced dev shop that you worked with over and over or are there individual folks you found on Fiverr, Upwork, TopTel, other places?
Secret tool you should use to manage documenting systems to have contractors run
- ▶ 10:41 Nathan Latka And then I, I go on to Upwork and the trick is I, I go into Upwork 2 times in the scene
$0 to $2m in 6 months helping SaaS companies hire engineers fast
- ▶ 13:51 Chad Ingram Honestly, their only option right now is to go, is to go to either Fiverr or Upwork and then try and circumvent them.
Flip Your SaaS Playbook: PE firm Acquires $1m ARR MightlySignal for .5-1.5x, Sold 24 months later for $4.5m.
- ▶ 3:58 Ryan Buckley No, it was, it was an Upwork. 4 times in the scene
He'd sell this side project for $100,000. Is that the right price?
- ▶ 15:35 Nathan Latka I wonder how many video editors are on Upwork. 2 times in the scene
How he hit $1m with no FTE's (Fiverr contractors only)
- ▶ 28:29 Jon Darbyshire I looked at Upwork, Fiverr, like, I just tried to find the top people and just looked at the style and the type of work that they've done. 3 times in the scene
Raising $6m Now? Software Platform Helps 70 SaaS Companies Hire Sales Reps
- ▶ 4:37 Corey Kossack Think of like Upwork or something like that.
$25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 Months
- ▶ 14:45 Nathan Latka Did you find them on Upwork or Fiverr or what?
Productivity Tool Profits $15k/mo, Bootstrapped team of 3
- ▶ 12:34 Nathan Latka I recently hired a content agency for three K a month, but before I did exactly that, I hired folks on Upwork and fiber that we did good enough for a hundred bucks an article, a 150.
Fastest Growing Ever? How He Went From $0 to $1.2m in 4 Weeks
- ▶ 8:18 Jon Darbyshire I looked on, posted some stuff on Upwork to try to get sources coming in, so I probably narrowed it down to five folks, and, um, I just kept coming back to this one gentleman, um, in,
MVP Power: Found Tech Co-Founder on Upwork, $0 to $180,000 in under 12 months
- ▶ 14:58 Daniel Poston Uh, Upwork. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:32 Nathan Latka Upwork.
29 Year Old Bootstraps to $2.4m Revenue, $1m+ in Profits
- ▶ 9:49 Tyler Austin I, I ended up into it originally like using some people off of Upwork and that didn't go very well. 2 times in the scene
Recruiter.com $20m ARR at $40m Market Cap: Most Under-Priced Public SaaS Ever?
Bootstrapped Founder Buys $1.4m Dream Home Funded by his Marketing SaaS Tool
- ▶ 5:56 Aurelien Amaker And one day I found a guy on Upwork and I could see that I could rely on this guy.
Indie Riches: He Makes More Now Than The $100k Job That Laid Him Off in 2019
This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer
- ▶ 11:07 Will van der Sanden Uh, oh, we get them from Upwork. 4 times in the scene
Ingo Breaks $100k/mo Helping Major Media Brands Get More Conference Attendees
- ▶ 6:16 Michael Barnett And, but the very first, especially when we're bootstrapping was Upwork, find some people, keep the best and keep rotating through that.
Quit $200k Job for $4k MRR Side Project, Can he Hit $100k by December?
- ▶ 15:14 Daman Chen Um, you know, too much work to do on some new feature investment and new feature development or just, you know, get on to Upwork to hire some freelancers to do the work. 7 times in the scene
$20k Upwork Side Gig to $200k ARR SaaS Project Editing Real Estate Photos
- ▶ 6:02 OJ Lopez Uh, it's via Upwork. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:08 Nathan Latka To understand the size of the thong you built on Upwork, can you quantify that? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:36 Nathan Latka Guys, he started on Upwork, did 20,000 dollars in revenue in 2018, helping real estate agents edit their floor plans and their pictures.
Writers Make $100k/year on Content SaaS Marketplace Verblio, $9m Revenue
- ▶ 12:13 Steve Pockross Uh, there's a variety, like you have your marketplace options, like you've got your Upworks, that they have their valuations, you have your SaaS companies, and then you have your services companies that are clearly much more towards the…
They Did $210k Last Month Helping Eliminate Debt in Spain
- ▶ 11:59 Christian Tanasi On Upwork. 2 times in the scene
Developer Goes from Freelancer to SaaS Founder With Simple Playbook (Copy it!)
- ▶ 9:15 Nathan Latka Do you use like Upwork and TopTile these things, or it's individual clients that you know personally?
Modigie Gets You Accurate Prospect Cell Numbers, Hits $300k ARR, 29 Customers
GreenPal Processes $60m in Lawn Cutting Annually takes 5%, SaaS Next?
- ▶ 16:39 Brian Clayton There's very few, uh, examples of people doing it well, uh, at the same time, and, and so, you know, you might think about, like, Upwork, uh, is a, is a marketplace, but they also have some upgrades on both sides of the, of the transaction…
- ▶ 21:47 Brian Clayton Upwork.
Trend.io Does $60k/mo Helping Brands Find MicroInfluencers
- ▶ 3:59 Ramon Berrios So you can look at us like a vetted up work where they just activate a creator whenever they need it.
BrainTrust is Fiverr Owned by The Talent via Crypto Token
- ▶ 2:40 Nathan Latka Better versions of Fiverr or Upwork for more top tier talent. 2 times in the scene
Param Solutions hits $35k MRR helping People Get Gov Developer Jobs
- ▶ 15:15 Nathan Latka I mean, you have a niche because they have to be US citizens, they're government jobs, but a lot of people like you have been replaced by TopTel, Upwork, Fiverr.
Tyler Tringas: How Earnest Capital Hopes to Re-Invent Startup Investing
- ▶ 0:42 Nathan Latka He ultimately scaled this business, getting customers off Upwork, doing Shopify contracts, and grew to 16,000 dollars a month in revenue in 2016, before making the thing highly profitable.
- ▶ 20:24 Tyler Tringas On Upwork, just finding random gigs, um, as a software developer, um, even though, you know, I would have other people who would build our actual product.
- ▶ 28:33 Nathan Latka If you want to live that American dream that you've defined, or you at least said, Hey, this is where it's trending that believe in building, owning and selling a software company, a genius way today to start that is to do exactly what you…
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "
- ▶ 17:10 Nathan Latka I mean, are you using sites like TopTal, Upwork, and then basically bringing them onto your own platform and then hiring one full time? 4 times in the scene
11 SaaS Companies, Dane Takes Paperless Pipeline to $2m Revenues, Launches Start From Zero Framework
- ▶ 25:23 Dane Maxwell Uh, Upwork. 2 times in the scene
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done
- ▶ 2:11 Nathan Latka You know, I've used tools, obviously, like Fiverr and Upwork and things like this before.
- ▶ 7:57 Nathan Latka Go on Fiverr and Upwork, sort by designers of most reviews to least, then go pick the top ones off and say, hey, instead of hunting every month, we'll give you guaranteed six bucks an hour. 2 times in the scene
1740 $5m Raised and $600k ARR When Fiverr Acquired, Did Common Holders See Any Cash?
- ▶ 4:54 Leif Abraham And so the Fiverr and the Upwork
1543 They'll Help You Manufacture Your Product for 1/4th the Cost as Other Brokers, $100k in MRR, 20 Customers
- ▶ 4:29 Nathan Latka This is like, this is like Upwork or Fiverr.
1515 TrueAccord Passes $10m in Revenue Helping Banks Recover $40m+ in Defaulted Payments Over last 12 months
- ▶ 2:58 Ohad Samet We're being used by, we have Upwork that's doing services. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:32 Nathan Latka I put a project through Upwork. 7 times in the scene
1500 BullHorn Sold 60% Early On, Now $200m in ARR, E50+
- ▶ 0:57 Art Pappas We were a online service, kind of like if you've ever used or seen Upwork or Fiverr, we were an online marketplace and specifically we were focused on creative talent and it was really too early for that business model.
1484 Content Marketing at Scale Passes $3m ARR, 500 Customers
- ▶ 11:05 Doug Breaker Um, yeah, it's, it's hard because we, we charge a fee whereas Upwork doesn't charge a monthly fee, you know,
1404 He was fired then went all in, now $30k/mo
- ▶ 2:38 John Doherty Yeah, we're a marketplace, but we're, we're a high touch marketplace above, uh, like an Upwork or a Fiverr.
1272 How This Pricing Page Drives Big Expansion Revenue with $260k/mo Verblio CEO
- ▶ 11:47 Steve Pockross We looked at Upwork, but it's, um, it took them, well, it took them a while. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:22 Steve Pockross We're shooting for more of a 50% margin range versus the 10% up work range.
1217 We've increased employee retention 30% at call centers
- ▶ 14:07 Sarah Nadel It sounds like you have to, um, with Fiverr, Upwork, et cetera.
1198 He's done $2b in Transaction Volume, Here's How he Pitches
- ▶ 20:04 Oren Klaff Uh, online tool for building business is Odesk.
1156 YC Alum Burning $110k/mo in Cash To Scope Projects and Place Dev Talent Using Machine Learning
- ▶ 6:42 Iba Masood Um, what, 1.5 to two years, we found that the average developer was being paid about 200 dollars on the leading freelance marketplaces like Upwork.
- ▶ 19:03 Iba Masood We're more like looking at Upwork.
1112 150 Pay Him $3m For Content Marketing at Scale
- ▶ 4:00 Joe Griffin So kind of a, and the reason why I don't use the word marketplace, it is a marketplace, but it's not an open marketplace like Upwork or something like that.
912 SaaS: Internet Hacker Builds Bootstrapped Productivity Tool, Passes $2.4m in ARR
- ▶ 4:54 Nathan Latka Your UI really reminds me a lot of Upwork's backend. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:35 Rob Rawson So we do content about Upwork.
883 SaaS: What To Do When Your Lead Developer Quits
- ▶ 7:57 Badis Khalfallah Frankly, I love working with Upwork.
772: How Grant Cardone, Others Spend $25k To Get 100m Person Social Media Blasts
- ▶ 19:17 Jeremy Haynes You can also just go on Upwork.com if you're a real entrepreneur and you want to work on your business and not in your business. 2 times in the scene
753: With His Tool, Mobile Browsing on Spotty Wifi Doesn't Suck
- ▶ 8:07 Shlomi Gian Customers like Sephora and Glue Mobile and Upwork, uh, and, uh, now we're going back to the core.
701: Smart Desk King Sells $10,000,000+
- ▶ 20:54 Nathan Latka He just might take down Upwork top talent freelancer.
700: With $3,000,000 in Projects Completed, Will He Take Down Upwork and Toptal?
- ▶ 4:31 Connor Gillivan It was through using Upwork and what used to be Odesk and Elance, and we didn't like the process of having to post jobs, interview people, hire them, and then figure out if they were going to be the right fit or not, and we spent a lot of…
- ▶ 10:27 Connor Gillivan And then once they're in the system, a big thing that we do that is different than, uh, other platforms like Upwork is we're, we're pretty hands-on.
- ▶ 15:16 Nathan Latka You've got Upwork.
699: The Fired ConvertKit Co-Founder You've Never Heard Of, Father Made Me Feel "Not Worth Enough"
- ▶ 0:39 Nathan Latka It's kind of like Upwork and Top Talent Freelancer.
664: How Agency Did $750k First Year, Now $100k+/Month with Webris CEO Ryan Stewart
- ▶ 9:45 Ryan Stewart So, like, even finding content writers in the process, like, we've got Upwork, we've got these different Facebook groups, we've got an interview process for them afterwards. 2 times in the scene
EP 530: Shut Down $2m Business, Why with CEO Shawn Livermore
- ▶ 8:34 Sean Livermore We, ah, I met with some of the largest players in my industry, Upwork, you know, which was formerly Odesk and Elance, met with several other different large consulting firms, some Japanese firms.
EP 509: 21 Year Old Invests $500k To Re-Invent Webinars with Demio CEO Wyatt Jozwowski
- ▶ 5:34 Wyatt Jozwowski Now we have an amazing team, really, really solid team, but some honestly came from, um, like an up work and then transitioning them off of that and more into like a full-time role.
EP 505: Qwil.co Pre-Pays Contractors/Freelancers $10M in 2016 with CEO Johnny Reinsch
- ▶ 14:41 Johnny Reinsch Uh, those are all sort of great, uh, companies for us to, or the contract or up work. 4 times in the scene
EP 488: Hireology $26M Raised, $1.2M MRR, Helping 4000 Customers Hire More Effectively with Hireology CEO Adam Robinson
- ▶ 2:41 Nathan Latka This is not a top towel.com or an upwork.com where there's actually talent you're placing.
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion
- ▶ 24:42 Joe Apfelbaum Now it's called Upwork.
EP 399: $1m+ Mattresses Sold using Toptal.com with Adam Tishman of HelixSleep
- ▶ 16:12 Nathan Latka Why did you decide to go with, I mean, there's a lot of these companies out there, like, you know, Upwork and all Freeland, all this, all these other sites. 2 times in the scene
EP 375: Dad of 4 Holds Secret to Buying Time, Clearing Your Calendar With Ari Miesel of LessDoing.com
- ▶ 7:42 Nathan Latka I am using, I mean, I'll get into more kind of how I'm using less doing personally, but it's like, it's, I also use Upwork and freelancer, but the fact is with less doing, you know, I can go in there and put, I can put in tasks that still… 3 times in the scene
How To Build a $30k/mo Membership Site with Kim Garst of Social Boom E2
EP 352: Marketplace Takes 40% To Create High End Websites At Little Cost
- ▶ 10:05 Nathan Latka Upwork and some of the just traditional transactional sites.
Freelance Marketplace AwesomeWeb Hits 1100 Active Freelancers With Nick Tart Episode 198
- ▶ 3:33 Nick Tartt Uh, so the other sites, Upwork, Elance, Freelancer, they, they all charge a percentage of a project.
- ▶ 8:57 Nick Tartt Uh, you can go to Upwork and you can hire somebody, but you're going to,
From Student to $10m Entrepreneur with Nick Kneuper of Electric Threads Ep 4
- ▶ 17:03 Nick Kneuper Now they're Upwork. 3 times in the scene