Vlad Malinan

10 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 17, 2025 by Vlad Malinan · across every show →

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Dec 17, 2025 negative
Opinion
Malinan: VCs are far less helpful in crises than they claim
“What we learned the hard way is that VCs are always less active, in our case, based on our experience, than they claim to be, and in the end of the day, they care less about money that they spend on you, and they care more about the potential profits, and even…”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 17:09 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Malinan: A 4x revenue multiple is very poor for AI technology companies
“This is like a Very poor multiplier even today.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 21:47 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025
Disclosure
Malinan: SpeedSize has raised around $5M in total funding
“So around five mil.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 16:14 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Malinan: SpeedSize generates roughly $6M in annual recurring revenue
“For the contract, it's roughly that. I cannot give you the exact numbers, so roughly around that's numbers.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 12:09 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025
Disclosure
SpeedSize generated around $400K in sales during its first year
“First year sales were around like 400 K from what I remember.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 13:50 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Malinan: SpeedSize has around 200 customers, mostly fashion brands
“Yeah, we have around 200 customers, and most of them, as you can imagine, they're fashion brands, clothing, apparel, this kind of industry.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 2:31 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025
Disclosure
SpeedSize halved expenses and CAC amid 10% ARR growth in 2024
“In 2024, we only had like 10% error growth. However, what we did is that we cut all our expenses twice and the customer acquisition costs as well in half.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 12:50 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025
Disclosure
Malinan: SpeedSize co-founders retain over 70% of the company's equity
“So me and my co-founder, we have more than 70% of the equity.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 15:56 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SpeedSize downsized from 50 to 25 people and shifted to 70% technical
“Two years ago, we used to be 50 people, and we decided to Focus and make a leaner team. So now we are around 20 to 25 people and a couple of contractors, and the tech subdivision out of that is around 70%. So we are mostly tech people right now, and before tha…”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 4:41 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
Dec 17, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Malinan would entirely reject a $24M all-cash buyout offer for SpeedSize
“100% not.”
Vlad Malinan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 21:36 Bootstrapping Through War to $6M ARR: A SaaS Founder Story
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