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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 5 5.00
Q There you guys have it. Let's talk about this growth because it's impressive. How did you triple MRR to seven, from 240 grand to 700 grand in, you know, 12 months?
A Um, so we did two things. Uh, one is we landed and expended. So of, I think over a third of our growth, uh, net of churn is coming from existing customers that have Uh, either new plans or just adding new teams. Uh, so for example, we work with HubSpot. HubSpot started with one team on front, their customer success team, and now they have about, I don't know, 14, 15 teams on front. Uh, so that has been, um, driven by our customer success team. Um, and the second thing that we're doing is we have a marketing team now, so it's been five months since we have three people in the market. More co-marketing, more advertising, more content.
AI assessment note: “so we did two things. Uh, one is we landed and expended.”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 5 5.00
Q There you guys have it. Let's talk about this growth because it's impressive. How did you triple MRR to seven, from 240 grand to 700 grand in, you know, 12 months?
A Um, so we did two things. Uh, one is we landed and expended. So of, I think over a third of our growth, uh, net of churn is coming from existing customers that have Uh, either new plans or just adding new teams. Uh, so for example, we work with HubSpot. HubSpot started with one team on front, their customer success team, and now they have about, I don't know, 14, 15 teams on front. Uh, so that has been, um, driven by our customer success team. Um, and the second thing that we're doing is we have a marketing team now, so it's been five months since we have three people in the market. More co-marketing, more advertising, more content.
AI assessment note: “so we did two things. Uh, one is we landed and expended.”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q So let me ask you, why did you decide, you know, everyone says raise capital, raise capital, tech crunches, raise capital, but sometimes raising capital is like the death warrant. Why did you decide to raise capital?
A Um, so first of all, email is a, a very complicated protocol, and I think if you want to do a product where you can actually receive emails and send emails and millions of them, then you'll have to invest a lot of, uh, resources in engineering, and so I think for us, since the beginning, we knew that it's, it was really hard to bootstrap that idea. Also, I had no money when I started the company. I had to make a loan to study in France, and so, Uh, I think I couldn't have started this company without funding. Uh, so that was for the initial funding. Then the series A, um, so we could have not raised our series A because we were close to profitability.
AI assessment note: “we knew that it's, it was really hard to bootstrap that idea”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q time When he was super optimistic right after a sale, right? He still protected his downside. How, as a founder who's part of a SaaS company that's well-funded, eight million in the bank, tripling every, every, you know, 14 months, right? Could probably do anything. How do you think about creating some personal wealth for yourself so you can be happy no matter what happens with the company moving forward?
A Um, so to be honest, I've not thought about it yet, because the company is still very young, and we just raised a series A, and it's very rare that founders would, um, cash out any money, uh, during their series A. So, I guess the, and also one thing to know about me is I've never had a lot of money and always been very happy. So, of course, I, I care, um, about making money at a point, but it's not like a huge priority for me. So, right now, I'm confident at least that we can do a series B. Uh, with, and I think that's probably the moment when I'll think about putting some money aside.
AI assessment note: “to be honest, I've not thought about it yet”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q So, tell me real quick, before we get into where you've grown it to, why'd you start this thing? How old were you?
A Um, I was 22, um, so it's, um, I was raised in France. I think you can hear my accent, and so one of the things that struck me when I was a kid is a lot of people around me didn't like their job, and I think it was, I was a happy kid at that time, and I was very depressed that, um, if I was to become an adult, I would hate five days per week and 50 weeks per year, and so, uh, one of the ideas I had to solve that issue is, Uh, if I, if I start my company, then I think I will be able to, to create a great place to work, and so that's how I started to think about building my own company. Very naive, but it's true.
AI assessment note: “I was 22... if I start my company, then I think I will be able”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q Okay, and this is a question that we always ask. People always struggle when they're launching a company. How did you and your CTO partner determine who was going to get what equity when you launched?
A Uh, so pretty easy. Uh, we have the same amount of equity. Um, it's also, uh, I think a piece of advice that we received from YC and actually we started the company and not long after that we went to YC. Um, and so I would recommend that to every founder, even the one that, uh, maybe will join a few months after. Uh, if you look at the beginning of the company, it seems like it makes a difference. Um, maybe someone is investing a little bit more money, more time is joining a bit earlier. But I think when you look at the whole life of the company, uh, so maybe eight years, then it won't matter. And so I think it will create a lot of frustration if founders are not equal.
AI assessment note: “we have the same amount of equity. Um, it's also, uh, I think a piece of advice”
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D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.30
Q Okay. I mean, that's Pretty effective. And how long does it take you? I mean, walk me through that process after your marketing team spends the money, or you get organic inbound, you get seven trials. What happens after that?
A Um, so there are two scenarios. Either it's an enterprise company, and then the sales cycle will be pretty long, a few months, uh, or it's not, and it's an SMB or mid-market company. We have a two-week trial, um, so the goal is for a salesperson to help our trials get set up, because at the end of the day, if your account is set up in the right way, there is a very high chance that you might convert, um, and Or just three weeks. So, uh, two-week trial that we sometimes extend, and so that's why it's, uh, and sometimes it takes a few days to make a decision. But that's really mainly it. Um, under brace for us is new, so we're, now the sales cycle is a bit longer. Um, but historically, 95% of our customers close in three weeks.
AI assessment note: “historically, 95% of our customers close in three weeks.”
