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D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.30
Q And how did you, how did you get that thing off the ground? Were you sole founder? Did you bring in co-founders?
A So I was sole founder initially, and basically I'd started selling to the enterprise and the long and short of it is selling the enterprise for several years, had issues with, um, standard consultants dilemma of selling kind of all data at the time. So reporting to, you know, various, uh, enterprise organizations on the advertising metrics across the country. And if you gave them bad news, wouldn't necessarily be rehired. It was almost a consult that consulting S model and turned into a software model. And then, um, you know, basically brought in people who were experts in the, you know, financial sphere, um, to be partners. And we ended up selling our research and data, uh, and getting paid for it, um, no matter what the outcome was. So we weren't being paid just to paint rosy pictures. We're also being paid to.
AI assessment note: “So I was sole founder initially, and basically I'd started selling to the enterprise”
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D 4 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 3 3.60
Q Okay. Would you, so would you do the same thing? Like you raised some capital, you brought on some co-founders. Is there anything you'd change about how you manage the capital there?
A Um, I think that, uh, I've learned a lot of things in the past, and I will say that, um, make sure you find the right partners. Like, I want to make sure that I find the right financing partners. I want to make sure that ultimately, um, you know, you work with people that you like to work with and ensure good and clear communication. I mean, from my perspective, um, you know, it was really just a lot of lessons learned from a real first-time founder, so Probably talk about every day and or every week of founders who've been through an exit, raised capital. Um, you know, so yeah, I would treat it as don't, don't go after those lofty valuations, um, a little, you know, too early just because people are willing to give them to you because then you, your expectations are much higher afterwards.
AI assessment note: “don't go after those lofty valuations, um, a little, you know, too early”
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D 2 · C 3 · P 3 · Cm 2 2.55
Q And did that feel fair at the time? Did that bite you in the butt or was that fair and then good?
A I would say it, um, I would say that from an expect, it just is all about setting expectations and, you know, recognizing that if you're taking these dollars, uh, I fully, you know, expected that we could achieve and accomplish our goals, but I also, you know, there's a, a balance of, I guess you could say hedging appropriately. So understanding like, okay, does this mean that we're going to be raising capital forever? Does this mean that we're going to be You know, our goal now is to get to three hundred million. Let's just assume the 10 X, 10 X rule. So are we going to need three more financing rounds to get there? Are we going to be able to do it with this financing round? Ideally, um, you know, I think you can build very strong, healthy software businesses, uh, without requiring capital. Once you get over that real hurdle and you get to that, like magic mark from that ten million to fifty million number, which we were not able to, um, achieve. 10, ten million to fifty million ARR. And, um, you know, that really is kind of the goal is sharing that, um, you know, getting a sticky market and make sure you have true product market fit and reducing churn standard, standard talk point.
AI assessment note: “it just is all about setting expectations and, you know, recognizing that if you're taking”
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D 2 · C 3 · P 2 · Cm 2 2.30
Q Yeah. The reason I asked is to, again, to finish off that story is because you raised 70 on the 30, right? So if you sold for less than the thirty million dollar valuation, many people would go as effectively a down round when you exited. Would you agree?
A If it was a down round and we exited, I mean, basically with all the factors in play, um, you know, since we, given the amount of capital that we raised, it was the best decision for the company at the time, best decision for all the shareholders, uh, unanimous board consent, uh, to move forward what we had. And that was, that was the best opportunity for us. It wasn't the, uh, headline, headline exit that we had necessarily, you know, wanted and or anticipated, but it was what we, You know, what we did. So it's something that I kind of, you know, I think it's a lessons learned story from the perspective of exciting, you know, rapid growth, uh, but certainly want to make sure that how we And how I do things moving forward, um, is done in a way that takes those lessons learned. So getting to an exit, working with the right investment bank, making sure that everything is, you know, done properly on the road show. I can't imagine telling investing in a first time founder, having never gone through, uh, kind of a road show experience and just trying to like, you know, wheel and deal. Uh, that's kind of, you know, something that was new to me because And I was able to do it, but I certainly think it could always, you could always room for improvement, I guess, with everything. Right.
AI assessment note: “It wasn't the, uh, headline, headline exit that we had necessarily”
