Chris Lynde

1 appearance on the record.

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Lynde: 90% of businesses in typical compiler databases have no employees
“Well, if you, the dirty little secret about this business is that 90% of those are non-employer based companies. And companies that are selling B to B services to another company certainly don't want to target other companies with no employees.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 11:52 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
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SalesScout grew MRR from $35k to $260k in 2017
“I came in, we were at a run rate of 35,000 dollars a month. We closed December at 260. Yeah, in twenty-seventeen. So I came in March first, January first of that year, we were doing about 35,000 in revenue. In December of 2017, we finished at two 60.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 7:33 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
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SalesScout targets $15M to $20M revenue by 2020
“We'll do about three and a half million next year, seven million after that, and 15 to 20 and 20.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 7:57 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
Disclosure
SalesScout spent zero on marketing last year with one salesperson
“We didn't spend a dime on, on marketing last year. We had one person beating the street, and we saw that kind of growth.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 14:24 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
Assertion Partly supported
Lynde: SalesScout counts CenturyLink, RingCentral, and WeWork as customers
“We work with some of the biggest brands out there, CenturyLink, Mitel, RingCentral, Windstream, Iron Mountain, WeWork.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 2:00 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
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Lynde: SalesScout customer contracts range from $60k to $400k annually
“So it can be anywhere from three to 400,000 dollars a year to as little as five to 10,000 dollars a month, right?”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 2:47 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
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SalesScout maintains annual revenue churn below 2%
“I lost less than two percent.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 4:56 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
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SalesScout database contains 10M companies and 3.5M decision makers
“We have ten million companies, three and a half million decision makers.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 11:37 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR
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SalesScout counts 30 enterprise and 70 smaller customers
“We have we have 30 enterprise customers, And roughly 70 smaller customers.”
Chris Lynde Aug 26, 2018 ▶ 6:31 1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR

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EpisodeDateSpeaking time
1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR Aug 26, 2018 10m
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