Josh Malang

Founder & CEO, ProDash · 1 appearance on the record.

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Josh Millang is an insurance distribution leader and entrepreneur who founded ProDash, a software platform for senior market insurance producers. After scaling and selling a retail insurance agency for $1.5 million, he reinvested the proceeds into software tools and continues to lead Retirement Protectors, INC.

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Malang's company generated $120,000 in its first month with a channel partner

“We actually generate about a 120,000 revenue in our first month with a channel partner.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 4:09 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

Disclosure

Josh Malang's company pays a 30% revenue share to wholesale channel partners

“So we, we'll carve off about 30% of that.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 5:58 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Josh Malang sold his retail insurance business lines for $1.5 million

“All in is about a million and a half bucks.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 9:47 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Josh Malang spent $500,000 to $600,000 on an external development firm

“So the dev company, probably five, 600 K.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 10:44 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

Disclosure

Josh Malang has invested several million dollars into his business over ten years

“I mean, several million bucks. I mean, since for the last decade.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 13:08 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

Disclosure

Josh Malang's new business is currently burning around $100,000 per month

“So I would say probably a hundred grand a month.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 13:34 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Josh Malang's company took on several hundred thousand dollars in debt

“Several 100,000, you know, to kind of, to fill in the gap of that, we weren't like sitting on a pile of cash or anything like that.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 13:51 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Malang's platform had $5,000 MRR from 50 customers before channel partners

“Prior to that, we had about five grand a month in recurring revenue from about 50 You know, customers that we had on the tech platform over the last several months, we kind of add one at a time.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 5:26 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Josh Malang's retail agency generated $400,000 to $450,000 ARR prior to divestment

“A year ago, right around, before I started selling everything off, we're at about four or 50 K off our original business in an ARR.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 9:15 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Malang: Platform manages about 15,000 end-clients for B2B customers

“So we're managing about 15,000 clients on behalf of our customers.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 11:36 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Josh Malang's company has around 30 total customers across tech and service

“Now in total customers between the tech and the service and everything else, I think we have probably 30.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 11:41 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Josh Malang's software company has zero internal tech or engineering staff

“We have zero internal staff on the tech side.”

Josh Malang Feb 28, 2021 ▶ 12:23 He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
He Sold $400k Business for $1.5m Then Reinvested Everything into New Business	Feb 28, 2021	10m

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