Matt Benati

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Lead Gnome Is 100% Bootstrapped

“A hundred percent bootstrap, still bootstrap.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 6:28 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

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Lead Gnome reports annual churn under 5%

“It's clearly less than five percent a year.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 11:28 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

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Lead Gnome sells five-figure deals to marketing operations teams

“So we started our primary target were marketing ops and demand generation folks. Those companies are five-figure deals for us.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 5:23 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

Assertion Supported

Lead Gnome Is 100% Bootstrapped

“A hundred percent bootstrap, still bootstrap.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 6:28 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

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Lead Gnome operates with two founders and about 12 outsourced workers

“So so dedicated employees, it's still just two of us, my co-founder and myself, everything else is outsourced to folks that we have used many times over the years. So I have in total about a dozen folks working for the organization today.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 6:44 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

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Lead Gnome grew ARR 2.5x year-over-year

“We have, we did a two and a half X year.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 8:52 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

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Benati expects Lead Gnome to reach $750k ARR this year

“I think we'll be at three quarters of a mil.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 9:44 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

Disclosure

Benati: 30-day free trial has been a big win for Lead Gnome over freemium

“Now we don't personally do freemium model but we do a free trial of 30 days, and that gives people more than enough time to see the results and get used to it, and that's been a big, big win for us.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 13:39 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

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Lead Gnome ARR reaches hundreds of thousands with dozens of customers

“So we have multiple dozens. [468] Nathan Latka: Okay. [468] Matt Benati: And our revenue is in hundreds of thousands ARR.”

Matt Benati Jul 1, 2018 ▶ 7:46 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"	Jul 1, 2018	9m

Matt Benati

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