Matthew Berman

Co-founder and CEO, Forward Future · 1 appearance on the record.

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Matthew Berman is a tech entrepreneur and AI educator who runs a prominent YouTube channel providing analysis, tutorials, and interviews on generative AI and open-source models. Before building Forward Future, he founded Sonar Technologies and co-authored the book Understanding AI: A beginner's guide.

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Berman: Investors Expect $1 Million ARR for a Series A Round

“The consensus seems to be a million dollars ARR, which equates to about 70, 75 K eight grand per month.”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 10:28 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: Lead investor negotiated SendSonar valuation cap down to $5M

“So we actually started at six and then when our lead investor came on board, we negotiated or they negotiated, I should say, and we actually finalized it at five.”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 5:06 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: Sonar grew revenue 35% month-over-month every month in 2015

“I think the more relevant number is actually what our month over month revenue growth was, and I'm happy to share that, and that was 35% month over month every month in 2015.”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 8:19 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: Sonar spun out of work for Maven at 500 Startups

“Sonar actually spun out of some work I was doing at 500 Startups. I was working with a company called Maven, and they had this deep need. So I built the prototype for Sonar and you know, before long they started telling other companies about it and it kept gro…”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 1:48 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: SendSonar raised $1M seed round with a four-person team

“We raised a million dollars about a year ago. We're a team of four”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 3:40 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: SendSonar closed half its seed round in three weeks

“So I actually closed half of the round in about three weeks, and then the second half took another two months.”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 4:43 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: Sonar Has Around 120 Paying Customers

“I think we have about like a 120 paying customers.”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 5:58 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: About 15% of Sonar Customers Pay $1,000+ per Month

“We probably, I'd say about 15% of our customers are, I would consider being enterprise, meaning a thousand or more a month.”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 7:16 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Berman: Sonar is generating five figures in monthly revenue

“I won't answer that, but we, I'll say that we're doing five figures.”

Matthew Berman Mar 10, 2016 ▶ 8:52 How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
How To Get Your First 100 Customers with Matthew Bernman EP 201	Mar 10, 2016	7m

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