Sonny Paris
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Paris: Founders should ignore outliers like Google and build sustainably
“Don't believe in the existence of Google or Facebook or company like that. They are not existing. So, build your company, grow at your own rate, And don't look at the exception. I know that all the people that raise money do only looks at the exceptions, but y…”
Paris: SMB CRM startups must rely on new logos over seat expansion
“No, it's adding brand new customers. That's one of the problem of this kind of product. Basically you sign a company and those companies do, do not hire much more salespeople, you know, they grow, but they don't grow at hyper high speed. So you can't rely on t…”
Paris: Traditional CRMs slow salespeople down with excessive administrative setup
“CRM are boring, and they slow down salespeople, and they slow down salespeople basically because before you start to work, a salesperson has to create a company, add a contact, Then a deal and a to-do.”
Paris: Average noCRM customer spends roughly $60 monthly across five seats
“Let's say the average is five people paying 15 bucks. So six, let's say, 60 bucks per month.”
Paris: noCRM is growing its revenue over 50% year-over-year
“We are, I'm more than 50% raise a year to year.”
Paris: noCRM monthly revenue churn is slightly below 3%
“Around three, a little bit less than three percent.”
Paris: noCRM targets companies with five to 30 salespeople
“We're focusing on company for, from let's say five, our main target would be company from five to 30 salespeople.”
Paris: noCRM pivoted from corporate social networks due to limited market
“Because before that, we were in a quite more hype market. That was the corporate social network. And in fact, it was quite difficult to sell the product. First of all, we didn't find any CRM that we liked to sell our product. And we realized that the market wa…”
Paris: noCRM bootstrapped its product pivot without raising new capital
“We've raised a little bit of money on the ULink Pro, the social network, but when we decide to pivot, we pivot without raising any money. So it's really bootstrapped. My point of view.”
Paris: noCRM predecessor ULink Pro raised €600,000 before pivoting
“No, the initial raise rise more about 600,000 euros.”
Paris: noCRM spends roughly $20,000 monthly on Google AdWords
“We have around 15 maybe in dollars, maybe 20,000 dollars per month.”
Appearances (1)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| 1551 Another CRM Hits 2500 Customers, $180k MRR | Oct 23, 2019 | 7m |