Yoav Pridor

Co-founder & CEO, Bthere2 · 1 appearance on the record.

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Yoav Pridor is an Israeli entrepreneur who co-founded the social listening and intelligence platform Buzzilla, serving as co-CEO and Chairman. He also co-founded professional networking application Bthere2 and works as an advisor and lecturer specializing in customer experience and marketing technologies.

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Disclosure
Bazilla grew 50% after becoming Israel's sole government social listening vendor
“The growth has been roughly 40 to 50%, but that's because we have become the sole social listening platform for all of Israel's government companies and government agencies.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 7:24 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Insight
Yoav Pridor argues real business insight requires a human brain
“I believe that real insight is, is, has to come from a human brain.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 10:34 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Yoav Pridor would reject a $20 million acquisition offer for Bazilla
“I think not. And it's a very general question because my question is always, how can we make it much bigger together so that somebody would have to would have to strategically be a partner that in joint forces will aid us in making this whole company a much bi…”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 15:13 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
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Pridor: Over 90% of Bazilla revenue is recurring, split 60/40 software to services
“Well, it's about, it's all recurring. Most of it is recurring. Just over 90%. And it's about 60% SaaS and 40% professional services.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 4:22 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
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Pridor: Bazilla has almost 300 customer companies
“There are there are almost 300 companies”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 7:57 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
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Bazilla generates approximately $400,000 in monthly recurring revenue
“Yeah, it's around 400. It's around 400.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 8:29 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Pridor: All Bazilla clients receive recurring human-analyzed reports on subscription
“All of our clients not only get notifications and alerts from the system on a regular basis, they also get analyzed reports on a regular basis in a standardized format, in several standardized formats, and this is something we do for them without, it's a recur…”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 10:04 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
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Yoav Pridor: Bazilla Maintains Around -10% Net Churn
“The net is around -10.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 11:35 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
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Yoav Pridor: Bazilla Experiences Annual Gross Revenue Churn of About 1.2%
“The service itself is is already so fine-tuned that it actually, there's very little turn. It's about 1.2.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 11:46 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
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Pridor: Bazilla SaaS product costs roughly $500 per user per month
“Well, it's per seat, and a seat is user is roughly 500 dollars a month.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 5:16 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
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Bazilla charges large enterprises and governments up to $20,000 monthly
“So large companies can go all the way to 15 or 20,000 dollars a month, and very large companies, and then, or government agencies”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 5:23 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Bazilla targets Israeli corporations equivalent to US medium-sized companies
“Most of our clients are the large corporations in the local market that would be I guess, medium-sized companies or smaller medium-sized companies in, in American terms.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 5:46 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Bazilla reached its scale on just $1.6M raised in 2012
“We were initially funded, seed funded all in all, 1.6 million dollars last time funded in 2012.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 7:00 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Bazilla spends just $2,000 per month on online marketing
“Maybe 2000 dollars a month.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 12:52 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Pridor: Bazilla employs about 25 people, with four in sales
“Total size is about 25, and we have a sales team of four.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 13:00 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Bazilla's average customer lifetime is roughly 3.5 years
“It's about 3.5 years per customer. Ok, that's what it is.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 13:32 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Bazilla calculates its customer lifetime value at around $65,000
“We calculated at around 65.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 14:00 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments
Disclosure
Pridor: Bazilla Operates at 80% SaaS and 40% Services Gross Margin
“Professional services are lower. Professional services are around 40%. So it's around 80% and 40%.”
Yoav Pridor Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 14:17 1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments

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1437 Social Listening Tool Hits $4.8m in ARR Selling to Governments Jul 1, 2019 8m
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