Oleg Campbell discusses compensation for engineering talent in Ukraine compared to San Francisco with Nathan Latka.
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Campbell Booked Pitch Meetings With Sequoia and a16z via Cold Email
“I ended up having a meeting with Sequoia, with Andrew Horowitz, and with August Capital, many other, like, firms, again, through just cold email.”
Disclosure
Campbell Hired a Senior Ukrainian Developer for $2,000 a Month
“No, I was no, I find someone in Ukraine, so he was a senior developer with 10 years experience. And because it's Ukraine, I could get someone like him for 2000 dollars per month.”
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Campbell Would Sell Reply.io Today for $20 Million to $30 Million
“Again, so we don't plan to send anywhere soon. I think we're too early for that, but like if someone bring as a check right now and decided to sell, so right now, I think this will be like close to 20, thirty millions, but if it's just right now.”
Insight
Ukrainian Tech Employees Often View Startup Equity as a Salary Cut
“We provide equity for our employees who work with us longer than a year, and actually, this is not something really popular in Ukraine, so not, not many people know what equity is. Some of them will look at this, like, as a way for us to give them less salary.”
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Reply.io Customers Pay an Average of $90 Monthly
“I would say close to 90 dollars.”
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Reply.io Reached $100,000 in Monthly Recurring Revenue
“So I would, in terms of number, we just had hundred K monthly revenue.”