RankWatch co-founder Vaibhav Kakkar describes his previous entrepreneurial venture and exit prior to launching the SEO software company.
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“I used to run an agency it was called Digital Next, and you know, I started that in two, 2009, and in 2013, I sold that agency to a listed Swedish company”
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“We are not at a position to compete with the best players in our market. We still are like around six months to nine months away from, you know, having a couple of features which will make us you know, head on comparable with our top competitors.”
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Kakkar: RankWatch has over 1,500 customers
“We have over 1500 customers right now.”
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Kakkar: RankWatch is growing 35% to 40% year-over-year
“We are growing at almost around 35, 40% year on year.”
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Disclosure
Kakkar and his brother invested nearly $300,000 of personal funds into RankWatch
“We've put in almost 300,000 dollars of our own money in the car.”
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Kakkar: Digital Next sold for over £5 million
“Last company was sold over five million pounds.”
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Kakkar: RankWatch maintains around 2% to 3% monthly logo churn
“Yeah, around, around that. Some months are bad but mostly it stays around that.”
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