Chadha: 200 customers in one vertical makes startups more investable
Paroon Chadha · Founder First PE Playbook: Growing from $24m Revenue Bootstrapper to $400m PE Valuation · Oct 9, 2022 · at 24:08
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Paroon Chadha, co-founder of OnBoard, shares lessons on vertical SaaS growth and investability during his presentation at the Founder 500 conference.
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“First of all, stick with a niche. Niches will bring riches. Certainly, you know, I can you know, attest to that. If you have 200 customers in the same vertical, you're going to be more investable than actually being spread over lots of different verticals.”
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