Pierre Metrailler, CEO of SpotMe, clarifies the company's commitment to remaining a SaaS and virtual/hybrid platform rather than returning to in-person event services.
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“And we've burned our ships, right? We're not coming back to that.”
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SpotMe faced 900 customer contract pullback requests at COVID's onset
“We had about 900
cases with customers who are trying to, you know pull back their contracts.”
Pierre MetraillerOct 16, 2020▶ 3:35SpotMe Using COVID For $22m SaaS Event Platform Pivot, 300 Customers Paying!
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SpotMe lost three to four months of recurring revenue to COVID
“We do think overall we're going to lose between three to four months of recurring revenue.”
Pierre MetraillerOct 16, 2020▶ 3:42SpotMe Using COVID For $22m SaaS Event Platform Pivot, 300 Customers Paying!
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SpotMe generated $22M total revenue and $6M ARR in 2019
“Last year we had, our top line revenue last year was about twenty-two million dollars, right? And one of the things we did last year, and in that, you, we are counting about six million ARR, right?”
Pierre MetraillerOct 16, 2020▶ 4:08SpotMe Using COVID For $22m SaaS Event Platform Pivot, 300 Customers Paying!
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Metrailler projects SpotMe will reach $12M-$13M ARR in 2020
“So I think we're going to be hitting 12 to thirty million. So more than a hundred percent growth in, in, in ARR.”
Pierre MetraillerOct 16, 2020▶ 5:36SpotMe Using COVID For $22m SaaS Event Platform Pivot, 300 Customers Paying!
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Metrailler forecasts SpotMe 2020 top-line revenue between $16M and $20M
“Probably, you know, anywhere between 16 to 20, 16 to twenty million is probably where we land on top line.”
Pierre MetraillerOct 16, 2020▶ 6:20SpotMe Using COVID For $22m SaaS Event Platform Pivot, 300 Customers Paying!
Disclosure
SpotMe funded 20 years of operations purely on cash flow and debt
“We did get investment in the early years, like, 20 years ago when we were a hardware business, and it was a single-digit investment. But since then, we've been purely from cash flow and debt and bank debt, right?”
Pierre MetraillerOct 16, 2020▶ 6:47SpotMe Using COVID For $22m SaaS Event Platform Pivot, 300 Customers Paying!
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