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Anand Kulkarni uses open sales positions to predict who buys sales tools

Anand Kulkarni · He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni · Jun 7, 2016 · at 6:45

LeadGenius co-founder Anand Kulkarni explains what high-value lead signals his crowdsourced research team identifies for customers.

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“The number of sales positions that are open at a company, which is a predictor of how often companies will buy sales products.”

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LeadGenius maintains a 10:1 LTV to CAC ratio
“LTV to CAC right now is about 10. So we are getting a pretty good return on investment.”
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Insight
Open sales roles predict company purchasing frequency for sales products
“Information about the number of sales positions that are open at a company, which is a predictor of how often companies will buy sales products.”
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LeadGenius achieves net negative revenue churn every month
“Yeah, that's correct. That's roughly right on the gross level. On a net level, we're posting negative churn every month.”
Anand Kulkarni Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 5:55 LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeadGenius reports an LTV to CAC ratio of approximately 10
“LTV to CAC right now is about 10.”
Anand Kulkarni Jun 7, 2016 ▶ 5:08 He's 31, Doing $700k/mo By Automating The Sales Process WIth $8m Raised, EP 265: Anand Kulkarni
Insight
Founders should ignore valuation as a scorecard and focus on business fundamentals
“I think that the companies that I would advise, I would tell them to worry a little less about the total valuation as a scorecard because it's not a scorecard. Worry more about fundamentals. Think about what that partner's bringing to the table and then decide…”
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Disclosure
LeadGenius charges from $2K to $1M per month per customer
“So we generally charge between 2000 a month all the way up to our biggest customers who give us up to a million a month.”
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