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Tint aims to reach $7.5M in cash revenue in 2017

Tim Sae Koo · 833: SaaS: Almost Broke, Pivots 2013, Now $5m+ in ARR in Social Hashtag Tracking Space · Nov 4, 2017 · at 8:49

Tim Sae Koo outlines Tint's 2017 revenue growth targets for the bootstrapped SaaS company.

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“The goal is to get to right around seven and a half million in revenue. So last year we got around six. So we're trying to grow that just a little step up.”

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Disclosure
Tim Sae Koo decided not to raise further outside funding
“That's why I've made the cognizant decision and conscious decision to not raise outside funding.”
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Tint generated $6M cash revenue and $5M ARR in 2016
“The cash basis would be about six million. The AR would be right around five million.”
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Tint currently generates $5.5M in annual recurring revenue
“So right now, the AR side would be right around like five and a half ish. So that gives you some so I'm saying like five and a half AR five, 5.5 million AR in the right now.”
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Tint has been profitable since its inception
“We are profitable. We, we've been profitable ever since the beginning.”
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Tint averages 10% profit margins, reaching up to 30%
“10% will be on the average. Sometimes we'll have good months where we go up to maybe 20 or 30% of the revenue.”
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