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Opinion
Bhatia calls Cvent and Bizzabo hated 'necessary evils' in event tech
“Yeah, I think in general, the event market event tech market is a very unloved space. I think everyone knows Cvent. Everyone knows visible, but that's sort of a necessary evil. You know, I personally came from the healthcare market and it's kind of like Epic. …”
Kunal Bhatia Jun 22, 2020 ▶ 11:39 Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?
Insight
Bhatia: $1K to $5K ACV fails product-led and outbound sales models
“It was within that one to five K range, which is, you know, not very supportive of either sales model, whether it's product led sales or, you know, having BDRs.”
Kunal Bhatia Jun 22, 2020 ▶ 4:34 Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?
Disclosure
SlidesUp shut down in early 2020 before enterprise interest spurred a reboot
“We actually shut down in the middle officially earlier this year, but you know, a couple months ago, we got some people knocking on our doors to run enterprise contracts the enterprise pilots that we ran.”
Kunal Bhatia Jun 22, 2020 ▶ 5:04 Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SlidesUp's average contract value exceeds $10,000 per year
“Our average contract value is now up above 10 K.”
Kunal Bhatia Jun 22, 2020 ▶ 3:51 Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?
Disclosure
SlidesUp remains fully bootstrapped with zero outside capital raised
“We actually went through startup school, which is not the full YC program, so we haven't raised any fully bootstraps since day one.”
Kunal Bhatia Jun 22, 2020 ▶ 7:39 Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?
Disclosure
SlidesUp operates with one full-time founder and two part-time co-founders
“So I'm actually the only full time person on this team. The other two co-founders are part time. And you know, once we are able to get that revenue higher, they'll be able to join full time as well.”
Kunal Bhatia Jun 22, 2020 ▶ 10:03 Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?
Disclosure
SlidesUp generates between $5,000 and $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue
“It's still early because we're, you know, shifting that market. So I would have to say it's somewhere on the five to 10 K scale.”
Kunal Bhatia Jun 22, 2020 ▶ 6:24 Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?
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