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Vickstrom: Early-stage startups should prioritize manual sales over self-serve PLG
“It's an interesting, like, model that I believe in, like, the whole self-serve PLG model as well, but when you're early and we're really trying to listen to the customer as good as possible I think doing that manually in the beginning works, and that's what we…”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 10:49 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
Disclosure
Vickstrom: Mobal gave 10% equity each to two early angel investors
“It was something like 10 and 10%, something, something in that ballpark.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 7:39 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
Insight
Vickstrom: Business listings are replacing traditional websites for consumers
“If you get all the information from listing, let's say that you are going to go to a restaurant, you don't go to the website anymore. You just go to the listings. So the listings are becoming the new version of the website.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 9:16 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
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Vickstrom: Mobal's average annual contract value is approximately €5,000
“The annual the average contract value, I think it's about five K per year.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 4:27 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
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Vickstrom: Mobal.io has over 300 paying customers
“Customers are a bit over a 300.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 9:01 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
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Vickstrom: Mobal grew close to 200% year-over-year
“One year ago I think, yeah, now again, I don't remember exactly the number, but something closer to a 200% growth.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 10:04 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
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Vickstrom: Mobal maintains approximately 100% net dollar retention
“It's been something about a hundred percent.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 13:43 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
Disclosure
Vickstrom: Mobal to integrate with Apple as business listings consolidate
“And we believe like that sort of the world is consolidating into this bigger platform. So again, Google, Instagram, Facebook, and really soon as well, Apple is where we're integrating with the platform.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 2:37 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
Disclosure
Vickstrom: Mobal charges €40-€60 per location, dropping under €10 at scale
“An average customer, I would say, like, again, it depends on the locations, but let's say if it's one location, it could be everything between 40 and 60 depending on the automations, but then if it's 300 locations it can go well under 10 euros as well per loca…”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 3:58 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
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Vickstrom: Mobal reached nearly $1M in revenue as a service business
“As a service business, it was something closer to a million that we did with the service business, yeah.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 5:31 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
Assertion Supported
Vickstrom: Mobal raised a $2 million seed round
“Two million.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 5:59 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
Disclosure
Lifeline Ventures invested in Mobal
“We had the, we're thankful to have as well lifeline, which was the company who venture capital company who invested in us.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 6:29 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
Disclosure
Mobal.io employs 31 total people
“The whole team. We're 31 today.”
Jacob Vickstrom Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 11:20 How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS
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