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US VCs Offer Higher Multiples but Demand Faster Growth Than UK VCs
“One of the differences we see between PEs in the UK and those in the US is the scale of investment and the expectation on growth. So, you know, in, in, if you get money in the valley, then you can get a phenomenal multiple, but you're also expected to hit, you…”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 11:06 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Austin Admits Fresh Relevance Loses a Few Percent on Cohort Retention
“Right. No, not quite. That, that, that, that's my definition of net share, which may be slightly different. So the so we're looking at probably losing a few percent net on, on that.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 14:28 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Austin Claims In-Person Events No Longer Generate Reliable SaaS Leads
“In-person events are not working particularly well for us, which is also a big change over the last five years, you know, because a few years ago, you go to an event and you're guaranteed to get leads from it.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 16:50 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Austin: Fresh Relevance Average Contract Value Is Around $20,000 Annually
“The average is somewhere around 20,000 dollars annual.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 2:45 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
Disclosure
Fresh Relevance Founders Invested $500k of Their Own Money to Start
“It was a little bit less than half a million dollars.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 7:22 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Fresh Relevance Is on Track for $5 Million Revenue in 2020
“So we're on track to do about five million dollars this year.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 9:29 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Fresh Relevance Revenue Is Growing 30% to 35% Annually
“So we're going about 30 to 35% annually.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 10:33 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
Disclosure
Fresh Relevance Is Breaking Even but Will Burn Cash Next Month for Expansion
“Today we're actually about breaking even. But we've just started a major new investment program. So we're going to be burning cash again as of about next month when some of the new highs hit, hit the hit the office.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 12:14 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Austin: Fresh Relevance CAC is less than first-year contract value
“I don't want to give an exact thing on that, but we're spending less than the first annual year value.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 16:15 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Fresh Relevance Sets Mature Sales Quotas at 3x On-Target Earnings
“Would be looking at about three times their sale, three times their OT, I think.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 18:12 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Austin: Fresh Relevance Serves Nearly 500 Customers, Two-Thirds in UK
“And that's just coming up to 500 now. yeah. And about two-thirds of those are in the UK.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 4:07 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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Austin: Paid media customer acquisition does not work for Fresh Relevance
“We find that paid media doesn't work for us. So far, we still do a bit, but it's not been very effective.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 16:38 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
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