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Hollinger: B2B Firmographic Data Enrichment Vendors Source Primarily From Each Other
“Full contact is our number one source there, but we use another, we like most data is commodity at this point. So we're pretty much sourcing it off of each other.”
Hollinger: Outbound Sales Teams Do Not Make Sense at $75 ARPU
“No, most of our, so our ARPU is at a level where it doesn't really make sense to have an outbound team.”
Hollinger: Clearbanc Charged a 12.5% Fee on a $14,000 Revenue Advance
“It's a 12.5% fee with a 6.5% cash back that you get once you fully spent the full 14 grand.”
Hollinger: Canadian Debt Lenders Typically Require at Least $500,000 in ARR
“But what we found was there isn't many lenders that for the capital we were looking for at our MRR. Usually it's about 500 in ARR or more. That's where we could start going to these other lenders, especially within Canada. But below 500, we didn't find many, a…”
Hollinger: Visitor Queue's MVP Cost Roughly $15,000 to $20,000 to Build
“Oh, that was probably all of my money that went into that and burned a bit of money there, but probably closer to 15, 20 grand.”
Hollinger: Visitor Queue Bootstrapped Entirely With Personal Finances and Loans
“Nothing outside of my finances or a personal guarantee that I put on a loan has gone into the company.”
Hollinger: Visitor Queue Converts Trials to Paid Accounts in 45 Days
“So we about 250 last month. And then we added about 30 new customers last month like actually paying ones. The big thing there is we don't see our average conversions about 45 days for an account to convert.”
Hollinger: Visitor Queue Has a Customer Acquisition Cost Around $500
“We have a CAC of about 500 and AdWords plays, plays nicely into that, and so does Facebook and our current channels.”
Hollinger: Clearbanc Capped Financing at $30,000 for 20% of Top-Line Revenue
“They capped us at 30 grand for their options, but they would be taking 20% off top line at that point in regards to how quickly they're recovering.”