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Chadha: OnBoard closed its fundraising cycle in 1.5 weeks
“For me, ah, the fundraising cycle was a very short one. It was just a week and a half.”
Paroon Chadha Oct 9, 2022 ▶ 17:17 Founder First PE Playbook: Growing from $24m Revenue Bootstrapper to $400m PE Valuation
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Shada: eScribe was doing $5M to $10M in revenue at acquisition
“Yeah, I know. I would say, you know, just short of that, but yeah, that was sort of the revenue range. You know, they were in the five to ten million range, but I don't know the exact specific number this time, but yeah.”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 5:42 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
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Shada: OnBoard was bootstrapped and profitable for 15 years
“Completely bootstrapped. Ran a profit for, believe it or not, 15 years.”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 19:59 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
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Passageways Closes 40% of Its Annual Business in November and December
“Believe it or not, between now and the end of the year, I'm gonna do 40% of the year's business.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 13:38 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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Chadha: OnBoard is currently growing revenue at a 50 percent rate
“At this time, you know, we are growing, you know, 50%, and we are actually really fast growing.”
Paroon Chadha Oct 9, 2022 ▶ 5:42 Founder First PE Playbook: Growing from $24m Revenue Bootstrapper to $400m PE Valuation
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Chadha: OnBoard has 600 bank customers
“I have 600 banks as customers today.”
Paroon Chadha Oct 9, 2022 ▶ 7:37 Founder First PE Playbook: Growing from $24m Revenue Bootstrapper to $400m PE Valuation
Assertion Supported
Chadha: OnBoard raised $100 million in 2021
“We raised a hundred million last year.”
Paroon Chadha Oct 9, 2022 ▶ 15:14 Founder First PE Playbook: Growing from $24m Revenue Bootstrapper to $400m PE Valuation
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Shada: OnBoard has surpassed 3,000 customers
“We've grown past 3000 at this point.”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 2:31 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
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Shada: OnBoard adds 80 to 100 new customers monthly
“And we are adding about, you know I'd say about 80 to a hundred customers a month. That's the clip that we are operating at.”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 2:34 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
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Shada: eScribe's pre-acquisition ACV was around $20K to $25K
“They are actually higher. So if you think of a city council, there's often, you know, a much bigger number of people involved, some more subscribers their you know, average contract you know, pre-transaction was right around 20, 25.”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 3:56 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
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Shada: eScribe had about 400 customers when acquired
“They had about 400 customers and change.”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 5:32 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shada: OnBoard targets close to 50% growth rate for the year
“So we'll, we'll actually really end you know, close to 50% growth rate for the year. If the rest of the plan year checks out”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 18:24 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
Assertion Partly supported
The US Supreme Court Uses Passageways for Its Board Management
“Now we have some of the largest customers in the world using our product, including some, you know very amazing non-profits Supreme Court in our country is using our product, some of the Fortune, 500 companies some of the biggest banks and hospitals using our …”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 5:01 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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Passageways Serves Over 1,000 Active Board Management Customers
“We're talking about more than a thousand customers at this point.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 5:39 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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Passageways Increased OnBoard ARR by 65% to 70% This Year
“We did grow 65, 70% this year. That's the ARR growth that we saw.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 9:37 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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Passageways Maintains 3% Churn and 108% to 109% Net Retention
“Our churns you know, about three percent. Our dollar retention rate is, you know at this point, I think we are ending the year at about a 108 109%.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 10:47 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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Passageways Operates With a 12-Month Payback Period on CAC
“We, you know, at this point you know, we're spending about a dollar to get you know, about a dollar in ARR.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 11:54 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
Assertion Supported
Shada: eScribe Was Largely Bootstrapped Prior to Acquisition
“Oh, it was actually really some angels, but it was bootstrapped. Yeah, largely bootstrapped.”
Paroon Chadha Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 11:41 How He Did $100m Secondary but also raised cash to buy a $5m+ ARR Competitor
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OnBoard Charges Between $5,000 and $60,000 Annually for Board Management
“You could get started for about 5000 dollars a year. It's per user but our larger customers about 50, 60,000 dollars a year.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 3:40 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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OnBoard Averages $7,000 to $8,000 in Annual Contract Value
“The ACB is right around seven, 8000 dollars.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 3:56 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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350 Enterprise Customers Still Use Passageways' 2003 Legacy Product
“We launched that in, you know, back in 2003. And we do have three 50 customers, enterprise customers using that product.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 10:28 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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Passageways Still Uses QuickBooks for Billing at 1,000-Customer Scale
“We're still using QuickBooks.”
Paroon Chadha Nov 10, 2019 ▶ 14:50 1569 Why 1000+ Boarddecks Get Manged Using This $7m ARR Tool
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