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Software startups rarely need more than 1x ARR in equity capital
“Unless you're building a rocket ship company, or a hardware company, or a defense manufacturing company, you don't need more than one extra ARR in, in equity capital in order to scale. And certainly not before you figure out what your unit economics are.”
Ryan Allis Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 4:36 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?
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Bundling shared account managers let iContact increase monthly pricing 20x
“If we just add a shared account manager, we can take the same product and sell it for 20 times the price. So instead of selling it for 50 dollars a month, we sold it for a thousand dollars a month, and you got a shared account manager and a couple extra featur…”
Ryan Allis Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 14:16 27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?
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