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Bressman acquired RIA in a Box in 2012 as pure consulting firm
“The company was started in 2000, in 2006, but we got involved in 2012. And you know, at that time he really had a consulting business that was not tech enabled. There was no real sort of internal or external technology”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 7:16 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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Bressman: RIA in a Box serves 1,800 of 30,000 potential firms
“We're working about 1800 firms. There's roughly 30,000 or so we can be working with.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 12:29 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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Bressman: RIA in a Box grows 30% to 50% year-over-year
“We're in that 30, 50% range.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 13:14 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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Bressman: RIA in a Box Gross Retention Exceeds 90%
“We're above sort of 90% in gross retention and even higher in what we call preventable retention.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 14:11 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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Bressman: RIA in a Box Has CAC Payback of Under a Year
“We typically operate in sort of a year or less as our payback.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 15:57 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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Bressman: Content Marketing Is RIA in a Box's Primary Acquisition Driver
“But our primary customer acquisition channel has really been content. And for us that's just been a huge driver of growth in our business.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 16:42 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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Bressman: RIA in a Box Is Cash Flow Positive
“Yeah, we are.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 16:51 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
Assertion Supported
Bressman: Financial Advisors Are Increasingly Leaving Big Institutions to Go Independent
“You know, all that stuff is typically handled in house, but increasingly those advisors are going off and being independent.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 2:08 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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Bressman: RIA in a Box employs about 45 people
“We have about 45 people.”
Will Bressman Dec 8, 2019 ▶ 13:26 1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk
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