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Vikram Saxena: BetterCommerce runs a flat system at over 100 employees
“And now we are more than a hundred people and the system still runs and it runs beautifully.”
Saxena prioritizes BetterCommerce employees over customers in his business philosophy
“Customers are always very important. But the people that work with you, I put them at a higher, you know, pedestal.”
CEO Saxena still codes for 100-employee BetterCommerce for personal joy
“Even today, you know, a lot of people say you are the CEO and the founder of the company. You have a hundred people working under you. Why do you still have to code? You shouldn't be coding. I said, no, I draw joy out of it. It's not out of compulsion. It's my…”
Saxena: BetterCommerce will reach profitability in 2024
“We'll get to profitability as well this year.”
Saxena will consider selling BetterCommerce once it reaches 30 to 50 customers
“I want to build it to a good state, potentially sell it to about 40, 50 customers. And that's when I would start considering, or maybe more than 30 customers, I would start considering doing that.”
BetterCommerce splits its 100 employees evenly between product and services
“Our product company is about 50 people and our services business is another 50 people that works for a large business separately and on its own.”
BetterCommerce has about 100 employees in a 7,500 sq ft Indian office
“We've got about a hundred people sitting in the office. It's about a 7500 square foot area.
[1008] Sean Weisbrot: That's in India.
[1009] Vikram Saxena: That's in India.”
Saxena plans to achieve complete financial independence within 5-6 years
“And my goal is next five to six years, I'm going to get money out of my equation completely”
Saxena plays glow-in-the-dark golf at 5:30 AM before work
“I wake up at four 30, I leave my house at five, and I tee off at 5:30 in the dark with glow balls. And I do that because then I can finish almost 14 to 15 holes by nine, get shower, and get to office by 10, 10, 30. That's pretty much three, four days routine i…”
BetterCommerce cut UK office team due to low return on investment
“We did have it.
[1014] Vikram Saxena: Them.
[1015] SPEAKER_10: Two, three people.
[1015] Vikram Saxena: But then gradually, you know, we cut short on them. We weren't getting enough value out of that. So we cut short on them. And I do most of the outreach and …”