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Adam Jackson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
676 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

connect clients with the talent that need them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

And so it's built and maintained and upgraded by our talent, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Which is, it could either be, you know, individual freelancers who write code or design UI or write product specs or groups like agencies like mine.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

So the investors, the purchasers in those rounds were purchasing tokens.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

And so, yeah, the equity in my dev shop is not worth anything.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

So there's no reason to raise money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

It was a pre-negotiated term of those rounds.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

So you've heard of SAFEs, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Simple Agreement Future Equity.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

These investors bought SAFs, Simple Agreement Future Tokens.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

SAFs have conversion caps.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

SAFs have conversion caps, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

And so there was a conversion cap in the SAF.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

It's different levels for different SAFs, but-

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

They were all somewhere below a dollar, basically.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

And that's the conversion price.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

Most of the VCs are still locked up.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Converted SaaS to Blockchain, Now $230m Market Cap to Kill Fiverr

The some that have been unlocked are in circulation.