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Adam Robinson

πŸ‘€ Speaker
544 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

If you're storing data from somebody, they're never going to quit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

On the exact opposite end of the spectrum is when you are selling leads to people, which is effectively what we're doing, or intent data, and you're trying to get them to pay you a SAS contract.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

So we also added a bunch of expensive senior people with no processes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

And the biggest mistake that I made, which I really, really regret and I will never do again, please, if I do it again, just

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

kicked me in the face.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

I got FOMO, and I started behaving like a VC backed company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

What does that mean?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

I was spending money on literally everything, losing all discipline.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

I was setting a bad example for my employees.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

It was horrible.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

So what happened after that?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

Oh yeah, public service announcement.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

Don't make a show and miss by 50%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

One or the other, guys.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

If you're going to make a docuseries, don't miss by 50%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

If you're going to miss by 50%, don't make a docuseries.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

Simple lesson.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

So now we're pivoting to B2B, and really the reason why is,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

and why I say I'm stuck again, is this unbelievably high churn paradigm.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

And I'm talking like 60% gross per year.