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Adam Sandman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
453 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

When I started the company, she works for the government.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

So that really helps having a working spouse who can let you follow your dreams.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

Oh, for us to buy us?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

Honestly, we haven't pursued any.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

We've had people come close to talk to us about generally buying the company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

The problem is that we don't really want to sell the company at the moment.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

And so we haven't gotten, just to avoid distracting us, we haven't gone too far down that path.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

So we've talked to some people, but nothing's gone to the point where we've resolved the table, really.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

I think at this point, probably 50 to 100 million, something that we'd want to be the point where this was going to be, they're going to take us to the next level as a company that we can't do ourselves.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

We're growing 50% year over year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

We're making good revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

We've got a strong culture.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

We'd have to be able to do that at scale.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

If we're just going to roll them into a large BMS that's for other companies, we don't want to do that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

No.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

My wife and I, I mean, she technically is a part owner just to keep our marriage straight, but she doesn't really work in the company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

I've got a leadership team, but no one has any equity.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

if we ever decide to go public or something, we obviously figure out what to do with that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

So that's something to think about is what do you do when you've founded a company?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's the Real Unicorn: Bootstrapped to $10m, Owns 100%, Shares Profits with Team

You're going to want to reward people long-term.