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Adam Sandman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
453 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

Okay, why no quotas?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

We found that team collaboration is the key.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

We did try it years ago, and what we found is that if it's my deal or your deal, we're not going to work together.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

And because the products are complicated and the industries are often interspersed, and we have...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

multinational companies.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

If you've got a sales team in EMEA who's working with a sales team in North America, sorry, a salesperson in North America, we want them to collaborate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

We don't want them fighting over who's going to get the target.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

And that was the main reason.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

Very interesting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

Last year, you were bootstrapped.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

Are you still bootstrapped today?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

We are.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

We've had many offers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

And we've talked to companies.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

We're not in the market yet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

There's ones that want to do probably less than that now because the evaluations are down a bit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

One is interested in one that wants us to be part of a manufacturing, very, very industry vertical approach.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

Other ones want us to go very horizontal across all industries.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

What was the highest offer you got though, Adam, that you rejected?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

For a partner, it will be a firm that has a service offering, a consulting firm that wants to expand their business, that wants to be able to extend their range of services, and is willing to not just sell a product, but also build an offering at their company around that service.