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Andre Zinkovich

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
282 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

Basically for two men band, I believe that's a good result.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

Actually, I launched it last year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

I came up with an idea, so I found a technical co-founder, and basically we created, let's say, a better version of the product last February.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

I mean, 2020 February.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

And I started to validate the product, but my idea wasn't that good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

At least it wasn't meeting the expectations of the market.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

So I did around 50 beta tests.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

and collected the feedback from different verticals, from different job roles, and basically figured out who should be ideal customer profile for MVP product and what exactly MVP should include.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

And basically it took us almost a year to create this MVP, which I am working right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

So basically January and February of 2021 is exactly the period where I'm focusing on growing our plan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

We are working for free.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

So it's a self-funded startup created on our funds.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

Actually, we have paying customers, but... How many paying customers?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

So we have three paying customers, but they bought lifetime deals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

Actually, as I mentioned, I was doing during last year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

It depends, really.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

Because there are different types of deals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

For one of the customers, I suggested as well ongoing marketing support.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

So it's a marketing agency from Italy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Why SaaS Founders Use Them as SDR's, First Sales Hire

And I suggested like an ongoing, let's say, one time per month, I'm joining their team and help them with their projects they're delivering to their clients.