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Andy Swan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
122 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

In fact, what's really crazy about this client base, we can't give testimony.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

We can't share testimonials.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

We can't share usage numbers because every contract that we have with these clients is buttoned up and so secure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

We're not allowed to disclose even that we have a relationship with them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

They're very secretive bunch and it's,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

It's one of the more challenging things about this is kind of going out to market without being able to tell how others are using the product or that they're happy with it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

It's tough.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

Again, I'm not going to disclose any numbers at all.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

Because again, the penetration we have in the market is something that we hold very close to chest, mostly because this data has a certain amount of alpha, which is the benefit that the- It's more valuable the less people have it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

The less people that have it, the more valuable it is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

No, it doesn't because it's a completely different product.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

The people that are using it on an API level, they are trading algorithmically, not fundamentally.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

The hedge funds that are looking at it and are pulling reports are looking on a multi-year level, completely different timeframe, and are using it for very different reasons.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

So the two are very separate in terms of the impact on alpha.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

No, we have not raised capital and don't plan on it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

This is something I want to own all of.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

No, it's that I want to own it all.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

I have the money to spend to acquire customers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

Honestly, I just don't want to have...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
775: FinTech Founder: I'll Never Raise Capital Again!

anyone else having a say in how our company is run.