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Ankesh Kumar

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
144 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

So they can actually see how their prospects would actually engage with this.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

Got it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

Exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

We're up to a 50 percent.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

If you take the industry average, it's really good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

The actual engagement from what we're hearing is 1% to 2%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

So if you've got organizations that are B2B, SaaS companies are sending them out, they might get somewhere between a 5% to 10% open rate and a 1% to 2% engagement.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

Or if there's a link or something like go to the website.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

So they track all that as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

So it could be a reply.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

It could also be an active link.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

Five thousand dollars a month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

I don't pay myself, unfortunately.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

You know, one of the things I've learned is I think in Silicon Valley, as in everywhere, but we sort of come to drink our own Kool-Aid.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

I think if I was looking at this like a helicopter vision down as an investor, I'd say, you know, questions that you're asking, what is your actual customer acquisition cost?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

You know, what is the lifetime value, you know, going through the competition?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

I think we need to just feel that out at a very low burn rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

With 5K burn rate month, you know, with two or three customers with cash flow positive, then use the positive cash.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

Then I'll have those answers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"Vested.io HR Tech Company Placed 100 Candidates, Doing $400k/yr "

So the investor meetings go a lot quicker when you have those answers.