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Anupreet Singh Lamba

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
254 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

So first one, one and a half year was all about building the product.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

And then we went into the GTM side of things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

Very interesting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

So First Strike customers, like anyone else, was more from friends and families.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

We started reaching out to companies that we've worked at.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

And organically, we started doing very well in the HR tech side of business because Deepak, the founder, is from Eightfold.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

I am from Metal, which now got acquired by Mercer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

So, you know, both of us have an HR tech background.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

So initial few customers were from HR tech for those reasons.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

And then staffing companies started coming in organically when we started closing to HR tech.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

And then we expanded into other industries.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

So first 10, 20 customers were from the HR tech for those reasons.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

And they're still sticking around with us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

So before I joined, the total revenue of the company was $100,000.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

And that was like kind of first year revenue where the founder was trying to sell most of the deals himself.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

Yeah, we do only do annual deals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

We only do annual deals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

So it was 100K when I joined them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Slintel Breaks $6m ARR, $20m Raise on $100m Valuation Ready to Take on B2B Intelligence Space

And from there was the actual, you know, massive journey that we've taken so far.