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Arun Saigal

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
115 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

That's a problem that even if I looked far and wide, I probably would have never found and never saw.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

And we're okay with that because there are so many problems that we're solving that people are trying to make money off of and trying to make business off of.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

There are all these mom and pop shops using us, et cetera, and they are actually trying to use us to make money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

So we're saying, hey, for people like this guy in Yemen, you should be able to use us totally for free.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

But if you're trying to run a business, if you're trying to make some money, that's where we come in.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

So you come in and you say, hey, I'm trying to build an app.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

These are all the things that I need.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

And you look at everything that we offer you for free and you say, oh, you have everything I need, Thunkable.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Thanks so much.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

I'm going to keep using you for free.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

But another user comes in and says, hey, here are all of the features that Thunkable offers for free.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

But things like in-app purchases or ads or analytics, those are part of the premium package.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Well, I need those to build the app that I'm trying to build.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

So I

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

No, it'll be a low price point.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

We're targeting something around $20 per month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

So...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

One is the scale, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

Assuming we have the scale that we have now and we're able to continue growing that, then by having enough of the users who are looking to build apps, enough of the SMBs who are looking to build apps, build apps on us, we can actually maintain profitability.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
823: SaaS: Pre Rev SF Based with $3.3m Raised Aiming to Help SMB's Build Mobile Apps, Will People Pay?

The other point is there are a lot of tools, as you pointed out in our space, and a lot of them are going after these high end businesses.