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Brendan King

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
248 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

So we're not, maybe not even a positive, but close.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

No, we have a few in the U.S.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

We've got somebody in San Diego, and we've got someone in Seattle.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

But out of the 250 folks, I'd say 235 are in Saskatoon.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

There's a lot of advantages to being in a place where we're about 350,000 people here.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

We've got a good university.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

We don't have to compete with a ton of people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

We kind of have become the place for a tech sort of space.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

Yeah, that's right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

That's good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

We're an R and D, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

So we're a little, we're a little heavy on R and D compared to some companies, our size, but yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

Well, I mean, I think LTV to CAC is probably my, is probably the best thing that we like to follow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

Um, you know, you know, for us as a, as a component, but, um,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

100%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

100%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

So, we wanted to, you know, we don't,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

We haven't been like most companies where we have a lot of cash and we can't run directly into a, you know, I see these guys spending money running into a brick wall without slowing down.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

And we're in Canada and it's not as easy to raise money as it is in some other places.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
925 How to Grow ARR 48% YoY from $17m to $28m in SMB SaaS Space

So we really, really wanted to make sure that we had a repeatable, scalable sales model before we do that.