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Chris Vandersluis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
148 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

Yeah, we've pivoted.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

It's a very good question.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

We've pivoted several times.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

We started off as a couple of guys doing custom programming.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

We were in the project management space by luck of the draw, I guess, because we started working for companies that needed project management software.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

Then we became a distributor for a project management product in Canada.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

And in 1994, pivoted again

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

I bought my partner out of the business, pivoted into being a publisher, and time control was the result.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

And I'll be honest, time control was the result because it was for me low-hanging fruit at the time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

We had written several timesheets.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

I knew what that was about.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

I was sure I could sell it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

And we did as an on-prem solution in 94.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

Yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

I bought back the co-founder way back in 94, a deal we were both happy with.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

And then we had some investors in 99, bought them out in 2006.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

And so now you're just stuck with me.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

Yeah, we're just under 25.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Guess what this $3.6m ARR Timesheet SaaS Profited last year

So it's a, you know, so it's a very tight team, mostly located in Canada.