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Colin Earle

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
323 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

In terms of companies, we have something north of a thousand in terms of users, well into the millions.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

2.5, well between 2.5 and 3 million at this point.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

Yes, it's pure SaaS, but we also allow in-house deployments.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

So the vast majority run on our SaaS service.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

For some, such as the US Air Force, that have a highly secure deployment, run inside their own firewall on the secure network.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

I launched the company back in 91, but the no-code application, the Agiloft product that's a flagship these days, was launched seven years ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

Bootstrapped.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

Redwood City, Silicon Valley.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

The proposition that we would be taking to VCs that we're going to be developing a product which will take in excess of five years to develop a full no-code platform upon which it's possible to build enterprise-class products

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

And for a VC, five years from initial investment to hello world, not an IPO, but the first product built on the platform is way too long.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

And of course, the VCs are calling us now that we've developed it, but they tend to have a very short timeframe.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

We see enterprise software as being more like a marathon than a sprint.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

And we're making decisions based upon where we need to be and where our customers need to be five, ten years from now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

Wow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

That's a pretty broad range.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

Absolutely.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

Well, let's take a couple of examples.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

Roche.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

has contracts with hospitals, with suppliers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals?

And those contracts are not just a paper contract.