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David Abakhnikov

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
152 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

On the other hand, our engine today is able to target a student down to a specific zip code.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

Anybody can run a campaign on our platform.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

We have local dentist offices.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

We have a law office in Texas running a campaign to bring in students running a scholarship.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

Because essentially, Gen Z is kind of the level that this

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

The point where the first decisions are being made, so somebody who chose the lawyer when they're in the first year of college, they're going to stay with him for 30 years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

I mean, the value is crazy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

And what we're working constantly, our constant chase is to improve our algorithms and matching to be as precise as possible, to pinpoint specifically the audience that you are looking at, knowing

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

when the person is about to think of a lawyer and having them apply to a scholarship at that point.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

So it sounds simple, but actually pinpointing that and kind of detecting intent on that level is extremely complicated.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

And that's our constant chase, constant improvement on that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

We have quite a few AI systems in place if the brand wants to run a scholarship with an essay, which we don't recommend ever.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

Don't run essays because nobody likes to review them and nobody likes to write them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

We have a saying inside that brands hate reviewing essays almost as much as students like writing them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

Um, but the point is that we're trying to, uh, kind of make that process as easy for the brands to kind of review and, and award the funds and all of that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

And it is easy for the student to apply as possible.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

My favorite book.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

Um,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

I recently read The Greatest CEO Within, and I absolutely loved it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method

Can I say the big guys?