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DS Benbow

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
85 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

It's monthly recurring.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

5K for the time of the product beta, which is typically three months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

Yeah, and that's assuming a certain type of size, and that's typically under $100,000.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

That is a great question.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

Um,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

Two years ago, we kind of took a step back and did a redesign and rethought how we wanted to go to market in terms of our target audience based on feedback.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

And so that took a lot longer than we thought it would.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

Um, and yes, I'm very cognizant of the fact that, you know, we're not the typical, you know, six months and we're out the door and then we've launched and then we've hit the hockey stick.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

Sure, sure, sure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

We, um,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

I am still working at Zillow and running campaign strategy there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

So that might have something to do with the fact that we're just moving a little bit slower.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

We've also turned down funding three times.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

And that's primarily because we just felt like we needed to hit product marketing fit before we took money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

And we didn't want to take money for figuring out the business and figuring out where we fit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

Exploring that now, as a matter of fact, when I get back from vacation, I will be having a conversation with the next COO of WPP and getting some guidance around how to add the right set of folks to help push us over the hump.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

So we're actively in that discussion mode right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

Actually, we didn't because I started the company prior to my co-founder coming on board.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

So it's not a 50-50 split.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Team Collaboration Tool Hits 3 Pilots, $15k Each, Real MRR Growth next?

He was working on something similar with a friend.