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Finn Kelly

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
148 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

We're actually about to do a capital raise.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

So I suppose we've now had six businesses between Sarah and I, and we've actually sold a couple, still got a few more going, and we've built them all through our own funding.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

And it does just sometimes slow you down a little bit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

Right now, we believe we've got a huge opportunity with Wheel of Numbers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

No one's really established the brand for entrepreneurial accounting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

And, um, with the, the rise of entrepreneurs, we just want to scale it quickly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

And it's the biggest problem is funding that first year or two years growth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

We've got a recurring revenue model.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

It's sticky, but still we have to put on the team members first and the marketing to be able to do this like a SaaS business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

We do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

We actually don't see ourselves as a service-based business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

We see ourselves as a SaaS business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

And we like to call ourselves, we're a software plus service type business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

And it's very important that we focus on that model because that's how you scale where everyone else is trying to compete in service-based businesses and they just don't work.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

Churn is quite low.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

So our model that we want to target is about 2% per month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

We've had a little bit high so far, but there's been some drivers from that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

So originally we took on people who weren't our right market fit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

We now have a very like in-depth application process internally when a new member joins.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
What if An Accounting Firm Was Built Specifically For Young Entrepreneurs? EP 285: Finn Kelly

Do they fit the right characteristics?