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Giles Palmer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
175 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

It definitely is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

I mean, yeah, no, it is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

It's amazing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

I mean, I didn't realize it was that big.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

I mean, $450 a month times, you know, call it 10 or 12 months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

I mean, you're putting $4, $5, $6 million in ARR.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

And if you do think they're a best, best, best company and pay 5X, I mean, that's a significant amount of your cash, $20, $30 million at least from the last raise out the door.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

Now, you're profitable today, you said, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

And how much total have you raised so far?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

Uh, 55, 55.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

So, so how are you able to be, I mean, it's going to sound a little bit weird, but how can you raise that much capital and be profitable unless you just let all of it sit in the bank and do nothing?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

So that was two years ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

That's good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

I mean, so that was two years ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

Right now you're, you're either, you're either raising additional capital or you're in talks to be acquired.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

Which one is it?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

Come on, I don't believe you.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Looking Back: Listen to Founder 3 Years Before Exiting for $450 Million

You saw a mini version of that in 2012.