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James Gill

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
183 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

The reason there's so many companies doing well there is because, you know, tell me a business that doesn't want to grow and make more money online.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

And if you're building tools that help you do that, then I think you're going to do well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

There's just so much opportunity out there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

And there's so many businesses as well that are stuck on really old school, horrible tools, not these cool startups, but like

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

really old school stuff or nothing at all.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

So there's just a huge land of opportunity out there that's up for grabs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

We've actually been going a very long time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

I started a company with two of my best friends from school.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

And when I say school, I mean, like, I don't know what you say over in the US, but in the UK, we say like secondary school.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

So when we're about 15 years old, and we were just geeky kids at school, like trying to learn how to build a website.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

What year?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

That was 2006, believe it or not.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

So yeah, like pre-iPhone even.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

Yeah, I'm 26.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

Yeah, yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

So young at heart still.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

We raised a bit of capital a while ago, but we've always had the bootstrap mindset, like the heroes of ours are people like Basecamp and people like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

And we love the idea of building a sustainable, profitable business, which is what we are today.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

We've been lucky enough to get some angel money back in the day.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
861 SaaS: Started at 15 Years Old, Can They Beat Intercom, Hotjar?

How much total?