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Jason Hsiao

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
262 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

We run a cash flow neutral business, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

So everything we make, we basically put right back into Animoto.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

So technically it's like, we could probably hit 30, 40% if we want it, but we're reinvesting everything right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

We actually first launched in 2007, which sounds like ancient years ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

I think it was before the iPhone just came out, but MySpace was more popular.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

Facebook was still kind of up and coming.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

It was kind of crazy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

I know, I know.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

So we are an online video maker.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

We basically try to make it drag and drop easy for anyone, even if you have no video experience, to make professional quality videos to market your business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

So we're kind of like, for those people familiar with Canva or Squarespace, we're kind of like Squarespace for video or Canva for video.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

Yeah, so we have a freemium model, but we have, you know, subscription plans kind of ranging from $100 a year to $500 a year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

But we have, you know, three different plans.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

But it's free to try.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

Yeah, more like the two, 250 kind of range.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

So we kind of have our professional plan, the middle plan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

And they can pay monthly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

And what's interesting about video as opposed to I think a lot of other SaaS businesses is video is still kind of one of those things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

Even though video is everywhere, not everyone is actually convinced that they need to be using video all the time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?

And so it's very much like some people have very specific needs.

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