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JD Graffam

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
168 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

So Natalie referred Paul from Litmus.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

This sounds like a gossip magazine at this point.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

So I met Garrett by buying Sifter.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Garrett introduced me to Natalie.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Oh, Sifter.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

S-I-F-T-E-R-A-P-P dot com.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Sifter app dot com.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Sifter's bug tracking.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Well, I am traditionally more interested in older apps that are simple, what you call crud apps.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

So not complicated technology.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

I'm looking at things that are going to be easy to operate and don't rely on marketing to hold steady or grow a little bit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

I place more of a value and emphasis on something that has stabilized or plateaued that's not shrinking than I do on something that's got one of those sharp growth curves.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

one of those sharp growth curves and you're growing really fast and I'm not the buyer for that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

If you've been running a product for five or 10 years and you're ready for the next challenge or adventure or want to pay off your home and take care of your kid's college or whatever, I'm the guy that buys that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Uh, you know, I signed an agreement that said I couldn't say those numbers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

Uh, well, we are, uh, well, I could pull the exact numbers, but I'm going to approximate around $140,000 a year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
871 Which is Smarter: Buying vs Starting Companies

No, no, 140K annually.