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Jeremiah Wilson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
202 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

Yeah, I'd love to see it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

And then 9-11 hits a month later.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

So this was the Apple Green device, the first one.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

This was the prototype, if you're watching on the screen.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

That's amazing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

We eventually upgraded and made it digital, not just analog.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

But a very simple thing, but it didn't exist.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

So this allowed me to remotely dial in, listen to four different people at their location so I could get a live call recording, record it onto the internet, which, again, was 2001.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

People were going, wow, you're taking...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

you're taking this, you know, internet and you're making it something I can use.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

You know, this was what these heavy equipment guys would be saying, for example, it was, it was fascinating to watch them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

But, uh, your, your question about first year revenue, you know, the first six months I had one client, uh, they paid me probably $20,000 if I remember right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

Uh, 3 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

That helped me drive the sales.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

It was, it was listening to the customer and then, uh, doing what they needed, even if my margin wasn't good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

And then figuring out how to make my margin better later on.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

So after 2010, we raised capital over a number of rounds, 24 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

That's an important one, I think, for anybody out there looking for raising money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

I have not found angel investors or investors in general to be a good source of investment for us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business

My investor is a private investor.