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Jessica Rovello

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
198 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

No, back then.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

I mean, we had a slightly different model back then.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

So we were still making games, but we were licensing them more and directly to large brands.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

So that was pure licensing revenue at the time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

Oh boy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

I would say by 2010, we were probably...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

Six, seven, six.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

Yeah, sounds about right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

I'd have to go back and look to get you, you know.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

Yeah, primarily the same model.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

I mean, by 2010, our industry had changed pretty significantly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

So when we started the business, social gaming was not a thing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

And then that took off.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

And then, you know, the iPhone didn't exist when we started the business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

And then that started taking off.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

So definitely shifts in how we earned revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

But it was all, you know, through the whole 18 year history, it had something to do with games, whether that be multiplayer games like poker or single player games.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

Yeah, we were probably around somewhere between 10 or 12 at that time, I would say.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

And, you know, it was more kind of what was, I think there were two dynamics at play.