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Joe Apfelbaum

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
336 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

Bottom line, our bottom line margins.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

So we were, we were, we had a very, a much smaller margin.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

And we, we didn't, how much money was left?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

About half a million dollars.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

On four million top line?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

I mean, that's not horrible.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

but it's not the type of business that we want to have.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

A lot of businesses can produce 10%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

A lot of businesses can purchase.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

I want to be able to build a business that can produce 30%, 25, 30%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

And that's where we need to be in order for us to, to really have the value that, so I'd rather have a smaller business with it because we work with so many companies and there's so many companies out there that I personally know they're doing a hundred million dollars in revenue and losing $10 million a year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

Well, I don't want to be a hundred million dollar business that loses money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

I'm paying myself a salary plus bonuses.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

I'm paying myself really, really well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

And I'm, I'm living a very, very good life right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

Um, and, and I, you know, you, you asked the question at the end, you know, how many hours you sleep and all that, and we'll get to that, but I'm able to take paternity leave because I I'm able to do that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

I'm able to give my kids the time of the day.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

I'm able to take all my kids to school every single day.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 412: 5 Kids, $5 Million 2015 Agency Revenue With Joe Apfelbaum of AjaxUnion

And for me, this is the type of business I always dreamed of having.