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Joe Payne

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
274 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

So a crash plan has been around for a long time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

So the previous, uh, founders raised money from Excel in 2012.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

And that was the only round that they did.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

And then I joined in 2015 and then raised money in a B round in 2015.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

But I think that round was $85 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

And we used that money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

We were pretty cash flow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

I run what I call the East Coast offense as opposed to the West Coast offense, which is you pretty much spend what you have to grow your business as opposed to...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

overspending early, you know, early.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

So we try to run it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

So we've been pretty capital efficient throughout the process and we'll continue to try to be that way.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

Now, one, I'm still, I'm still the same person that was trained 10 minutes ago, Nathan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

So I'm not going to tell you all that stuff.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

Our, our, our, our EBITDA,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

is still being affected by the separation of our two businesses.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

So we just sold that business last year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

So we're still working through some of that stuff.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

We'll be a consumer of capital this year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

But again, we're careful of how we use our money and how we use our resources.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?

Well, I think it's really all about the size of our business today.