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Jon Ferrara

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
189 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

And it works really well with everything they're using.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

We just rolled out Nimble with Microsoft Outlook Mobile on 40 million handsets.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

It's, it's really, it's really small.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

Well, we don't really have a large team.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

You know, the thing is, is I'm, I'm a scrappy guy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

I don't necessarily believe 25.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

I don't believe that you need to spend or overspend in order to build a company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

And I also believe that it's really great to go find people that want to grow and help them grow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

And if you do that, you can build a culture that's unstoppable.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

So rather than going out and hiring a sales guy for $100,000, I'd rather go find somebody who really cares about customer experience, who works at an Apple store or Best Buy or Victoria's Secret.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

And they may not even have a business or technology degree.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

What I'll do is they'll figure out their cultural fit and if they want to learn and grow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

And I'll teach them technology.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

I'll teach them business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

And what will happen is that person's life will be transformed and they will love working at NIST.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

because it's a place that they truly dig and is interested in growing them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

Where are you guys based?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

Santa Monica.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

Oh, good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara

All of you guys.