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Josh Weisberg

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
256 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

We were in discussion.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

So remember at this point that we were profitable.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

And so you can't kind of run you, you know, it's easy when you're talking to VCs or you're trying to get acquired to run out of time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

And that's really your worst time is your worst enemy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

If you're running out of money, you're running out of time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

You had plenty.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

Because we were able to pay our own bills, we were talking to investors and we were kind of exploring all the options.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

And so that's what gave us the ability to kind of find a really good deal.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

Ah, yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

So I'm going to give an off the beaten path tribe by Sebastian Younger.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

So this guy, uh,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

The thing I love about this book is that it's all about how everybody needs belonging and connection.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

Underneath all the products and all the things that you think about building every day, there's this deep human need for it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

And it's been in our DNA for hundreds of thousands of years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

And understanding that at a deep level has helped me build better products.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

I mean, Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

This guy just doesn't give a shit about anything and he changes the world every day.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

He constantly reinvents his business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1007 How Outbound.io Grew to $30k MRR Before Exiting to ZenDesk

I would say Trello because I go crazy if I don't have a receptacle for all my ideas and the noise in my head.