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Juha Berghal

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
118 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Unfortunately, no.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

We are cash flow neutral.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Okay, so you're operating in break-even?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Yeah, and the recruitment, it's hell at the moment.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

It's really hard to find good people, good developers, especially the developer space in Europe, in the Nordics.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

It's just, you know, it's so difficult.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

There are too many jobs for these guys.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Interesting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

So they can choose.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

We have tried that as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

And why didn't it work?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

It didn't work because the thing that we do, from a technology point of view, it's kind of a bleeding edge.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

It's a continuous delivery model, so we don't have this kind of traditional maintenance breaks and stuff like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Well, in the developer community, there are a lot of people who say that they are senior developers, but they are more like consultants working at the customers, building some websites and web-based stuff.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

And this is pure R&D, which requires a lot of special skills.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

And it's really hard to find that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

You mean the ratio?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Can't recall the exact number, but I have the ratio of lifetime values.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Last CAC, it's 2.2%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Well, you said 36.