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Kevin Getch

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
110 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

So we're a creative and digital strategy agency.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

We do everything from logo, branding, design, website design and development to search engine optimization, social media.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

We basically develop and help businesses implement a digital marketing strategy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

So I was actually working for another very large company that worked in the digital space and I was, you know, I went to work every day and it just ate away at me because what they were doing for their clients was of little to no value and they didn't really seem to care.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

They were just more of a sales organization, which I respect the sales side, but the business model made no sense to me and we weren't doing good things for clients.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

So I thought, hey, I can do

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

that actually benefit from our services and we can retain them for a long time if we do good work for them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

And so that's how I started.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

I left a six-figure job, worst part of the economy ever.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

My wife wasn't thinking I was the smartest guy in the world.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

Well, the salary itself was actually only, what was it, 60-some thousand.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

But with commission, I made probably 120.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

You know, that was definitely it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

and just eating away at me was not good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

I was willing to make half as much and just enjoy what I was doing and be happy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

And then I'm just a little bit of a serial entrepreneur.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

I wanted to, you know, work for myself.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

That was a big part of it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 332: This Agency Went form $30k to $1.3M in Annual Revenue with 14 Employees

But at the end of the day, what gave me the confidence is a lot

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