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Kim Kaupe

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
159 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

We've also learned, you know, and that's a great entrepreneurship lesson is like, know what you're good at and also know what you're not so good at.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

So, you know, if you're not so good at something, sure, you could learn how to use FreshBooks and it might take you two hours.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

But somebody who really likes it and is good at it might do it in 20 minutes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

So in what case, like what's a better use of your time?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

You know, sure, you can do anything you set your mind to, but is that really a good thing?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

a good use.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

And the answer is probably not.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

2015, we did 2.8.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

Yeah, that aired in April of 2015.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

And we're actually, funny enough, you're talking to me today, our episode is re-airing tonight on CNBC.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

It's constantly re-airing, which is really fun.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

Yes and no.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

For us, it was really about, okay, we've saturated the music space.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

A lot of people know us, which is great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

We want to get into sports, and we want to get into things like Comic-Con and kind of these things outside of the music industry, but that still have these really passionate fan bases.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

And so Shark Tank's really a show for B2C consumers, people selling peanut butter or socks or where they want you to log in, and all of a sudden 10,000 people bought socks.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

But since we're really more of a B2B business,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

You know, the average user probably isn't going to hire us, you know, because they're not necessarily working for a sports team or an artist or a festival.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

So our goal going in was like, if we could get five to 10 solid business leads from this qualified leads, you know, we'll consider that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe

we'll consider that a win.