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Kurt Averall

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349 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

So it'd be St.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

George, Utah, which is a gateway to Zines National Park.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

to Salt Lake City.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

It'd be Bend, Oregon to Portland.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

It might be the Hamptons to New York City or Cape Cod to Boston, where you're going on a regular basis.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

And for that, your options are basically to Airbnb, which is fairly expensive, as we know, or you buy a home outright.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

But the challenge with buying a home outright, I mean, it comes with the benefit of having the home and being able to use it whenever you want.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

The downside is most second...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

homeowners don't use the home that often.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

And so they think they're going to be there six months out of the year, but they end up only being there six to eight weeks out of the year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

And then that second home becomes a second job because homes are work.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

And whether it's just fixing a faucet or paying your property taxes, that's just work.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

It's just a lot of things that are going on in that home.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

So what Ember does, it's kind of bridges a gap.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

It sits right between an Airbnb and a full home ownership where

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

we take a home and we buy it with an LLC and then split it into eight different shares.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

And a person can buy anywhere from one to four shares of that home.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

Now, think about these homes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

These are high-end vacation homes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

The goal is to make it so that when you walk in, there's a wow factor.