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Leo Bassam

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
321 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Yeah, but Nathan, when you buy into, let's say you invest into buying printers for your business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Buying what?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

like printers or computers or whatever tools for your business to start a business, then you're investing into these tools to help the business grow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

No, totally.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

I am.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

I mean, I pay for a lot of software, but it's all monthly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

I'm not paying anything for life because I have no idea what that CEO is going to go do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

I mean, you tomorrow could decide you want to keep traveling and stop developing the company and the company shuts down, but you still have basically, I mean, by the way, I've heard this happen many times with AppSumo, which is why I'm bringing it up.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Yeah, me too.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Me too.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

And I actually received a lot of... Basically, a lot of people asked that same question when we launched the deal initially.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

But I just came out doing videos, explained to them what we're doing, and it seems to work.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

I mean, the reason I bring it up is because there's a lot of... So I just added...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

There's a lot of founders like you that get blinded by the initial, hey, here's a hundred grand or 200 grand, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

That an AppSumo can drive you.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

But it actually really hurts your ability to build a long-term sustainable business because you then have to go hunt for more cashflow after you use up that cash.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Because very few of those people then convert over to like a monthly paid plan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company?

Now you, it sounds like have-