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Mahir Iskender

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
152 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

We want to make sure that we get some people on board and they try it, they test it, they tell us, give us feedback.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

So that took us from March to approximately to June.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

We had already approximately like 20 users already in the system, but obviously as a new launch, I gave them for trial, like for that long, because all I wanted them to give me just feedback so I can make it better.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

And then once we launched in July, in June 2022, we got them converted into paying customer, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

And then in addition, in the last- Well, yeah, but how?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

So I had a deal with them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

I said that I'm going to give it to you approximately from March to... We had a plan to launch it initially in May.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

So I told them by the end of the May, you like it, you stay with me, you don't like it, thank you so much.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

But then I extended it another month, obviously.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

So they already knew I was expecting them to convert.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

And out of 20, we had approximately 18... Not 18, like 17 convert.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

The rest didn't want to continue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

So we had to...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

you know, just let them go.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

Oh, we have five user free plan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

So I made it, you know, that's my kind of fulfillment, you know, and giving understood.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

So we have five users, up to five users.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

It's for free of charge forever.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How he bootstrapped to $45k MRR in under 6 months for Employee Engagement SaaS

It's free forever.