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Manan Vora

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
121 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

Right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

So essentially, we were in beta for about four to six months before that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And the thing is, we started with private launches.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

We launched the entire platform for one person only.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And then we tested that entire piece out for two months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And after that, we opened it up for beta customers all around the world.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And essentially, our first customers came in through that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

We got a bunch of referrals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And the first beta customers that we signed on, all of them went out and spoke to other people about the platform.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

Yeah, so beta, a lot of them were people that I knew because I had worked in the industry.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

So the initial few customers were relatively easier for us to get because I've had personal connects with them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And then maybe like the first five users was easy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And then after that, it was mostly referrals and word of mouth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

Right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

So we have 150 active paying users.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

Right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

So we have a lot of these B2B review websites, Trustpilot and whatnot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

So a lot of them are coming in from there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

And then about a third still come in from reference.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Advensure Launches, Hits 125 Customers in 4 Months Using 1 Big Channel

So we are still looking to start our marketing spend now.