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Mark Abbott

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698 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

The system will place an order for 100 units that will show up two weeks later for distribution with the correct forms and everything for them to use to make that day go smoothly for their school fundraiser.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

And then they get a check from us and the supplier gets a check from us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

So we take out from both sides of the platform.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

We take a little bit from the supplier.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

So by adding on a small fee to each unit sold,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

not dissimilar to what Airbnb does.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

And then on the backside, we take five to 10% of the retail price.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

So the end consumer is paying a little bit as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

So we track a lot of different, we track about 28 different things, but the revenue driving things that we like to pay attention to are the number of campaigns on the platform.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

So how many organizations come in and do a fundraising campaign with us and how many of them do a second and third one?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

Basically, once you do two, you're going to do five on average.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

So that's our churn rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

We pay attention to that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

We also look at how much you raise.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

So a typical fundraising campaign will sell about $3,000 worth of product.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

which is which which is about 270 for us right so we're watching that metric also of how much and then

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

diving into that a little bit, we're looking at what products you're selling, what the average price point of the product is, what the markup of the price is, because you can adjust your markup as an organizer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

You're not locked into a price.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?

You can actually custom make your prices.