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Matt Prados

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
294 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

He didn't like us on Glassdoor.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

Somebody needs to start a review site for employees.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

I know it's illegal, so we can't do it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

But can you imagine if you got to look at the reviews from employers about employees before you hired them?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

Because, man, the things they say about us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

It's bootstrapped.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

So, I mean, certain, you know, key employees and whatnot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

Um, we did have one small, like early, early, you know, 150 K from, uh, angel at that point was a strategic kind of deal, but, uh, we've never spent the money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

It's been in the bank the whole time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

Uh, it did allow us to, you know, tell people we had money in the bank.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

made a few hires easier, but, but no, we've I'm a hundred percent, you know, bootstrap guy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

We've never had a burn rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

I couldn't sleep at night having a burn rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

I would just go nuts.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

Yeah, so we started at $99 a month, and I hate annual prepays, so we never did them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

And we were free trials.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

So the first 30 days was free, and then it was $99 a month on a month-to-month kind of contract.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation

And we've, over the six years, moved that from a $99 starting point to $299, $399, $499, with another $300 available add-on.