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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

So we're, we're toying with the idea.

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

So, uh, depending on where you guys are at, I mean, you probably get hit with all the emails.

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

Hey, you know, would it be helpful if we met, you know, even if you're not looking to raise, you know, the, the typical, there's, there's one guy who trains all these guys how to set, how to send an email, uh, cause it's the same template.

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

But, um, it's like right when you hit 200 K a month, there's some API they have into Stripe that just tells them, start sending those emails to that guy.

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

Right.

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

Um, but no, so I, I actually started taking those calls just to see what's what, right.

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

I, I,

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

I didn't go to school for any financial stuff.

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

I walked out of college after six weeks.

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

I'm a sales and marketing guy.

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

I've never been in the VC world.

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

I've never played there.

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

So once we started to get success, I was like, well, what are these guys about?

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

What are they going to talk about?

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

You know, what are they going to look at?

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

And so I actually used them three times in the last three and a half years to dissect our business and tell me what's wrong with it.

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

Right.

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

They're all going to be, you know, like, oh, your business is so great.

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

Right up until the point where you're like, give me money.

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

And then they want to tell you what everything that's wrong with your business.