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May Al-Kharouni

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
212 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

So kind of a 10 million kind of valuation for us is fine.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

Exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

Yeah, we're going to I'm going to keep continuing for the next couple of months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

Obviously, COVID has been quite an interesting period for fundraise.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

So we're not going to go straight into like a big raise straight away.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

I'll probably wait till quarter two and see how we grow and then reevaluate everything then.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

I'm the sole founder, so I've still got quite a lot of control.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

As a marketplace, how do you measure churn?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

Actually, it's based on the enterprise side.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

So how much they're paying and up to December, we've had 100% retention, which has been really interesting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

I expect probably a 5% going forward just from COVID because we deal with a few hotel groups.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

So when they come up for renewal, we might lose a couple of them for a while.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

Yeah, so basically the internal reuse would help the hospitality trade.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

At the moment, they're pretty shut in the UK.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

So it's about just waiting and see.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

We haven't lost anyone yet, but my prediction is they're probably the worst hit, I'd say.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

From a COVID perspective, actually, it's been very helpful in a bittersweet way because

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

retailers are closing stores, they're refurbing, they're restructuring their real estate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

So actually, it's been very profitable on that side.