Michael Hollauf
👤 Speaker
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total appearances
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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
We did a small seed round about eight years ago, about 600K euros.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
Oh, wow.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
Exactly.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
So MindMeister is actually a 10-year anniversary now.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
So we raised the money two years into the business because we saw money coming in, but we wanted to stop the side business we had going.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
We had a project.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
service side business going, like doing websites for other companies.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
And we kind of want to stop that.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
And that's where we raised the money.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
It was close to zero.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
2015, we only launched a paid plan in September.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
So we had a couple of paying users.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
What's the number?
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
Maybe 20 grand.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
20 grand.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
It was 2.5 million, I think.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
We have those combined.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
So the monthly return was 250 total.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
I think 220 was MindMeister and about the 30 of MeisterTask.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 398: 5 Million Users, $250k in MRR, SaaS Founder Michael Hollauf of MindMiester.com
Yes.