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Mo Abbas

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
192 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

So we actually have one that's active.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

We do ISAs on the apprentice side.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

So there's a small... Apprentices who are dedicated on launching a career in digital marketing, they have the option of joining our Acadian Plus program where it's an ISA model.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

We help them launch a career.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

It's more touch points.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

It's a more in-depth experience.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

And then we do an ISA income share agreement.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

for them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

And so we do monetize both sides.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

And the next focus is to extract, really to deliver more value to our businesses because we create a lot of hiring relationships in the Canadian, but it's positive churn and it's also a revenue generating opportunity.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

So the future is one where we help businesses find talent, not just get help, but find an onboard talent around the world.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

I know the ISA program has grown about fivefold in the last year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

And it's all been through the marketplace.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

So we don't actually market externally.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

It's just an offering we have.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

It's almost like a freemium model in the marketplace itself.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

I mean, to be honest

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

where our revenue was... We actually had slightly higher revenue at one time, and then it dipped quite dramatically.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

When we refocused on quality over quantity, we grew our revenues very quickly in 2019.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace

And it was in an unsustainable way where we were selling members that were churning very rapidly.