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Nathan Latka

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225942 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

1% or 2% kept it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

But anyways, in 2017, he moved on, got a co-founder, kept about 80% of the new business law, Maddox.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

In 2018, got his first customer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

Those first 100 customers really came from 5K a month on Google Ads, a couple key conferences that they went to spending 5 to 10K, ultimately doubled down in 2020 with a $2.5 million seed round where he sold, caught between 15% and 20% of the business, broke a million of ARR around this time, then did a $10 million Series A at, quote, a really good valuation, higher than a $30 million valuation.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

In 2024...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

The company outgrew its co-founder, who left, who's about 23 engineers, but he's scaled nicely today, increasing ARPU from about $60 a month from earlier customers to $400 a month today, serving thousands of customers, 12 million of ARRs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

They continue to scale with their team of 70 in the world of lawyers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

Lawmatics.com, check it out.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

Matt, thanks for taking us to the top.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

Thank you, Nathan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

All right, guys.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

You won't believe this CEO's revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How to Scale to $12M ARR: The Serial Founder Playbook for Vertical SaaS and Agentic AI

Click here to watch the next episode right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $5M ARR: How Kukun Scales SaaS for Banks and Fintechs

What revenue or what salary you gave up to go all in on the startup?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $5M ARR: How Kukun Scales SaaS for Banks and Fintechs

Close to a million dollars a year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $5M ARR: How Kukun Scales SaaS for Banks and Fintechs

A lot of other products.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $5M ARR: How Kukun Scales SaaS for Banks and Fintechs

If you have 20 paying customers, right, paying $20,000 per month, that would put your monthly recurring revenue around $400,000 per month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $5M ARR: How Kukun Scales SaaS for Banks and Fintechs

Is that a fair calculation?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $5M ARR: How Kukun Scales SaaS for Banks and Fintechs

Yes, correct.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $5M ARR: How Kukun Scales SaaS for Banks and Fintechs

How much time do you need?