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Nathan Latka

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Now by 2023, they said, man, how do we get more into the software world?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

They wrote code that is now called Podplay and they spun it out officially in 2025 this year with an $8

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

in Series A, you know, sold the typical amount you sell in a Series A. Now they're scaling.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

They've got about $3 million of contracted revenue on this platform, serving 200 locations, about 10 courts per location.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Folks paying for their software to run these locations are paying between $2K and $6K per year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Hardware clients going up closer to $10K.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

But if you check out the site podplay.com, you'll see how they're building community.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

They're helping create viral moments, additional revenue streams, and really helping local

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Folks, create community, which we need more of in this age of AI where everyone gets stuck behind their computer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Ben, thank you for taking us to the top.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Sure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Thanks for having me.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

You won't believe this CEO's revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He Turned Pickleball Software into a $3M/yr SaaS

Click here to watch the next episode right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $50M ARR in Vertical SaaS | Vantaca's HOA Software Playbook

What you bootstrapped to in terms of revenue before you took out external capital in 2022?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $50M ARR in Vertical SaaS | Vantaca's HOA Software Playbook

Okay, so between five and 10 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $50M ARR in Vertical SaaS | Vantaca's HOA Software Playbook

Sure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $50M ARR in Vertical SaaS | Vantaca's HOA Software Playbook

If you were doing call it high single digit millions in 2022, let's do the worst case, 5 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $50M ARR in Vertical SaaS | Vantaca's HOA Software Playbook

And you also said you 10x'd since then.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapping to $50M ARR in Vertical SaaS | Vantaca's HOA Software Playbook

That would put you at around 50 million ARR this year.