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Nathan Latka

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
224696 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

I mean, are you happy with that?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

And I'm obviously, you know, I run a debt fund.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

So anytime I have the opportunity to talk to an early stage founder like you about debt, I do it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Can you tell me how you structure debt on this business with $5 million ARR?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Is it a term loan?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Is it a 13% interest rate?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Are there warrants?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

How do you structure it?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

With warrants, right, Jared?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

So to sum all that up, you're at $5 million of revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

You keep your leverage under 10% of revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

So you have less than $500,000 of debt on the balance sheet today.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

That way that debt is structured is about a 10% interest rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

But the lender also has under 10% sort of an equity position in the company as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Jared, wrapping up here, if somebody offered you 10X your ARR, so $50 million all cash upfront today to buy the business, do you sell?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Do you have their phone number?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Guys, there we have it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Jared, yay, man.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman

Check him out.