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Nathan Latka

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
223769 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Are you planning to increase the quota for the current sales team?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

So you mentioned a fundraiser.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

How much have you raised to date?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

When did you raise the 900,000?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Okay, so that was your seed, call it your pre-seed round.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Most folks are selling, you know, 20% of their company in a pre-seed round.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Were you in that same area?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Okay, so sorry, 900,000 raised on like a 9 million post money, something like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

And you still own, are you the only founder?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Okay, so two co-founders each own 80%, well, they own 80% together right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Now, did you guys split the company evenly at the start or did you get more because it was your idea?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Okay, so investors today own 20%, no ESOP pool?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Okay, and you're raising today, you said you're targeting three, how much?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

And what valuation are you hoping to hit?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

The trickier part is you're doing $350,000 a year in revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

A $20 million valuation represents a 57x multiple, which is a very high multiple.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

So how do you get there?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

What do you need the money for?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?

Why is this so expensive to build?