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Nathan Latka

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
223769 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

So of your full-time team, how many folks are actually writing code on a daily basis?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

How many are sales reps with the quota?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

And every SaaS partner is listening right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

They always struggle with how to hire and structure their first sales hire.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

How did you come up with the quota for your first sales hire?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

That's great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

Any plans to raise capital or you're going to stay bootstrapped, basically bootstrapped?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

And do you think you can get like a 40 or 50 million valuation?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

How do you get there today?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

I mean, it has nothing to do with you.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

It's just the macroeconomic trends right now are just no one's writing checks.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

And if you had a choice of raising $2 million on a $40 million valuation or taking $20 million all cash up front today to sell the whole company, which one would you take?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

But you have to go capture that market.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

I understand it's big, it's taken you 10 years to grow to four and a half 5 million bucks in revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

So what are you changing?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

doubling every year or more profitable is uh well you didn't double the past 12 months just to be clear you grew 20 the past 12 months that's what you just told me yeah but the year but the year before we more than double understood understood let's we're rooting for you obviously i'm just pushing you here so let's wrap up with the famous five number one what's the last book that you read um

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

Number two, is there a CEO you're following or studying?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

Is there a founder that you're following or studying?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
SaaS For Power Grids Hits $5m ARR Charging $5 Per Utility Meter

Number three, what's your favorite online tool for building venues?