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Olin Hyde

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
170 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

both from a governance perspective and leadership team, to take the company to $100 million in revenue in less than five years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

We have 90 lifetime customers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

We have about 55 on this current product line.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

Well, it's interesting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

We actually do something called cohort vintage analysis, where we look at how the revenue and behavior of our customers change based on when they sign up.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

And so we've gotten much better at selecting customers that will rebook, and we've gotten much better at saying no to customers that we think will be a one-time only customer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

So our rebooking rate has gone up dramatically since January.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

What's the expansion, though?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

Well, the revenue, the average order size in January was around 5,000, and now we're at 20,000.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

So it's gone up substantially as we've gotten better at selecting customers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

Well, I was in San Francisco and got in an Uber ride with a venture capitalist, and he said no to me.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

He was unfortunate to meet me on the street.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

We rode from Market and 3rd Street to Palo Alto, where I was pitching my ass off.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

And he kept on saying no, no, no, no, no, but he gave me a customer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

just to get rid of me.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

And I think he now calls me Mr. Relentless.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

So far, they've been worth about $40,000.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

And they've rebooked with us four times.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

I'd much rather have them as a customer than have his money as a VC.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
799: SaaS: How He Grew To $200k MRR, $2m Raised at $7m Cap

No, and I think that those margins, the really super high margins, 85%, 90%, are not necessarily sustainable for the long run.