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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

And so we're careful.

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

There's a balance between being too conservative and too aggressive.

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

But we use a lot of our own technology and we learn from other people's techniques to make our technology better.

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

We're 15 full-time.

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

We've got a sales team in Chicago of four, and then we have 11 in San Diego.

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

We also have an office in San Francisco where I'm the primary user of the office in San Francisco.

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

I'm probably there three days a week on average.

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

So we are hiring.

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

That's something that is probably the greatest limitation right now is finding the right talent.

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

I'm very proud that we've built a remarkable team.

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

You cash flow positive yet with your headcount?

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

We could get cash flow positive within 60 days if we wanted to.

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

No, we would not.

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

Yes.

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

We're a culture of commitment.

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

So we are very committed to our people.

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

Firing people would be a big failure on my part.

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

We would, yeah, we'd cut salaries and we'd cut variable marketing.

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

Yeah, I'm sorry.

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

I was going to add something to that.