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Pavan Boob

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
136 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Are those accurate terms?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

No, it's 125K for 5% of the business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Yes, it's two people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

We have some drivers on contract, but the full-time team is two people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

So it started from a personal pain actually.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

We were working from garage after Identified was acquired by Workday.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

We stayed there for a year and decided to start our own company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Uh, not as much, but we made good money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Like when we left, we still had left a bunch of money on the table because, uh, you know, you have, uh, bonuses for two years and we left after a year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Got it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

So, um, yeah, so I had a commute that was 40 miles one way.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

So close to 80 miles round trip.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

And every, you know, a few days I would run out of gas, uh,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

And like most people, you remember to fill up gas only when you see your dashboard light.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

So, and then the worst part is if you're commuting, then most of the time you're in the car when you're commuting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

So you're in rush hours, you see the dashboard light and you know, you're not spending like 20, 25 minutes going to the gas station.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

Now you're like stuck in traffic, trying to get out, get back in, you know, all those extra hoops.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 349: He's Really Smart So Why'd He Quit for Startup?

And that kind of stuff kept on happening over and over again.