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RJ Friedlander

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
199 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

So no, the $28 million was not all into the balance sheet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

There was secondary plus investment for growth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Well, last year, probably you do math quicker than I do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

And in 2017, we grew 36, almost 37%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

This year, we're over 30% growth and we're expecting strong growth next year as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

If you say so.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Well, what happened was it's a combination.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Today, our core product or the backbone of our product suite is the online reputation.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Most hotel brands have a product there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

So our growth is coming from stealing or acquiring brands that are using different products.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

So that's a part of the growth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Yeah, exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Yeah, we have a phenomenal success rate there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Our churn rate is less than 10%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Absolutely.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

That's great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

This is one of the reasons we were able to grow is because we always focused on data, the product,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

proposition clients um myself and the other two founders we didn't come from the hotel industry so we didn't have the hubris or arrogance to think we knew what our clients needed we were really good curators of listening to what they said they needed and then actually developing the right product for the for the market based on those inputs and um by that focus on data that focus on value proposition really listening and developing the right product it allowed us to have a

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

a really exceptionally high renewal rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1580 Why ReviewPro CEO Sold 80% For $28M in 2016 and How He Grew to $15M in ARR Today

Actually, I can't answer that question.