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Russ Perry

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
249 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

We are bootstrapped.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

And then about two years ago, we did a debt lending and just borrowed some money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

And that has been the best for us because we cash flow really well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

Our LTV is well over $4,000 and our CAC is anywhere from $600 to $700.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

So we can return on a client in two to three months, as long as we have the cash available.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

We're what you do when you graduate from those marketplaces.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

We find that our services is like the perfect blend between the benefits of an employee, but without the risk or the cost of that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

And you can dial it up, dial it back, add it, distract it, really dynamic with the needs that you have.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

When did you come up with the idea?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

What year?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

2015, after I unsuccessfully tried to run a creative agency for eight years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

and was an unemployed consultant trying to get help.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

And I couldn't find it on the marketplaces.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

And I was like, damn it, there has to be a better way to find reliable help.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

And then you know how the rest of that story goes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

Why was the agency unsuccessful?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

We never specialized.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

We were a generalist agency trying to do too many things to everyone.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

We couldn't develop a process.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
DesignPickle: Bootstrapped, $10m Revenue, Helping 3,000 Brands Get Design Work Done

We couldn't develop a system.

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