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Ryan Smith

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
313 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

I mean, like when we look at international, you know, we're looking at a magic number.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

When do we when do we want to equal one?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

Right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

And, you know, depending on the market, one year payback period, two years, three years, depending on how big we're going.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

Right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

And then we reevaluate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

We reevaluate constantly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

Hey, do we want to keep going?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

We want to keep doubling down.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

A lot of it depends on the overall pocket of our business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

I look at everything as bets.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

You know, what big bets are we making?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

I really don't think about it that way.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

I don't think I'm a person that gets really excited about my own business in the way that I see a lot of entrepreneurs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

They're just so excited about their own business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

I think that's a blind spot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

I think you need to be really โ€“ you need to really understand what's the value that the customer is getting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

And if they're getting value, then you'll figure out the economics.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

I mean look at our story.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
931 Qualtrics "Well Past" $250m in ARR, When Will The Go Public?

We started with the worst โ€“