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Ryan Urban

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
730 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

So that's a good Friday.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

We're we got to get a little loopy after this.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

I got to take my green pants off and wave them around the office.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

Um, but almost was before this.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

So, um, yeah, it was, um, I had to leave.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

Well, it, it wasn't, it wasn't deciding to leave.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

It was, it was already pre-decided probably before I got there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

It was a matter of, Hey, was I going to get traction with, with bounce exchange or not?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

Was I going to be able to pull the right co-founder or not?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

I started working on it in probably 2010, but I was already in my 30s at that point.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

So I know you only have like one or two good shots.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

I wanted to take my time and really like test out different versions of the product, test out different revenue models.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

Once I figured out what was going to work and had the right people, you really need someone good to go into battle with.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

That was a mistake I made in my 20s where I was always pretty good at executing on things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

And the issue with that is you can take really bad ideas, which all my ideas then were and still probably are, but I can make a bad idea work for too long.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

It wouldn't fail.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

I'm like, oh, it's not going to fail.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

I'll just make it work.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
From $0 to $17,000,000 In 2015 With NYC Based SaaS Company, EP 253: Ryan Urban

That's right.