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Shahed Khan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
166 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

So I would say we had about, um, we had about eight months of burn when we started to think about our series A and then the process itself, like going from initial meetings to term sheet took about two weeks.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

Uh, that was mainly because we were building relationships, um, from our seed to our A. Uh, so it made it a lot easier for us to go in and have some of these initial conversations.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

Um, I would say, uh, above a hundred grand.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

So 16 people, half remote, half here, uh, in San Francisco, I would, and ultimately a video company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

Favorite business book?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

It's not necessarily business, but it's growth-related.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

And I would say it's something that we handed to all of our employees here at Loom and actually did a book club around.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

It's Nir Eyal's book.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

Hooked.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

Yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

Actually, it's a big driver of how we thought about growth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

And then also, Brian Balfour.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

It's not a book.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

He's a person.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

He's also been a big advocate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

And that's kind of

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

helped guide us in terms of how to think about user behavior and user triggers as it relates to product-led growth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

I am.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Throwback: Before Loom Was Worth $1.5b, Founder Describes Paywall Launch

I mean, I'm following Naval pretty closely.