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Sri Shalapa

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
159 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

So really our first year of revenue was 2016.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

And we started off, you know, really focusing on the engagement part of the product, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

We were focusing on how to actively engage employees, how to keep them connected in the organization.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

So we started off with employee social, gamification, things like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

And then later we became more of a talent management suite.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

Well, the first customer was my previous customer,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

That's how we kind of built the product around their needs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

And then after that, it was just a hustle, man.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

It's not easy, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

After that, it was a hustle.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

We started doing some PPCs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

We started doing some cold email campaigns.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

And that basically was it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

PPC, we spend about $20,000 a month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

Our payback period is typically within six to nine months to get a new customer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

But PPC is not the only thing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

We do have an SDR team as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

My company is about 102 people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

Sales folks, well, sales and marketing is two different, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Bootstrapped Employee Performance SaaS hits $3.6m ARR, Up from $2.4m, Valued at $40m

So sales itself is about 18, 20, something like that.