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Steli Efti

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
217 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

But what is the in-between?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

And what do we do if the first batch of results we get are not quite clear?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

Do we kill it?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

Do we double down?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

We're just really thinking through

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

Before you get into testing new channels, what you're going to do with the results that come back in each scenario can make a dramatic difference on how fast and how successful you execute on A-B tests or new channel explorations.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

I mean, you get what you can get.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

It doesn't matter what the average numbers are.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

I mean, of course, everything affects everything.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

But ultimately, you have to look at your individual company and your team and your situation and the demand you can create for what you do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

You can be an outlier.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

You can be an average.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

You can be what most people are going to be in most companies way below average.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

So I think that it's good to be aware of what the temperature in the market is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

but I think much more important is that you're aware, really self-aware of what the temperature is in your own company, your business and with what you do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

So yes, be aware of it, but there's still companies out there that demand a really high premium because they can.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

And there's gonna be companies in markets where everything is selling for crazy multiple.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

that are going to struggle to demand anything near that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

So I think it's important to be aware what the market is, but I think more importantly, you need to know that every business, it's a totally different case.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 463: Close.io More Than $200k MRR, 500 Customers, $400 ARPU with CEO Steli Efti Who Wont Sell for $40M

And the value of your business is determined on what the market is willing to pay for it and what you are able to create in terms of market demand.