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Steven Benson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
381 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

So it's a monthly service.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

It's $18 and $35 or $66 a month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Average is probably $35 a month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

2012.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Actually, today is January 4th, 2017, and the business was started on January 5th, 2012.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Oh, very cool.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Five.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

2012.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Uh, we, uh, we've had a team, uh, from the beginning there were, uh, there, there are three co-founders.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Um, and, uh, and, and so we've, we've all always, uh, I guess we've, we've,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

we've always been really close and work together very close, work together around the clock.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

And, and, and, and it's been a great ride so far.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Not exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

But, but that's, that's one way to do it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Well, I think, you know, the,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

When you're splitting up equity, I guess the key pieces is that everyone gets a fair deal, but also different people have different things that are driving them at the time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

So some people want more money and salary and ability to make money up front, and other people are more comfortable being paid in a more, I guess, equity-heavy way.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

um, uh, comp package.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

So that's kind of the, the, the trade, the main trade off is are people spending all their time with it?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 560: Badger Maps Does $1.2M in 2016, $120k MRR, Looking to 3x with CEO Steven Benson

Um, will they, and then, uh, I guess the, another major thing to consider is, um, is not, not giving people equity, um,