Thomas van der Klei
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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
big forces fighting each other.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
And we were sort of like the bull being kicked around at that point.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
So it's, it's, I can't put it, you know, how much, how, how large is that company in terms of ARR?
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Oh, that company.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
No, we, uh, we sold ads.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
So that was not, that was not recurring revenue.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
That's also one of the reasons why I started the sales business because back then we had quite large customers or nice customers.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
We had like Dell.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
We did like, we did like a 400 K in yearly revenue.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Okay.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Well, you made a smart decision then.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
It was a student company.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Exactly.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
It's the eBay thing.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Craigslist, right?
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Craigslist, yeah.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
There you go.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
We're in lovely Amsterdam.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Everyone is in Amsterdam.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1483 How to Bootstrap to $1M in ARR
Yeah.