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Todd Olson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
613 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

And look, the reality is it's paid off.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

well, sorry, I have two slides here.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

So you're gonna have to do unscalable things at every stage.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Even today, I do things that are like,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

I can't believe I'm doing this.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

We're nearly 1,000 people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

We are nearly 1,000 employees, and there's still things I do today that everyone's like, why are you spending your time doing it?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

One, I like doing it, and two, it helps me be more effective and helps us hit our goals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

We have grown very rapidly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

I am not a bootstrap business, so I hope that doesn't disappoint anyone in the room.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

But we announced that we crossed $100 million in ARR.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Last year, we're growing north of 50%, so you can get a sense of where we are.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

It's about a year later from that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

We'll probably end the year just under $200 million in ARR.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

And we've gone from basically zero to that in under eight years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

And, yeah, still, honestly, our best days are far ahead of us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

So, look...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

I'm gonna talk about two areas because to talk about three would not fit within 40 minutes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

I'm gonna give you a bonus story at the end about my third.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

These are the three things I care about.