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Wes Schaeffer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
219 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

I mean, twice they had $50 million less than a year apart.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

So I think they're somewhere around $150 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

And, you know, that's how they've chosen to go.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

I mean, HubSpot went public and, you know, they're killing it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

Oh, I don't know if HubSpot in general, I think the market in general has caught up.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

They are not as unique as they were seven years ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

And so HubSpot and Infusionsoft, in a way, it's kind of like Cadillac versus Chevy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

You know, they do so much more.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

They have a CMS, much better integrated reporting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

It's a different tool.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

It's certainly priced differently.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

But there is overlap.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

Entreport is much more of a direct competitor.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

Now you have like ActiveCampaign.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

I mean, you can get started with 90% of the features of Infusionsoft on ActiveCampaign for $49 a month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

And so I'm wrapping in some done-for-you services, some all-you-can-eat support model, kind of like a WP Curve model.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

Well, absolutely, because I've been around CRMs for...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 101: 7 Kids and $500k In Revenue With Wes Schaeffer

since at least 2000.