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1424 He Launched CRM in 2003, Bootstrapped, now $3.5m in ARR

1424 He Launched CRM in 2003, Bootstrapped, now $3.5m in ARR

FromSaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders


1424 He Launched CRM in 2003, Bootstrapped, now $3.5m in ARR

FromSaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Craig is the founder and CEO of SalesNexus (https://salesnexus.com/) ? Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:40 – Why he transitioned to SaaS 1:00 – How SalesNexus has grown to scale by bootstrapping 1:15 – Why the average customer pays them $150-$200 each month 1:30 – How he launched the company back in 2003 as a side-hustle 2:30 – Why they have grown to serve 5,000 total customers today 3:00 – How they manage implementation in-house to drive customer success 3:50 – Why SalesNexus is doing $3.5M in ARR 5:20 – How they added marketing automation features to increase pricing 5:55 – Why they have scaled from $3.25M in ARR 12 months ago 6:20 – How the average customer stays with them for 5 years 7:35 – Why driving customization leads to stickiness for SalesNexus 8:20 – How they are landing new customers via online advertising 9:15 – Why they are spending $300 in CAC right now 10:20 – How their team has grown to 20 full-time employees in Houston 11:10 – Why they are cash flow positive today 11:30 – How Craig still seems room for growth today 13:50 – The Famous Five
Released:
Jun 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Over 10M founders, CEO's, and investors have downloaded this 15 minute daily podcast from Nathan Latka. Each day Latka interviews a software (SaaS) CEO and gets them to share how they've grown (or not) so fast all backed by hard data points. To date, over 1000 CEO's have been interviewed that together do over $6b in revenue, have raised over $5b, and employ more than 180,000 employees. The magazine for CEO's: http://nathanlatka.com/magazine The Book for CEO's: http://nathanlatka.com/bookamazon