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November 12, 2019
$1M ARR
We reached £1m ARR this year. It' took us 3 years to reach this milestone, lots of testing across all areas of the business and $3.2m of funding.
The key things I've learned along this journey that is relevant and important for other founders is that you need serious perseverance as you go on your startup journey. Happy to answer any questions on how we got there.
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Congrats!
I see you are giving a 20% discount to new users. Would you be interested in sharing it on CareerMove?
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If you are interested, let me know
100% interested - let me know how best to get in touch?
I sent you a Twitter DM
That sounds amazing, would love to have further insight into it all!
Plus I've just created a 7 Figure Club group, early days yet, but do come along!
Thanks i will check it out!
How many employees do you currently have?
17
Congratulations 🥳 @astpackham. A great milestone achieved!
Testing and persistence! Yep...understood.
Did the investment make it harder or easier?
Psychologically?
Practically?
Congrats. Contentcal has great design and looks beautiful. Keep move.
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing the capital required to get you to the 1MM monthly run rate. That's super helpful in planning growth and capital needs.
One area I'm targeting for growth is partnerships (my product targets agencies, too). Would you be open to talking about a marketing partnership in 2020?
Sure!
Amazing work, congrats. What are next steps for you?
Raising some more & growth :)
Best of luck!
Well done. Only gets harder from here 📈
Congrats man. Serious milestone. What was the most effective channel for you guys after the initial customers?
Let’s say from 100 - 1,000 customers
Word of mouth and organic are by far our best. On the paid side, Google/FB/Blogger outreach the best :)
Dude I think you pitched to us around 3 years ago when I worked at Forever Beta (an ad agency), congrats on the amazing progress!
I did! Remember meeting you. Thanks so much!
Congrats! What’s your paying customers % split between pricing tiers?
Most of our customers are on our 'Company' plan. I cant share exact figures online but that makes up the most of our customers and revenue :)
So inspiring. My SAAS is making $400/month. Been struggling to scale. Would you mind if I emailed you the techniques I've been trying and getting some feedback? Thanks.
Sure please do - alex at contentcal dot co
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For first 100 customers there was a split around word of mouth, referrals and outbound sales. Nothing else worked properly for initial traction!