Bootstrapping Your SaaS From Zero to $3MM in ARR in Less Than 2 Years with Ankit Dudhwewala | Podcast #41

SaaS District

This episode is sponsored by Preppr, a visual planning and publishing tool of content on social media channels like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

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Ankit is the Co-Founder of Appitsimple Infotek, CallHippo & SofttwareSuggest, he’s an experienced entrepreneur, Marketing Lead, Salesman & head of Growth, most notably Ankit has bootstrapped his first Startup from concept to profit in less than 2 years.

During this interview we cover:

• 00:00 - Preppr | Collect Likes While Sleeping (A Word From The Sponsor)
• 01:02: - Intro
• 01:52 - The Need For Finding The Right Software
• 03:28 - Building & Launching SoftwareSuggest in 45 Days While Working Full Time
• 04:47 - The Decision Behind Bootstrapping Software Suggest
• 06:51 - Paying The Building Engineers on Equity
• 08:32 - Launching CallHippo VS Doubling Down on Software Suggest
• 11:12 - Strategies to Reduce The Payback Period on Both Startups
• 12:32 - Learnings of SoftwareSuggest for CallHippo Launch
• 16:54 - Key Metrics For a SaaS Owner of 2 Startups
• 21:05 - How to Structure Capital & Where to focus Budget for Bootstrapped Startups
• 22:43 - Hiring Critical & Non-Critical Roles
• 25:52 - User Churn Management for Bootstrapped Startups
• 30:45 - Building an MVP Quickly or Focus Efforts on Perfecting the Product
• 33:45 - Ankit’s most bullish Industry for a New Venture
• 36:03 - Get in Touch with Ankit
• 36:34 - Outro

Terms:

• NPS
• LTV
• CAC

Companies:

• Slack

Get in touch with Ankit:

• Ankit’s Linkedin

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More about Akeel:

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Saas Podcast
• SaaS Consulting
• How to Value a SaaS Company