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Own Pain Startups

1659 companies built from own pain. Founded to solve a problem the founder personally experienced.

1659
Companies
$364k
Avg MRR
$25.0M
Top MRR
481
With MRR Data

How They Grew

word of mouth426 (26%)
content marketing235 (14%)
enterprise direct sales147 (9%)
product led growth135 (8%)
partnerships130 (8%)
seo71 (4%)
cold email66 (4%)
product hunt launch58 (3%)

Pricing Models

subscription808 (49%)
freemium134 (8%)
one-time119 (7%)
usage-based80 (5%)
free38 (2%)
commission6 (0%)
commission-based2 (0%)
revenue-share1 (0%)
mixed1 (0%)
income-share-agreement1 (0%)
hybrid1 (0%)
consumption-based1 (0%)

Companies (1659)

MovitProby Jason Bergenske

MovitPro is a SaaS platform founded by Jason Bergenske designed to help moving and storage companies manage all operational aspects. The source material is limited to a podcast show note and does not contain details about traction, revenue, or growth metrics.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Responaby Farzad Rashidi

Respona is an all-in-one link-building outreach software co-founded by Farzad Rashidi. The product helps businesses automate their outreach to increase organic traffic from Google search results.

SaaSseovia The SaaS Podcast
Cledaraby Cristina Vila

Cledara is a SaaS platform founded by Cristina Vila that helps companies discover, buy, manage, and cancel subscription software. The company addresses the pain point of subscription management for enterprises dealing with sprawling software stacks.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Boardableby Jeb Banner

Boardable is a board management SaaS product co-founded by Jeb Banner that centralizes communication, document storage, meeting planning, and board operations. The product addresses the specific needs of boards of directors by consolidating all necessary tools into one platform.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
ProsperStackby Tony Sternberg

ProsperStack is a SaaS product founded by Tony Sternberg that helps companies reduce churn by implementing a better cancellation flow. The company appears to focus on retention optimization through improved user offboarding experiences.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Demandwellby Mitch Causey

Demandwell is a B2B SaaS platform founded by Mitch Causey that helps SaaS marketers build sustainable revenue through organic search. The company provides both software tools and coaching services to turn SEO into a repeatable revenue channel for SaaS businesses.

SaaSseosubscriptionvia The SaaS Podcast
Findigsby Steve Carroll

Findigs is a property rent management software co-founded by Steve Carroll that aims to improve the leasing experience for both renters and landlords. The company operates in the property management SaaS space, though limited details are available in the provided source material.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
IPinfoby Ben Dowling

IPinfo is a web service founded by Ben Dowling that provides IP address data to thousands of businesses and developers. The company offers IP geolocation and intelligence services to help organizations understand user locations and network information.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Loopioby Jafar Owainati

Loopio is a SaaS product founded by Jafar Owainati that helps enterprises streamline their RFP (Request for Proposal) response processes. The company serves enterprise customers dealing with complex proposal workflows, though specific traction metrics are not provided in this source.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
SINCby Sam Dolbel

SINC is a SaaS product and mobile app founded by Sam Dolbel that helps companies manage their mobile workforce through timesheets, location tracking, staff scheduling, and job tracking. The company appears to be early-stage, with limited publicly available traction metrics in this source.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Autokloseby Shawn Finder

Autoklose is an all-in-one outbound sales automation platform founded by Shawn Finder in 2016. The product was born from identifying a common pain point among his existing business customers who struggled with sales outreach and automation.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Zammo Digitalby Aaron Zakowski

Zammo Digital is a marketing agency founded by Aaron Zakowski that specializes in helping SaaS companies scale using Facebook ads. The agency works with notable clients including InVision, DigitalOcean, and Treehouse, demonstrating traction with established SaaS brands.

Agencypaid-adsvia The SaaS Podcast
Zinc.ioby Max Kolysh

Zinc.io is an ecommerce lab founded by MIT dropouts Max Kolysh and Doug that builds software products to help Amazon and eBay sellers. The company was born from a student conversation about solving problems for eBay sellers, leading both founders to leave college to pursue the venture.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
MixMaxby Olof Mathe

MixMax is a Gmail productivity plugin co-founded by Olof Mathe, a former Google Gmail designer. The tool enables users to track emails, schedule meetings, create email templates, and schedule sends. Limited traction data is available in this podcast show notes excerpt.

Pluginothervia The SaaS Podcast
Meet Edgarby Laura Roeder

Laura Roeder founded Meet Edgar in 2014 as her first SaaS venture after building a web design and social media consulting business. The social media scheduling and automation platform has grown to over $4 million in annual recurring revenue and has remained self-funded throughout its entire history.

SaaSproduct-led-growthsubscriptionvia The SaaS Podcast
Trackinby Bruno Didier

Trackin is a Y Combinator-backed SaaS platform that helps restaurants manage their delivery operations by connecting managers, drivers, and customers. The company provides an online ordering system, manager dashboard, driver app, and real-time delivery tracking solution. Specific traction metrics and growth channels are not detailed in the available source material.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Design Pickleby Russ Perry

Design Pickle is a productized SaaS service founded by Russ Perry that offers unlimited graphic design support on a flat monthly subscription basis. The company exemplifies the productized service model, turning variable design work into predictable recurring revenue. While specific traction metrics are not provided in this source material, the company's inclusion in John Warrilow's 'Built to Sell' book suggests it achieved notable success and scalability.

SaaSothersubscriptionvia The SaaS Podcast
Opternativeby Aaron Dallek

Opternative, founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Aaron Dallek, is an online service that enables users to get prescriptions for glasses or contacts by completing an eye exam on a computer or tablet, with prescriptions signed by licensed doctors. The company has raised $9.5 million in funding and operates as a telehealth SaaS platform disrupting the traditional optical retail model.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
SellHackby Ryan O'Donnell

SellHack is a SaaS platform founded by Ryan O'Donnell in 2014 that helps salespeople find targeted prospects, build email lists, and verify email addresses. Ryan's background includes experience on Wall Street as a broker and time at Yahoo after Right Media's acquisition, which informed the product's focus on sales prospecting challenges.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Sleeknoteby Mogens Møller

Sleeknote is a SaaS product founded by Mogens Møller that helps eCommerce sites increase email opt-ins without negatively impacting bounce rates or sales. The company appears to be focused on solving a specific pain point in the eCommerce email marketing space.

SaaSothersubscriptionvia The SaaS Podcast
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