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How 755 startups used other to grow. Here's what the data says about what they actually did.

755
Companies
$175k
Avg MRR
$2.5M
Top MRR
46%
$50k+ Hit Rate

Most Used Tools (173 companies)

Notion18 (10%)
TweetHunter14 (8%)
HypeFury14 (8%)
AudioPen14 (8%)
Descript14 (8%)
ConvertKit14 (8%)
Riverside.fm13 (8%)
HubSpot12 (7%)
Slack9 (5%)
LinkedIn9 (5%)
Twitter9 (5%)
Evernote8 (5%)
Stripe6 (3%)
YouTube6 (3%)
Mercury5 (3%)

How They Got Their First Customer

wife's dental practice (friends and family testing)1
public pitches and talks, accelerator exposure1
Services before products - made $60k in a week selling services1
Product Hunt launch for initial traffic, then YouTube influencer outreach campaign1
Influencer campaigns1
Direct sales to TGS (a grocery delivery startup in Egypt)1
Direct engagement - Curtis began by disputing a single review for his first client through a chance encounter1
Co-founder friend with whom Kevin pooled money to start acquiring businesses.1
Chance encounter with United Therapeutics founder Martine Rothblatt1
Business to Professor model - partnering with professors to get classes to use the tool1

Time to PMF

12 months2
under 8 months1
under 12 months1
around six months1
7 months1
60 days1
6 months1
5 weeks1
5 months1
4 months1

Top Companies by MRR (755)

Attestby Jeremy King

Attest is a research platform founded by Jeremy King that connects companies with over 125 million consumers worldwide to conduct market research faster. The platform enables direct engagement between businesses and consumers for research purposes.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Planorama Designby Matt Genovese

Planorama Design is a UX and UI design agency founded by Matt Genovese that specializes in helping complex software projects reach market faster. The source material provides limited traction details beyond the company's basic description and focus area.

Agencyothervia The SaaS Podcast
Data Talksby Stefan Lavén

Data Talks is a customer data platform (CDP) founded by Stefan Lavén that specializes in helping sports organizations leverage data to create enhanced supporter experiences. The company targets the sports industry niche where fan engagement and data-driven decision-making are critical.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
LeadDeltaby Vedran Rasic

LeadDelta is a SaaS product co-founded by Vedran Rasic designed to help users build and manage better relationships with their LinkedIn connections. The product focuses on relationship management through the LinkedIn platform.

SaaSothervia 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
Interactby Josh Haynam

Interact is a SaaS platform founded by Josh Haynam that enables users to create quizzes, assessments, and giveaways to build email lists or qualify leads. The source material is limited to a podcast show notes excerpt and does not contain detailed traction metrics or growth information.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Fleetioby Tony Summerville

Fleetio is a SaaS product founded by Tony Summerville that helps businesses automate fleet operations tasks and maintain their vehicles and equipment. The company was featured in a SaaS Club podcast episode, though detailed traction metrics and growth information are not provided in the available source material.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Whaleby Gary Vanbutsele

Whale is a SaaS platform for knowledge transfer and employee training, co-founded by Gary Vanbutsele. The source material is limited to a podcast show note and does not provide detailed traction metrics or operational information.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
UserZoomby Alfonso de la Nuez

UserZoom is a SaaS platform co-founded by Alfonso de la Nuez that provides actionable UX insights to help businesses design and deliver better digital experiences. The company focuses on enabling organizations to gather and act on user feedback to improve their products.

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
Street Groupby Heather Staff

Street Group is a UK-based B2B SaaS company co-founded by Heather Staff that aims to modernize the real estate industry and the home moving process. The company focuses on bringing modern solutions to a traditionally outdated sector.

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
Geocodioby Michele Hansen

Geocodio is a SaaS product founded by Michele Hansen that provides geocoding and data matching services for addresses. The company offers a straightforward and easy-to-use platform for businesses needing address validation and geocoding capabilities.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Introhiveby Jody Glidden

Introhive is an AI-powered SaaS platform co-founded by Jody Glidden that helps companies improve sales by analyzing large datasets and understanding relationship graphs. The source material is minimal and does not provide detailed traction metrics or growth information.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Rallyby Jordan Gal

Rally is a headless checkout platform co-founded by Jordan Gal that enables e-commerce merchants to have greater control over their checkout experience. The company operates in the SaaS space serving online retailers seeking more flexibility in their payment flows.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Growth Gorillaby Alan Silvestri

Growth Gorilla is an agency founded by Alan Silvestri that provides content promotion services for B2B SaaS companies. The agency positions itself as offering straightforward, no-nonsense content promotion strategies.

Agencyothervia The SaaS Podcast
ThoughtExchangeby Dave MacLeod

ThoughtExchange is an enterprise SaaS tool co-founded by Dave MacLeod that helps leaders quickly gain critical insights and make better decisions. The company was featured on the SaaS Club podcast, though specific traction metrics and growth details are not provided in the source material.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Skeddaby Jon Fagg

Skedda is a SaaS platform founded by Jon Fagg that provides reservation and scheduling solutions for spaces including meeting rooms, sports venues, and professional studios. The company operates as a reservation management system designed to help venue operators streamline their booking processes.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Kreplingby Liam Gerada

Krepling is an e-commerce platform for online stores founded by Liam Gerada. The source provided is minimal and contains only basic identifying information without traction data or business details.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
Workpulsby Ryan Fyfe

Workpuls is an employee monitoring and time tracking software founded by Ryan Fyfe, who previously built Humanity, an employee scheduling software product. Limited details are available in this source material.

SaaSothervia The SaaS Podcast
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