Published: Nov. 19, 2016, 10 a.m.
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Timo Rein, CEO and co-founder of Pipedrive, a provider of sales CRM software that gives sales teams control over their selling processes. After spending $15,000 on a CRM for his own business that ended up being a total waste of money, Timo brought together a few engineering friends to create a better CRM solution for his own needs. This was the genesis of Pipe Tribe, which now has over 30,000 small business users worldwide and has reached $13.4 million in VC funding.
Famous Five:
- Favorite Book? \\u2013 Turning Pro
- What CEO do you follow? \\u2013\\xa0 Stephen Curry and Gregg Popovich
- Favorite online tool? \\u2014 Slack and Viber
- Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 \\u201cNo, still trying.\\u201d
- If you could let your 20-year old self know one thing, what would it be? \\u2013 \\u201cTake action. It is important to work hard first. Discover who I am and know where my energy flows.\\u201d
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:47 \\u2013 Nathan introduces Timo to the show
- 02:31 \\u2013 It was in 2002 when Timo spent $15,000 on a business
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- 02:41 \\u2013 It turned out that the business wouldn\\u2019t have much return
- 02:56 \\u2013 Pipe Tribe helps small businesses around the world control their complex processes
- 03:23 \\u2013 Pipe Tribe was founded in June 2010 and the product came out March 2011
- 03:30 \\u2013 Current team size
- 03:48 \\u2013 They have an office in Estonia and Manhattan
- 04:28 \\u2013 Timo is based in California
- 04:50 \\u2013 In 2010, revenue is zero
- 05:30 \\u2013 2015: total revenue
- 06:16 \\u2013 Current ARR
- 06:30 \\u2013 They are doing about a million dollars per month
- 06:48 \\u2013 They have 30,000 paying customers
- 07:00 \\u2013 Pipe Tribe\\u2019s pricing
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- 07:07 \\u2013 They have 3 plans at the moment
- 07:25 \\u2013 Average customers\\u2019 pay per month
- 08:21 \\u2013 They are doing cohort tracking
- 08:30 \\u2013 Monthly customer churn
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- 08:37 \\u2013 Churn tends to be quite high
- 09:32 \\u2013 The churn depends on the tool and business size
- 10:45 \\u2013 CAC will depend on the company\\u2019s growth
- 12:00 \\u2013 25% of new sign-ups are paying annually
- 12:28 \\u2013 How do you drive the company?
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- 12:45 \\u2013 Timo and his co-founders built the company from the ground up
- 13:22 \\u2013 They have an internal goal
- 13:33 \\u2013 They raised $9 million from Series A
- 13:53 \\u2013 Some of the money they raised was from seed investors
- 14:13 \\u2013 Timo won\\u2019t sell his business for $90 million or even $150 million
- 14:49 \\u2013 Timo sees the company as a work undone
- 15:11 \\u2013 \\u201cWhen you build a startup, it seems like you\\u2019re building an airplane while you are on air\\u201d
- 16:22 \\u2013 They have a revenue goal and customer goal
- 16:45 \\u2013 Connect with Timo through his LinkedIn
- 18:25 \\u2013 The Famous Five
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3 Key Points:
- The world around us changes\\u2014the economy goes up and down.
- When you build a startup, it seems like you\\u2019re building an airplane while you are on air.
- Take action. It is important to work hard first. Discover who you are and know where your energy flows.
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Resources Mentioned:
- Toptal\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal\\xa0 for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal\\xa0 developers.
- Host Gator\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
- Freshbooks\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
- Leadpages\\xa0 \\u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
- Audible\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
- Assistant.to \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email.
- Acuity Scheduling \\u2013 Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments
- Drip \\u2013 Nathan uses Drip\\u2019s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel.
- LinkedIn \\u2013 Timo\\u2019s LinkedIn account
- Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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