Published: Feb. 14, 2017, 10 a.m.
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Slater Victoroff. He\\u2019s the CEO and founder of Indico Data Solutions. He\\u2019s a poet, a coder, MMA fighter, vegan Buddhist, and Red Letter Christian.
Famous Five:
- Favorite Book? \\u2013 n/a
- What CEO do you follow? \\u2013\\xa0 n/a
- Favorite online tool? \\u2014 Stack Overflow
- Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 No
- If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? \\u2013 Slater hoped he had realized how much he loved programming
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 02:26 \\u2013 Nathan introduces Slater to the show
- 02:45 \\u2013 Indico is a text and image analytics provider
- 03:25 \\u2013 Indico\\u2019s business model
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- 03:52 \\u2013 The enterprise client is their main revenue channel
- 05:09 \\u2013 Indico was founded in 2013
- 05:25 \\u2013 Indico has raised $4.5M
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- 05:30 \\u2013 Indico started with a seed round
- 06:10 \\u2013 How Slater managed having a bridge round
- 07:05 \\u2013 First year revenue
- 07:31 \\u2013 2016 revenue
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- 07:38 \\u2013 Slater is hoping to hit a million dollar revenue for 2017
- 08:03 \\u2013 Average MRR
- 08:22 \\u2013 Indico is a SaaS company
- 08:42 \\u2013 Indico currently has 20 customers
- 09:11 \\u2013 Manulife is working with Indico
- 11:30 \\u2013 Each client of Indico wants to have their own set of algorithms
- 12:00 \\u2013 Nathan summarizes how Indico works
- 12:30 \\u2013 Indico gives their customers an engine
- 13:20 \\u2013 Slater worries about Facebook\\u2019s echo chamber
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- 13:33 \\u2013 \\u201cFacebook\\u2019s algorithm is not designed to create echo chambers\\u201d
- 15:17 \\u2013 Customer churn
- 15:53 \\u2013 Zero spent on marketing
- 16:00 \\u2013 Most funding goes to the engineering team
- 16:12 \\u2013 Team size is 10
- 17:40 \\u2013 The Famous Five
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3 Key Points:
- Having a bridge round does not mean you\\u2019re losing money\\u2014prove that you are growing and need more funding.
- Learn how to work around echo chambers.
- Find out what you love to do and go for it.
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Resources Mentioned:
- 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
- Toptal\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal 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
- Host Gator\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
- Audible\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
- The Top Inbox\\xa0 \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences
- Jamf \\u2013 Jamf helped Nathan keep his Macbook Air 11\\u201d secure even when he left it in the airplane\\u2019s back seat pocket
- Freshbooks \\u2013 Nathan doesn\\u2019t waste time so he uses Freshbooks to send out invoices and collect his money. Get your free month NOW
- Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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