[Escape Velocity] – Episode 18 – BJ Lackland at LighterCapital.com
“If only we had money, we could…” It’s a story I’ve heard a thousand times. Startups heaving a sigh, wishing they had investors to fund the awkward early stages. Scraping
“If only we had money, we could…” It’s a story I’ve heard a thousand times. Startups heaving a sigh, wishing they had investors to fund the awkward early stages. Scraping
“How do you maximize your revenue?” It’s the question that everyone wishes there was an easy answer too. No, I don’t mean that as a thought-provoking chin-stroking question to ponder
Recently one of my coaching clients exited his SaaS company for $90MIL. That was on $860K in monthly recurring revenues. Literally 100X his MRR became his selling price. In case
Here’s a hypothetical for you: If your business suddenly took off – I mean like accidentally monopolizing your market and seeing exponential growth overnight – would you be able to
When I was building my company, Flowtown, I remember one of our potential investors talking about Expansion Revenue. I thought “Uhh… okay. What the heck is that?” You don’t wanna
Years ago I attempted to raise money for my first company, Flowtown, with my co-founder Ethan. You know what we did? We cold emailed investors. We figured “We have a
I’ve seen this happen before… A business that’s already growing decides to start their own SaaS. It always seems like a great idea. You’re already serving your customers, you know
Funding. The day will come when you need it for your SaaS. You’ve grown your startup, got a brilliant team and you’ve got a great product you can actually take
And it goes like this: How much is it? – It’s not that bad… Look, it’s simple. Just give me a number. OK? – It’s 20% – not that bad,