Hiring Top Tier Talent, Personalized Onboarding & Betting On Yourself
Most SaaS founders would struggle to dream of having their startup acquired for $12 billion?
That’s exactly what happened for Ben Chestnut and the team at Mailchimp.
From the quirky brand positioning that won them loyal customers in the early days to making hard product decisions to evolve their platform, the road to $1 billion ARR was anything but smooth.
Want to hear more of Ben’s story? He’ll be speaking at MicroConf Local: Atlanta next month! Get your tickets here.
Here's what we're covering this week:
Hiring top talent
Growing from zero to $18k MRR
Betting on yourself
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🎟 Upcoming MicroConf Events
Here is where you can meet and connect with fellow MicroConf’ers.
October 18th, 2022: MicroConf Local: Atlanta ft. Ben Chestnut, Founder of MailChimp
15 - 17 November, 2022: MicroConf Europe 2022 | Malta
November 30th, 2022: MicroConf Local: Austin ft. Jason Cohen, Founder of WP Engine
If you are an under-represented, minoritized, or financially disadvantaged founder and need a little help with the costs of attending our events, check out our MicroConf Scholarship program.
🎙 As Heard On Startups For The Rest Of Us
In episode 626, Rob Walling chats with Nick Swan, the founder of SEOTesting.com. SEOTesting helps SEO professionals and agencies automate the reporting of page updates and changes. Nick originally launched it as a free tool under a different name.
We cover when Nick decided to charge for it, renaming the tool, rewriting the codebase, and the journey to growing to $18,000 MRR.
🚀 SaaS Resources To Check Out From Around The Web
What SaaS companies can learn about personalized onboarding from Disneyland?
In this talk from MicroConf Growth Europe 2021, Laura Roeder talks about making hard decisions and restructuring MeetEdgar. She went on to sell MeetEdgar at the end of 2021.
Many founders hear the phrase, “bet on yourself.” But, if you’ve never done or are not used to it, here’s some actionable advice.
🔥 A Sneak Peek into MicroConf Connect
Every week, 3300+ founders are chatting in our free Slack community. Here is a glimpse of what we're chatting about in the #sales channel:
Who is using full-time account execs to find and close enterprise deals? I'm looking at ways of how this could work for us.
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