Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 550 | Three Years of Grind to Six Figures in ARR with CloudForecast


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In Episode 550, Rob Walling chats with Tony Chan, co-founder of CloudForecast, about his incredible story of perseverance after getting rejected multiple times only to finally find product-market fit and reach six figures in annual recurring revenue.
The topics we cover
[04:11] CloudForecast's current revenue and customer base
[08:43] Origin story for the idea of CloudForecast
[16:53] Dealing with (many) rejections
[28:01] Parting ways with a co-founder
[30:07] The journey to Product-Market Fit
[35:23] Marketing channels that are working for CloudForecast
Links from the show
  • CloudForecast
  • Episode 464 | Highs, Lows, and Building Your First Sales Process with Steli Efti
  • Episode 507 | Making Cold Email Work in B2B SaaS
  • Episode 463 | Troubleshooting Enterprise Sales (A Founder Hotseat with David Heller)
  • The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need by Anthony Iannarino
  • Tony Chan (@toeknee123) | Twitter
  • If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!
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