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His Competitors Needed 4 Weeks To Onboard A Client: He Did It In 2 Days
Two legacy players needed four weeks to onboard a company.
Barkin Doganay did it in two days.
Barkin came to the US from Turkey for Yale, where he studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and Economics. He worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse before spending a decade in startups. He later earned his MBA at MIT on the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Track, where he set out to build something of his own.
He previously co-founded Kintsugi, one of the fastest growing sales tax automation start ups in the Bay Area. In 18 months, it scaled from three founders to over 100 people and raised $28 million, with Vertex as its largest investor.
Now, Barkin serves as Co-Founder and CEO of Reven AI: a comprehensive financial operating system covering accounting, bookkeeping, sales tax, payroll, compliance, reporting and finance workflows. It learns from your team and reduces manual input all in one connected platform.
In this episode Barkin breaks down exactly how he won that first client on speed and what a decade in finance and startups has taught him about identifying a problem worth building a company around.
What you'll learn:
- How a conversation turned into his first client, who he onboarded in 2 days while competitors needed 4 weeks
- How to tell if you're solving a real business problem clients will pay to solve
- Why quickly letting go of your own ideas might be one of the most important skills in entrepreneurship
- Why he believes you should charge your first client at least $1,000 and why the number matters less than what it proves
- What Barkin would do differently if he were starting completely from zero today
Where to find Reven AI:
- Website: reven.co
- Email: [email protected]
Want to be featured on First Money Stories?
- Email us at [email protected]
Find us on
- YouTube: youtube.com/@FirstMoneyStories
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/first-money-stories/
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By First Money StoriesTwo legacy players needed four weeks to onboard a company.
Barkin Doganay did it in two days.
Barkin came to the US from Turkey for Yale, where he studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and Economics. He worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse before spending a decade in startups. He later earned his MBA at MIT on the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Track, where he set out to build something of his own.
He previously co-founded Kintsugi, one of the fastest growing sales tax automation start ups in the Bay Area. In 18 months, it scaled from three founders to over 100 people and raised $28 million, with Vertex as its largest investor.
Now, Barkin serves as Co-Founder and CEO of Reven AI: a comprehensive financial operating system covering accounting, bookkeeping, sales tax, payroll, compliance, reporting and finance workflows. It learns from your team and reduces manual input all in one connected platform.
In this episode Barkin breaks down exactly how he won that first client on speed and what a decade in finance and startups has taught him about identifying a problem worth building a company around.
What you'll learn:
- How a conversation turned into his first client, who he onboarded in 2 days while competitors needed 4 weeks
- How to tell if you're solving a real business problem clients will pay to solve
- Why quickly letting go of your own ideas might be one of the most important skills in entrepreneurship
- Why he believes you should charge your first client at least $1,000 and why the number matters less than what it proves
- What Barkin would do differently if he were starting completely from zero today
Where to find Reven AI:
- Website: reven.co
- Email: [email protected]
Want to be featured on First Money Stories?
- Email us at [email protected]
Find us on
- YouTube: youtube.com/@FirstMoneyStories
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/first-money-stories/