Peter Schlecht. He’s the founder and CEO of The SaaS Co whose aim is to change sales through artificial intelligence as they have launched their new product, Lisa. He’s a 30-year old from Germany—a poker and e-sports playing, politician who became an entrepreneur.

Famous Five:

Favorite Book? – Der Weg zum erfolgreichen Unternehmer
What CEO do you follow? – Felix Staeritz
Favorite online tool? — OneTap
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No
If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Stop earlier with politicians, don’t do your masters and study entrepreneurship earlier”

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:15 – Nathan introduces Peter to the show
01:37 – Peter makes more money in entrepreneurship than being a politician
01:58 – The SaaS Co is an agency for B2B lead generation
01:55 – The SaaS Co is subscription based
02:06 – The SaaS Co’s focus is Lisa
- 02:14 – Lisa is a bot for salespeople
- 02:18 – Lisa reads and replies to your email
- 02:52 – Lisa doesn’t delete emails and won’t reply if she can’t find an answer to an email
03:08 – The SaaS Co was founded in July, 2014
03:17 – First year revenue
03:22 – The SaaS Co was selling the service of full-sales for tech companies
- 03:34 – The SaaS Co specializes in appointment setting for B2B tech companies
- 03:51 – The SaaS Co was providing 4 services
- 04:23 – The payment depends on a company size
- 04:44 – The fee for every qualified lead
05:05 – Current number of customers
05:19 – MRR
06:12 – No charge for Lisa, at the moment
- 06:20 – Anyone can sign up for Lisa
06:41 – The SaaS Co was bootstrapped until last year
06:53 – The SaaS Co raised €500K from angels and €300K from The European Union funding
07:55 – Peter shares how they get new customers
09:03 – The SaaS Co doesn’t buy leads from other sources for verification
- 09:08 – The SaaS Co uses datavalidations.com to validate their leads
- 09:38 – Peter uses Full Contact
- 09:50 – The SaaS Co finding leads process
11:15 – The SaaS Co scrapes data from open sources
11:40 – The SaaS Co tried other sources, but the price point has to be considered
12:10 – Team size
- 12:16 – There are 17 developers and the rest are on sales
12:30 – No paid marketing, at the moment
12:44 – Customer churn
- 13:06 – The SaaS Co needs to keep on adding new customers to sustain growth
13:55 – The SaaS Co’s big focus is on Lisa and Peter believes she will add more value to the company
14:55 – The SaaS Co is based in Berlin
15:15 – The Famous Five

3 Key Points:

There are many things to consider when it comes to subscribing to other sources for leads; price is a major factor.
One way to get people to sign up for a new product is to offer it for free.
Get into business early as early as possible.

Resources Mentioned:

Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments
Drip – Nathan uses Drip’s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel
Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal
Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences
Jamf – Jamf helped Nathan keep his Macbook Air 11” secure even when he left it in the airplane’s back seat pocket
Freshbooks – Nathan doesn’t waste time so he uses Freshbooks to send out invoices and collect his money. Get your free month NOW
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