John Demian is a super creative non-technical SaaS Founder that strives to ship solutions fast, learn fast, and grow.
With his most recent SaaS company Eyelet, John learned how to launch MVP fast, grow as a manager, and fundraiser, and is going to share all of his learning experiences about running a funded SaaS company in today’s episode.
In this episode, we cover the following:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Who is John Demian?
01:35 How John’s background helps him in building a SaaS company?
03:46 What is the mission of eyelet.io?
04:33 Why John acquired the company to kick off his product?
08:08 When you buy a product, is it only a product, or will you have communication with developers?
09:42 What was John's approach to pre-seed funding?
11:44 Funding strategies that John can recommend
18:25 What is the difference between the pre-seed and seed stages?
22:09 What metrics are important to show investors?
23:56 What are the main changes John made when he switched from pre-seed to seed round?
30:24 Advice from John Demian exclusively for SaaS Insiders
35:35 Inspiring resources from John Demian
36:50 Final thoughts
Get in touch with John Demian:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndemian/ (LinkedIn)
https://mobile.twitter.com/johndemian (Twitter)
https://eyelet.io/ (John’s business)
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladhu-saasconsultant/ (LinkedIn)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCerHCHaOXIhL5T8-GYFbpgw (YouTube channel)
https://www.facebook.com/vladhu.saas (Facebook)