• How To Build MVP And Raise a Round By Acquiring Existing Product - with John Demian

  • Feb 28 2023
  • Length: 40 mins
  • Podcast

How To Build MVP And Raise a Round By Acquiring Existing Product - with John Demian

  • Summary

  • 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)

    Tag Us and follow:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladhu-saasconsultant/ (LinkedIn)

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCerHCHaOXIhL5T8-GYFbpgw (YouTube channel)

    https://www.facebook.com/vladhu.saas (Facebook)

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