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What if you knew data behind the fastest growing SaaS companies today? Each morning join Nathan Latka as he spends 15 minutes interviewing SaaS founders. You'll learn how SaaS CEO's launched their startup and grew it into a business. SaaS Founders range from bootstrapped to funded, MVP to 10,000 customers, pre revenue to pre IPO.
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Nov 9, 2016

Renee Zau, co-founder and CEO of DonationMatch, a product donation network for school and charity events that works similarly to match.com. She’s obsessed with increasing a win-win partnership between brands and non-profit that don’t cost money but can generate more for everyone involved. 

Famous Five:

  • Favorite Book? – E-myth Revisited
  • What CEO do you follow? –  Craig Newmark
  • Favorite online tool? — Streak and Asana
  • Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Almost
  • If you could let your 20-year old self know one thing, what would it be? – “Believe in yourself and talent even if it is different from someone else’s’ idea on what you should do”

 

Time Stamped Show Notes:

  • 01:40 – Nathan introduces Renee to the show
  • 02:08 – It takes 300 hours to secure in-kind and other donations from a benefit event
  • 02:31 – DonationMatch streamlines the product for companies and reduces the work for school and charities
  • 02:50 – Sahara Sam’s receives 100s to 1000s requests of tickets a year to raffle off at charity events
    • 03:26 – Doing a research and checking legitimacy takes time for companies
  • 03:55 – DonationMatch has matched $ 16,000,000 worth of donation goods
  • 04:14 – DonationMatch offers premium model
    • 04:22 – DonationMatch can be used for free
    • 04:35 – Companies can upgrade to premium which is $ 49 a month
    • 04:48 – DonationMatch is a SaaS business
    • 04:54 – DonationMatch has around 100 active companies at the moment
    • 05:02 – DonationMatch has a low customer churn
    • 05:40 – DonationMatch still get a value from their non-paying customers
  • 06:09 – DonationMatch started in 2010 but officially launched in 2013
  • 06:37 – DonationMatch is bootstrapped
  • 06:49 – DonationMatch had $ 100,000 credit card debt
  • 07:10 – Renee and her co-founder are also doing stuff outside of the company
  • 07:33 – 2015 revenue is $ 19,000
  • 07:37 – Goal for 2016
    • 07:49 – As of October 2016, they have around $ 40,000 revenue
  • 08:00 – DonationMatch is usually getting an annual payment from non-profit organizations
  • 08:25 – Holiday season is when companies usually hire DonationMatch
  • 08:40 – September 2016 revenue
  • 09:10 –Total number of paying customer
  • 09:44 – DonationMatch has 100 customers
  • 10:12 – DonationMatch is currently raising $ 500,000
  • 10:40 – Renee feels their valuation is $ 1.5 to 2 million
    • 10:47 – Based on their traction
  • 11:05 – Customer acquisition cost is about $ 1
  • 11:55 – DonationMatch has 13,000 non-profit users
  • 12:30 – DonationMatch has about 10% of non-profits in San Diego
  • 13:25 – They also have national brands in their system
  • 14:05 – DonationMatch is open to offers and already talking to people and investors
  • 14:30 –  Connect with Renee through her email, website and Twitter
  • 16:10 – The Famous Five

 

3 Key Points:

  • You can create a win-win partnership if you know the right ingredients.
  • Believe in yourself and your talent even if it is different from someone else’s idea on what you should do.
  • Take the risk – even if it means having a $ 100k debt.

 

Resources Mentioned:

  • 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 quality of Toptal  developers.
  • Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
  • Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
  • Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
  • Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.
  • Assistant.to – The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email.
  • 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.
  • Renee@DonationMatch.com – Renee’s email address
  • DonationMatch.com – Renee’s website
  • @ReneeZau – Renee’s Twitter handle
  • Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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