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Mar 7, 2017

Magnus Åström. He's the CEO and founder of Now Interact, a machine-learning, SaaS platform for omni channel optimization. He's also the founder of InLead, a business consultant and operations company which was sold in 2010 and prior to that, he was founder of Primelog, a transportation management SaaS platform which was sold in 2006.

Famous Five:

  • Favorite Book? – Blue Ocean Strategy
  • What CEO do you follow? –  N/A
  • Favorite online tool? — LinkedIn
  • Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes
  • If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "It's all about focus"

 

Time Stamped Show Notes:

  • 01:35 – Nathan introduces  to the show
  • 02:17 – Primelog started in 2000
    • 02:29 - Primelog connects transportation providers with transportation buyers
    • 02:57 - Annual revenue
    • 03:10 – Primelog was sold to Swedish group
  • 04:44 – They raised 4.5M
  • 04:57 – Inlead's idea is to help customers sell in C-level
    • 05:39 – Inlead turned out to be too heavy on the consultancy side, so Magnus sold it
    • 05:48 – It didn't turn out as a software play
    • 06:10 – Inlead's annual revenue was $1.5 M
  • 06:27 – Now Interact offers machine-based algorithm software to large businesses
  • 06:40 – The software personalizes how each customer is offered a customer service channel
  • 07:00 – Businesses get less calls from customer service
  • 07:30 – Now Interact tracks the data of how customers behave on a website and how they interact with a customer service
  • 08:06 – Magnus goal is to get telco giants like AT&T and Verizon as customers
  • 09:04 – Now Interact  has a group that chooses their customization
  • 09:22 – Now Interact is a SaaS model
  • 09:31 – Average customer pay per month is $10K
  • 09:39 – Now Interact was founded in 2010
  • 09:45 – Now Interact raised $100K in 2012
    • 10:46 – Now Interact has raised a total of $7M
  • 11:20 – Customer churn
  • 11:31 – Team size
  • 11:47 – Headquartered in Stockholm
  • 12:04 – CAC is $30K
  • 12:22 – Now Interact has salespeople and are doing paid content marketing
    • 12:58 – "Sales play a lot"
  • 13:30 – Magnus discusses what they’ll do with the capital they've raised
    • 13:45 – Some would go to the expansion in the USA
  • 14:05 – 2015 total revenue
  • 14:30 – 2016 total revenue
  • 15:00 – Magnus shared how he negotiated for the valuation
  • 15:45 – The top 3 most important terms when negotiating
    • 15:48 – The preference structure, the lock-in and the investors you want to have
  • 18:00 – The Famous Five

 

3 Key Points:

  • You can choose to close your company if it is not going in the direction you intended it to go.
  • Valuation is not always everything—there are more things to consider when negotiating.
  • Stay focused, don't take on more than you can handle.

 

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
  • Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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