1034 How GetResponse Bootstrapped to $50m+ Revenue
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Nathan Latka
4.6 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2018
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Simon Grabowski is the CEO and founder of GetResponse. With only $200 in his pocket, Simon created the first version of GetResponse in 1998 to solve a business problem he needed an easy way to build an email marketing list and send drip content to customers at preset intervals. The product worked so well that Simon established GetResponse with the mission to bring big-company technologies to small businesses. Over the years, his vision and leadership has attracted a team of over 300 highly-skilled employees to create an innovative online marketing platform known for great design, simplicity, and an unmatched user experience.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the top entrepreneurs podcast where founders share how they started their companies and got |
| 0:06.9 | filthy rich or crash and burn. Each episode features revenue numbers, customer counts, and other |
| 0:16.1 | insider information that creates business news headlines. We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to 2.7 million. |
| 0:23.6 | I had no money when I started the company. |
| 0:25.6 | It was $160 million, which is the size of any IPOs. |
| 0:29.6 | We're a bit strapped. |
| 0:30.6 | We have like 22,000 customers. |
| 0:33.6 | With over 5 million downloads in a very short amount of time, |
| 0:38.6 | major outlets like Inc are calling us the fastest growing business show on iTunes. |
| 0:43.6 | I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode. |
| 0:48.5 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:49.4 | My guest today is Simon Grabowski. |
| 0:52.0 | He's the CEO and founder of Git Response. And with only $200 in his |
| 0:56.6 | pocket, he created the first version of Git Response in 1998 to solve a business problem. He needed |
| 1:02.5 | an easy way to build an email marketing list and send drip content to customers at preset intervals. |
| 1:08.3 | The product works so well that he established your response with the mission to bring big |
| 1:11.4 | company technologies to small business. |
| 1:13.6 | Over the course of doing this, his vision and leadership has attracted a team of over 300 |
| 1:18.1 | highly skilled employees to create an innovative online marketing platform known for great |
| 1:22.0 | design, simplicity, and a great user experience. |
| 1:24.9 | Simon, are you ready to take us to the top? |
| 1:27.4 | Hey, Nathan, great to be here. |
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