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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

1251 Why MailJet Founder Left, Despite Fast Growth, $10m+ in ARR

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latka

Ceo, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Software, Business, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Startups

4.6 β€’ 683 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hi! I am a 32 yo french entrepreneur and startup advisor. Former COO of Mailjet which I co-founded in 2010, I raised 17M$ and built a team of 25 people on 4 continents. I am now entirely focused on my new venture – Onvey.io – which aims to grow into a SaaS Hub.

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0:00.0

Don't wrench your time, guys.

0:01.3

He had a lot of success building up his first company, MailJet.

0:03.7

And when it got to the point where he was clearly in an operations role and he wasn't able to get his hand dirty and in the weeds, he said, you know what?

0:09.0

It's time for me to step back.

0:10.4

He launched his new company, Anvi, which basically builds SaaS companies from scratch related to project managers, a little bit of sales, but generally focused on, again, productivity and project managers.

0:21.9

This is the top entrepreneurs podcast where founders share how they started their companies

0:27.9

and got filthy rich or crash and burn.

0:33.2

Each episode features revenue numbers, customer counts,

0:37.4

and other insider information that creates business news headlines.

0:42.6

We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to $2.7 million.

0:45.8

They had no money when I started the company.

0:47.8

It was $160 million, which is the size of any IPOs.

0:51.2

We're a bit strapped.

0:52.1

We have like 22,000 customers.

0:55.0

With over 5 million downloads in a very short amount of time, major outlets like Inc

1:01.0

are calling us the fastest growing business show on iTunes.

1:05.0

I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode.

1:09.0

Hello everyone, my guest today is Wilfred Durha.

1:12.5

He is the 32-year-old French entrepreneur and startup advisor, former C-O of a company called

1:17.5

MailJet, which he founded in 2010, raised 17 million bucks for it, built it to 25 people on

1:22.8

four continents.

1:23.9

And now he's entirely focused on his new venture, Anvey, which aims to grow into a SaaS

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