990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latka

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

4.6 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

"Daniel Ha is the CEO and cofounder of Disqus. Daniel studied computer science engineering at UC Davis and interned at big companies before deciding to drop out of school to pursue the startup world.

Disqus is the web's most ubiquitous discussion network, reaching over 2 billion unique visitors every month and spanning nearly any topic or type of community imaginable. Backed by Y Combinator, Union Square Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, Iris Capital as well as many great angel investors.

Daniel often writes and speaks about digital media, online publishing, consumer products, and startups. Outside startups, he spends his time on the race track."

Transcript

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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.
0:48.6	Hello, everyone.
0:49.6	My guest today is Daniel Ahah.
0:52.2	He's the CEO and co-founder of Discuss. Daniel studied computer science and engineering at UC Davis and interned at big companies before deciding to drop out of school to pursue the startup world. His company discussed is the web's most ubiquitous discussion network. You've probably seen it at the bottom of your favorite blogs. They reach over 2 billion unique visitors every month and span nearly any topic or type of community imaginable. They're backed
1:15.8	by Y Combinator, Union Square Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, Iris Capital, as well as many
1:20.6	great angel investors. He also writes and speaks about digital media online publishing,
1:25.4	consumer products, and startups. Outside of startups, he spends his time on the racetrack.
1:30.8	Daniel, are you ready to take us to the top?
1:33.1	I'm ready.
1:33.7	What kind of racetrack?
1:34.6	We talking cars or horses or scooters or what?
1:38.8	Today it's cars.
1:40.0	I'm working my way towards horses.
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