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Podcast: The SaaS Podcast - AI, Growth & Product-Market Fit for SaaS Founders
Episode: Startup Traction: From 0 Customers to $12M ARR and Exit
Description: Ryan Fyfe couldn't get 10 customers to pay for his scheduling software. People seemed interested but always had an excuse. Then his co-founder left and he became a solo founder of a product that nobody wanted to pay for. Getting startup traction felt impossible.
But after years of persistence, Ryan bootstrapped Humanity to $100K ARR, raised funding, and grew it to $12M ARR with 40,000 customers including Nike, CNN, and Lyft. In this episode, Ryan shares the startup traction playbook he wishes he had - from launching free to get early traction, to SEO and review sites as growth...