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Podcast: The SaaS Podcast - AI, Growth & Product-Market Fit for SaaS Founders
Episode: Consultative Selling SaaS: Failed Launch to $10M ARR
Description: Christian Owens dropped out of school at 16 and made his first million by 18. But when he launched Paddle, nobody wanted it. The marketplace generated just $800 in two months. Then consultative selling SaaS changed everything. Christian threw away 90% of the product and used founder-led sales - personally writing every cold email with company-specific insights - to grow Paddle to $10M+ ARR and 140 employees by age 24.
The consultative selling SaaS approach worked because Christian built internal tools that predicted target companies' MRR with 85-90% accuracy. Every outbound email highlighted specific problems - wrong tax rates, missing currencies. This SaaS...