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Podcast: The SaaS Podcast - AI, Growth & Product-Market Fit for SaaS Founders
Episode: SaaS Marketplace: Collis Ta'eed on Envato's 8-Figure Rise
Description: Collis Ta'eed made $10 on the day he launched his SaaS marketplace. He had spent six months building it, maxed out his credit cards, and was living in his in-laws' basement. Nine years later, Envato had paid its community of creators over $224 million.
In this episode, Collis shares how he bootstrapped a SaaS marketplace from a $40,000 investment into an 8-figure digital marketplace with 250 employees, why he deliberately expanded into 8 adjacent verticals instead of focusing on one, and how he grew revenue 20x in a single year without raising a dollar of outside funding.
What makes Envato's...