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285: Paperform: How a Developer Bootstrapped a SaaS to $1.5M+ ARR

Dean McPherson is the co-founder of Paperform. In 2016, he spotted a gap in the market and decided to build a product.

But he quickly learned that if you "build it, they WON'T come".

He did a Betalist launch without much success.

He did an AppSumo launch and got sales. But they were all lifetime licenses so he still had $0 recurring revenue.

So he basically ran Paperform as a lifestyle business for the next two years.

But eventually, he realized that if he wanted to grow...

- He had to think about it differently
- Start hiring a team, and
- Get serious about marketing

All of that was new to him.

Today, his company does $1.5M annual recurring revenue

And it's bootstrapped.

But it took a lot more work than it sounds.

And we unpack it all in this interview...


Listen to the full interview here


 
 

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