CEO and founder of Accelevents, Jonathan Kazarian, joins Ryan in this episode. They talk about the almost 7 years Jonathan managed to bootstrap the company for, as well as why he finally decided to gain some funding and the impact that has had on growth. Jonathan also reveals to Ryan his strategy that created the 95% inbound sales, his leveraging of Upwork and what he is continuing to do to grow the company.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Word of mouth has been Accelevents primary growth strategy. 95% of their growth has been based on inbound sales driven by their product-led platform.
- After 6 years of being bootstrapped, Accelevents wanted to add more governance and additional cash flow throughout seasons so this year, they took on VC-backed funding.
- After creating his own event, Jonathan concluded that technology should be there to make running events easier for organisers. This was the beginning of the creation of Accelevents.
- Although Covid hit them hard it was also the pivotal moment where Accelevents decided to completely go all in on their virtual concept of events, something they had been wanting to do for a long time. They then went from $375k in revenue in 2019 to $3.4 million in 2020!
- One of the main things Jonathan attributes to their 95% inbound growth at Accelevents is that they invest heavily in supporting their customers. Building this stellar consumer confidence has led to the growth they have seen.
- Hire people that are better than you at what they do. You can go only scale yourself so far, you need others to build a successful business.
BEST MOMENTS
“There’s an inherent product-led motion that our platform provides and that’s been number 1 for us”
“Technology should be there to make life easier, not harder for event organisers”
“It’s not about that little bit of code, it’s about building a business”
“We want all of them to recognise they can create a great experience using our platform”
“Hire people that are better than you at what they do”
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