How a SaaS Product Helped Its Customers Earn Over $261 Million
Ruben is the founder of BidSketch, a web app which helps freelancers, consultants, and agencies to create professional-looking proposals in minutes. Ruben launched Bidsketch as a one-person company in 2009. Since then, it’s grown to help over 1000 paying customers earn over $261M in revenue.
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Success Quote
- “For me, it's about the process. I'll stop, think and ask myself a question: is what I'm working on right now going to move me forward?” – Ruben Gamez
Book Recommendation
- “Start Small, Stay Small” by Rob Walling
Links & Resources Mentioned
- Bidsketch
- Failing to Get Traction and (Almost) Giving up on the Road to My First $1,000 in Revenue
- Noah Kagan
- Freshbooks
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- Flow - How to Turnaround a Struggling SaaS Company - with Daniel Scrivner [275]
- Sigma: The Gutsy Rebuild That Took This SaaS from Zero to $100M - with Rob Woollen [448]
- From Struggling Bootstrapper to $10M+ SaaS CEO - with Ryan Fyfe [294]
- Selling a Bootstrapped SaaS for 8-Figures: The Exit Strategy (GoProposal Case Study)
- Airbase: From Solo Founder to 8-Figure ARR SaaS - with Thejo Kote [381]
- Vajro: The Importance of SaaS Founder-Market Fit - with Baskar Agneeswaran [262]
- PSPDFKit: Bootstrapping a SaaS $20K to $1M ARR in 8 Months - with Jonathan Rhyne [407]