How an Idea in Evernote Grew Into a Multi-Million Dollar SaaS Business
Zvi Band is the co-founder and CEO of Contactually, a CRM tool which helps you turn relationships into results.
He's a software developer and entrepreneur who founded Contactually in 2011. And he's grown it into a multi-million dollar business with over 70 employees. The company is based in Washington DC and to date has raised over $12 million in funding.
It all started in 2010 when Zvi fired up Evernote and wrote down an idea for a new product. He had no plan on what he was going to do with that idea. What he didn't realize at the time was that he had just planted a seed for a new business that he was going to build.
For the next few months, he played with the idea, hacked together a prototype over a weekend, but didn't see it any more than a side project.
Today, after 5 years that idea in Evernote has grown into a business that's generating several million dollars in revenue with over 70 employees.
It's a great story and we'll share what Zvi did to turn that idea into product and business. We talk about the ONE thing that he wished he'd done differently — which is great advice for anyone in the early days of building their product. And we talk about what he still struggles with today (despite the success that he's had).
Book Recommendation
- “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership” by Bill Walsch
Links, Resources & People Mentioned
- Contactually
- Evernote
- Tony Cappaert – @cappaert
- TechCrunch
- Quora