Today I'm revisiting one of my favourite episodes, from 2020, with Sabba Keynejad, co-founder and CEO of VEED.io, an online video editing platform. When I interviewed Sabba, VEED were at around $2m ARR, fully bootstrapped. Since this interview, they’ve gone on to bootstrap to about $7m ARR before raising a whopping $35m series A from Sequoia. And when I first met Sabba, years before this interview, VEED was just a small product that wasn't generating any revenue. This episode is special to me because I’ve followed VEED’s journey from the start and it’s been inspiring to see.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
02:46 VEED origins
03:24 Differentiation
03:58 Picking a market
04:48 Hiring and learning new skills
06:16 Inflection points in growth
07:07 Quitting your job
07:45 Why you should find a cofounder
08:41 Getting the first users
09:47 Free vs paid
11:16 Growth tactics
12:04 Advice to other founders
13:01 Recommendations

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How VEED bootstrapped to $7m ARR - Sabba Keynejad, VEED.io (2020)