arjun from doola public investor update: week 11, 2023

March 23, 2023

What is up, arjun from doola here with the 11th public investor update of 2023 (note, these updates also make me realize how fast this year is going, wild, 11/52 down)

    Without further ado, lets doola it and dive in!

    Key Ask: Affiliate/Influencer Intros 🙏

    • Running it back AGAIN because the intros are 💯 are you close to any influencers who we could chat with to discuss a partnership? Verticals of interest: Real Estate + E-Commerce (Amazon/Shopify). DM me (15% rev share opp for intro!)

    WoW Growth Summary 📈

    • ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue): $XM +0.78% (vs +1.16% last week)

    • Subscribers: XK +2.52% (vs +2.99% last week)

    Image Source: Startup = Growth, by @paulg

    Team 👥

    • Current Full-Time Team (43)

    • Hiring (Top 4 Roles): Finance #1, Lifecycle Marketing, Design #1, Account Manager

    • Link to Careers Page: https://www.doola.com/careers

    Mission 🔮

    • Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human entrepreneurship and democratize access to the US financial ecosystem by empowering 1M founders globally to turn their dream idea into their dream US business.

    @doolaHQ Lowlight 🫤

    • We had some glitches in our new onboarding flow which led to a very poor experience entering information and we took a revenue hit because of this. We're sorry to all affected, we will and have to improve.

    @doolaHQ Highlight 😄

    • Shot our shot for a doola x Shopify partnership and got a call scheduled with Shopify. The post pitching the partnership also led to other inbound from companies who wanted to do a similar partnership (2 birds with one scone)

    Personal Highlight 😄

    • Went to my 5th @pitchandrunNYC and joined the 5x club

    Personal Lowlight 🫤

    • One of my favorite chapters from @mattmochary's book The Great CEO Within, is Chapter 6: On Time and Present. It's really helped me at work, but I need to apply the same principle to things outside of work (vs chronically finding myself 1-5 min late)

    Thanks & Kudos 🎉

    • @dunkhippo33 for partnership intro

    • @chriszeoli for YouTube influencer intro

    • @sahilbloom for onboarding flow feedback

    • @no_fear_inc for the shoutout in his build in public post

    • @jacobmlevy for candidate intro + wifi thread idea (dropping soon)

    • @Matthewschulman for coach intro + book rec

    • Lee for the patent idea

    • @JerimiahLee for the LLC bat signal

    • @zachpogrob for the tips on animation + OBSESSION 🏴

    • @MayaBakhai for the candidate + B2B intro + feature in newsletter

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    And that's a wrap! Any feedback?

    • What was awesome?

    • What was boring?

    • What was confusing?

    • What didn't you believe?

    Please hit reply and let me know (I read every email I get) 🙏

    See you next week 💪