067 Run events and create payment processes within Salesforce | Podcast with Chris Federspiel - Blackthorn

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Blackthorn built the highest-rated event management and payment processing apps for Salesforce users, so businesses can focus on their customers instead of having to fight with their CRM. Connect with Chris 👇 Blackthorn: https://www.blackthorn.io LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfederspiel Tekpon is a SaaS marketplace born out of the genuine desire to help people change how they consume and purchase software products and services. Tekpon has behind a team of enthusiastic tech lovers whose main goal is to help users boost their lives and businesses with the right software. Connect with Tekpon ⚡ Website: https://tekpon.com SaaS Entrepreneurs & Startups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tekpon The topics we've discussed 🕐 00:00 Intro 00:12 What is Blackthorn? 00:30 What are your products? 01:20 The problem they're solving 02:18 Best Blackthorn features 02:53 Blackthorn pricing 03:10 Why integrations are needed 04:10 How do you differentiate? 05:10 Starting the company 06:10 The team 06:35 Flexibility and freedom over growth 08:15 Debt vs VC funding 09:55 Pitching 100 investors, getting pitched by 52 investors 13:00 No board of directors 14:30 Debt is risky too 15:55 The challenges since starting the company 19:35 How did you find your first customers? 22:05 The future vision for Blackthorn 23:40 What is your story, Chris? 26:23 Best piece of advice for founders 27:45 Favorite software apart from Salesforce? 28:55 Outro

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