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Episode 550 | Three Years of Grind to Six Figures in ARR with CloudForecast

2021/5/18
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In Episode 550, Rob Walling chats with Tony Chan, co-founder of CloudForecast, about his incredible story of perseverance after getting rejected multiple times only to finally find product-market fit and reach six figures in annual recurring revenue.

The topics we cover

[04:11] CloudForecast's current revenue and customer base

[08:43] Origin story for the idea of CloudForecast

[16:53] Dealing with (many) rejections

[28:01] Parting ways with a co-founder

[30:07] The journey to Product-Market Fit

[35:23] Marketing channels that are working for CloudForecast

Links from the show

	- [CloudForecast](https://cloudforecast.io/))

	- [Episode 464 | Highs, Lows, and Building Your First Sales Process with Steli Efti](https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-464-highs-lows-and-building-your-first-sales-process-with-steli-efti))

	- [Episode 507 | Making Cold Email Work in B2B SaaS](https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-507-making-cold-email-work-in-b2b-saas))

	- [Episode 463 | Troubleshooting Enterprise Sales (A Founder Hotseat with David Heller)](https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-463-troubleshooting-enterprise-sales-a-founder-hotseat-with-david-heller))

	- [The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need by Anthony Iannarino](https://resources.thesalesblog.com/the-only-sales-guide-youll-ever-need))

	- [Tony Chan (@toeknee123)](https://twitter.com/guest_social_text)) | Twitter

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