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The short version
Yasser Elsaid states that B2B software companies grow by mastering basic sales calls and product demonstrations. Chatbase reached $10 million in revenue by relying on direct user conversations and employee social media posts.
Most interesting insights
Documented go-to-market principles drove a recent revenue surge for Yasser Elsaid and the Chatbase team.
“…has been working very well for us especially like the last few months…”
Scaling to $10 million in revenue required fundamental business operations. Yasser Elsaid scheduled product demonstrations, organized sales calls, and talked directly to software users.
Yasser Elsaid rapidly built Chatbase from a side project into a company hitting $1 million ARR in just 117 days after ChatGPT's public release.
Elsaid made the bold choice to drop out of university, stating, "I just like locked in for I think maybe a month and a half" to focus solely on the product.
Yasser Elsaid, founder of the $10M ARR AI customer service company Chatbase, runs his entire GTM from a Notion document he calls his "go to market manifesto." He credits its principles for Chatbase's recent surge.
Elsaid says too many young founders chase B2C-style virality in B2B. His core advice: first, master the unsexy B2B basics like sales calls, demos, and cold outreach. Experimentation comes after you prove the fundamentals.
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