$3.3M ARR, Bootstrapped
My name is Josh Haynam, I’m the co-founder of Interact. A $3.3M ARR Software business I started with my co-founders in 2013. We’ve been running it for 12 years now, and built it up to $3.3M ARR. It’s been profitable every year, and continues to grow.
It’s not been an easy path. But Building a business that does millions in revenue, where you get to do work you enjoy, and work with people who inspire you is worth it in my opinion.
Every year we continue to build our business, I’m more and more fascinated by the concept of profitable growth. Building a company that puts off profit as you go, instead of waiting for some big prize that may or may not materialized at the end.
So now I’m pretty excited by the idea of building companies that make money, but also grow pretty rapidly. Interact is in that position, and as much as I can share to help others reach that goal, I’d like to offer that advice.
One of my favorite things professionally is to help connect the dots for other business owners. It’s been such a satisfying pursuit in my own life, that it’s meaningful to offer that advice up to others.
Which brings us to the principle topic I talk about, energy. Energy is the one resource that will truly set you apart from the competition and make your business sustainable. If you love what you do, and you have energy to keep going, then nothing can stop you. Every founder I talk to struggle with energy, myself included. And the ones who know how to create energy for themselves have the sustaining power needed to keep going, grow revenue and profit, and enjoy the whole process.