Sabba Keynejad

Intro

Sabba is the co-founder of Veed.io, an online video editing platform that has grown to over $1.7m ARR. When I first met Sabba, Veed was just a small product that wasn't generating any revenue. Since then Sabba and his co-founder Tim have grown the platform rapidly, adding new team members, thousands of new users, making a profitable bootstrapped business.

Notes

On Veed

What is Veed?
Where did you come up with the idea?
What is your current revenue?
Had you started and failed with anything before?
What made Veed work out?
Many indie hackers are solo. You have a co-founder split 50/50 on the business, do you think it's worth indie hackers going out to find a co-founder?
There are many online video editing tools out there. Wavve, Headliner, Kapwing. What makes Veed different and how has that fed into your growth?

On growth and marketing

Veed has grown super quickly, but how did you get your first 100 users?
Then how did you convert them to paying customers?
Your marketing strategy. What did you do at the start for your growth?
When you started generating revenue, you hired content creators. Why?
What are your tips for marketing without budget?
Biggest mistakes / advice you'd give to founders

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