Navigating Rejection: The Road to Acceptance in Entrepreneurship

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
• Episode 464 | Highs, Lows, and Building Your First Sales Process with Steli Efti
• Episode 507 | Making Cold Email Work in B2B SaaS
• Episode 463 | Troubleshooting Enterprise Sales (A Founder Hotseat with David Heller)
• The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need by Anthony Iannarino
• Tony Chan (@toeknee123) | Twitter

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