When GoGig started, it was a two-sided, anonymized talent-matching marketplace with challenges scaling and meeting the market need. A forced pivot at the height of COVID moved them into a software as a service (SaaS) model solving one side of that marketplace. Despite the new challenges ahead, it was the best decision they ever made.
During the COVID pandemic, GoGig’s travel-heavy customer base was hit hard, with an unsustainable burn rate and extended sales cycle revenue dropped to ~$100 per month.
Join Jim Barnish and GoGig’s founder and CEO, Chris Hodges, as they explore the challenges that GoGig faced the last two years and the solutions that propelled GoGig from almost zero to over $5 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR).
Chris Hodges is founder and CEO of GoGig, a software solution built to remove bias in the hiring process through anonymous talent matching. He has spent the last 15 years as a serial entrepreneur demonstrating his passion for building amazing brands, empathetic teams, and doing incredible work.
When GoGig started, it was a two-sided, anonymized talent-matching marketplace with challenges scaling and meeting the market need. A forced pivot at the height of COVID moved them into a software as a service (SaaS) model solving one side of that marketplace. Despite the new challenges ahead, it was the best decision they ever made.
During the COVID pandemic, GoGig’s travel-heavy customer base was hit hard, with an unsustainable burn rate and extended sales cycle revenue dropped to ~$100 per month.
Join Jim Barnish and GoGig’s founder and CEO, Chris Hodges, as they explore the challenges that GoGig faced the last two years and the solutions that propelled GoGig from almost zero to over $5 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR).
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