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Beacon9 SaaS Business Advisory engages with growth-stage technology companies with annual recurring revenues of at least $1M-$3M and upwards of $20M+. Our role is to accelerate growth.
We’re passionate, experienced SaaS business operators who have founded, grown, and exited together for over twenty years. We evaluate, plan, and execute for capital efficiency, predictable growth, and institutional readiness. Our passion lies in helping startup and growth-stage SaaS companies grow faster.
Justin Talerico
I’m a technology entrepreneur and the co-founder, former CEO and CMO of martech SaaS ion interactive, which was acquired in 2017 by ScribbleLive.
My first company developed its first website for Samsung in 1994. By 1998 it had evolved into a high-margin, tech-enabled services firm leveraging a proprietary web CMS platform for clients like Office Depot and Fujitsu.
My co-founders and I developed and launched a SaaS platform in 2007, rapidly scaling that business to the Inc 500 with customers like Dell and DHL.
In 2015 we productized data-driven interactive capabilities that now empower hundreds of enterprise brands and agencies to engage, qualify and profile more web traffic. We successfully exited ion interactive in 2017.
I’m passionate about using my knowledge, experience and perspective to help tech companies accelerate and thrive.
I was born in New York, raised in Florida and now reside in Nashville, Tennessee with my wife and two children. I earned a Bachelor of Science in advertising from the University of Florida.
Anna Talerico
I am radically passionate about company culture, sales and SaaS customer success.
As one of ion interactive’s co-founders, I led our customer-facing teams which included sales, customer success, creative & technical services and product support. I focused on the people, process and teams that made us a growing, profitable bootstrapped marketing tech business.
I love solving the problems faced by SaaS companies. Reducing customer churn and increasing product adoption. Growing a radically efficient sales team from nothing. Creating value for customers so they buy, and buy again, and buy yet again. Building a company that employees can be proud of and where they can do their best work. And most of all, running a profitable company in a business climate where that’s an anomaly.
I have had the pleasure of working with organizations like FedEx, American Greetings, Anthem/Wellpoint, Citrix, Dell, DHL, Dun & Bradstreet, GE, General Mills, Iron Mountain, Procter & Gamble, Symantec, and many more.
I believe this: “The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.” ― Voltaire
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