This document discusses a SaaS product for project management called Ramen that helps companies get feedback from customers. Ramen beat its crowdfunding goal of $15,000 in just 10 days and received $600,000 in seed funding from investors like AngelList and Cisco. The company is still young but started after winning a hackathon in 2013 and has since focused on growing its product based on customer feedback rather than seeking additional funding. It offers monthly subscription plans starting at $49 and helps other startups apply its customer feedback practices.

1. By: Robbie Small

2. Bonus Slide: Questions they Answer
- “Is your product vision aligned with your
customers’ needs?”
- “Are the products you’re shipping living up
to expectations?”

3. Sample Products
- SaaS for project
management
- Track your
features
- Get real user
feedback

4. Financials
- Beat goal of $15,000 in 10 days
- Funding from 3 investors
- Big names: AngelList & Cisco
- $600,000 in seed funding

5. Company History
- Young!
- Won 2013 LAUNCH hackathon
- Surpassed crowdfunding goal fast
- Pivoted
- Less getting funding, more growing the product
- Received early seed funding
- Put together pay platform
- $49/month, $249/month, ASK

6. What’s Hot? -- The Kitchen
- Ideas/features/segments
- Ratings by customers
- Roadmap
- Report broken down by
cust segment
- Deployed
- Continued insights from
customers
- in-app survey

7. Secret Sauce… X2
- “...As a side note, one of the offers now
available on Ramen is for our whole team to
come to a hackathon of your choice and
apply these practices to your idea.”
- Startup helping startups
- Show customers your road map

8. Story
- Won “The World’s Largest Hackathon”
- … or did they?
- $1000 in funding before judging

9. Competition on 2 Fronts
- Kickstarter
- AngelList
- Confluence/Phabricator
- Trello

10. Success!
- Entrepreneurship is hot
- Don’t know how to manage
- Makes the PM job easier
- Entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs