Ep.546 ~ He Built a $1.4 Billion Software Company Before He Was 30 ~ Christian Owens

The CEO and Founder of Paddle.com is on the mic today and he is going to share his story of building a $1.4 Billion SaaS company before the age of 30. At the age of 12 Christian Owens taught himself how to code and started building a software company. By the age of 16 he dropped out of highschool and scaled his invoicing software business to $4 Million Annual Recurring Revenue. As a result, he ran into a lot of tax issues. Christian then decided to start a software company to solve these problems after being told he would have to build it himself to find a solution.  So Christian founded Paddle. Paddle became a payments infrastructure for SaaS businesses, and he grew Paddle into a $1.4 Billion company before the age of 30 growing 175% year over year. Paddle, recently hit the unicorn level by raising $200 million, it has attracted developers with over $1 billion in volume and integrates Alipay, Google Pay and iDeal, empowering software companies to sell and grow globally. In 2016, Christian was named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30”.   0:00:53   Intro 0:02:43   Luxury Events and Trips For Entrepreneurs Around The World 0:04:09   Guest Introduction  0:06:35   How Christian Started To Do Business 0:08:45   What Makes Christian Different At A Young Age 0:12:24   Challenges While Bussiness Was Exponentially Growing 0:16:18   Life After Dropping Out Of School 0:20:24   Dealing With Government Taxes As A Teen 0:23:10   How To Focus On Business 0:26:35   Projection Of Business Growth 0:28:25   How To Gain Customers Being A 17-Year-Old 0:32:25   Chapters Of Paddle   0:38:25   Being A Company Serving Customers At A Larger Scale 0:41:40   Walk From Zero To A Million, Sprint From 1 to 10 Million   0:45:13   Audience Q&A: Working With Patrick Campbell 0:50:45   Audience Q&A: Keeping Morale Up In The Workplace 0:54:25   Key Takeaways For To Grow Business In 2022 0:59:08   How Christian Structure His Day 1:03:38   Reach Out to Christian Owens 1:04:20   Outro Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.paddle.com/ Christian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/christianbowens Paddle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paddlehq   Subscribe to the Podcast:  🎧 Website:  https://thebusinessmethod.com/christian-owens 🍏 Apple Podcasts:  http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethod 💻 Google Podcasts:  http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethodGooglePodcasts 🎙Spotify:  http://bit.ly/SpotifyTheBusinessMethod   Follow Chris Reynolds on Social Media: Instagram: @chrisreynoldslive  Facebook: @chrisreynoldslive  YouTube: @chrisreynoldslive LinkedIn: @chrisreynoldslive