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

<p>The CEO and Founder of <a href='https://www.paddle.com/'>Paddle.com</a> 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.</p> <p>At the age of 12 <a href='https://www.paddle.com/'>Christian Owens</a> 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. </p> <p>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”.</p> <p> </p> <p>0:00:53   Intro</p> <p>0:02:43   Luxury Events and Trips For Entrepreneurs Around The World</p> <p>0:04:09   Guest Introduction </p> <p>0:06:35   How Christian Started To Do Business</p> <p>0:08:45   What Makes Christian Different At A Young Age</p> <p>0:12:24   Challenges While Bussiness Was Exponentially Growing</p> <p>0:16:18   Life After Dropping Out Of School</p> <p>0:20:24   Dealing With Government Taxes As A Teen</p> <p>0:23:10   How To Focus On Business</p> <p>0:26:35   Projection Of Business Growth</p> <p>0:28:25   How To Gain Customers Being A 17-Year-Old</p> <p>0:32:25   Chapters Of Paddle  </p> <p>0:38:25   Being A Company Serving Customers At A Larger Scale</p> <p>0:41:40   Walk From Zero To A Million, Sprint From 1 to 10 Million  </p> <p>0:45:13   Audience Q&A: Working With Patrick Campbell</p> <p>0:50:45   Audience Q&A: Keeping Morale Up In The Workplace</p> <p>0:54: