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Less Annoying CRM

Family-owned · $0 raised · profitable since 2009
👤 Tyler & Bracken King (Engineer brothers, self-funded from day one; won on obsessive human support and the patience to stay small and profitable.)🌐 sitelessannoyingbusiness.com

Two brothers bootstrapped a $15/mo CRM to about $5M a year and 24k customers — by refusing to raise or chase growth.

Will it work? · our read
Small on purpose. A masterclass in counter-positioning: win a giant-owned market by being simple, cheap, and human — then stay small on purpose rather than risk what already works.
01How the money moves
A small business outgrows spreadsheets, dreads Salesforce
Signs up in minutes: flat $15/user, free trial, no contract
Pays $15/user every month; human support keeps churn low
02The numbers
$5.4MEstimate2024 rev · founder-stated
2024
the sentence on the pageLess Annoying CRM Revenue 2024: $5.4M Est. ARR Home SaaS Database Add Your Company Podcast Pricing Sections Company Revenue Founder and CEO Customers and Pricing Emplo
$5.4M
2024 revenue
24k
Paying customers
$0
Outside funding
Revenue is founder-reported via getLatka and matches 24k customers times a $224 ACV; growth is steady (about 15-20%/yr), not hypergrowth. getLatka
About $5.4M/yr, about 24k customers at $15/user, $0 raised (founder-reported).
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Revenue ($5.4M, about 24k customers, $224 ACV) is founder-reported via getLatka and cross-checks (24k x $224 = $5.4M); it is not an audited/filing figure, so not independently confirmed and tagged Stated. The $0-raised and profitable-since-day-one claims are stated first-party by the founders. Honest angle note: despite the assigned fastest-growing list brief, LACRM is NOT a hypergrowth/Inc 5000 name (that well is heavily mined; peers like Text Request are already in the library). It grew a steady about 15-20%/yr and its documented recognition is #1 CRM customer service (U.S. News, multiple years) and the Arch Grants competition (2014), not a growth ranking. No fabricated drama — this is an execution-and-patience win. The incumbents cannot go simple and all dies scenarios are [our read], not founder claims. We never score you.