Behind the co-founder breakup at Kajabi

Travis Rosser, Kajabi, SaaS (software as a service), Scaling, Subscription (Membership) Model

I had today’s guest on the podcast back in 2011. He appeared with his cofounder and they both appeared so happy.

I was skeptical about the business but in the last 7 years it has really taken off. Well, today Travis Rosser is back but without his cofounder.

I want to find out why. Travis is the co-founder of Kajabi which is an all-in-one online membership and course platform.

Travis Rosser

Kajabi

Travis Rosser is the co-founder of Kajabi which is an all-in-one online membership and course platform.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. You guys know I do research in these interviews, right? And so I contacted people, for example, who competed with today’s guests. Wow, the stuff that I found. We looked online and all the stuff that we found is not like . . . this is not an easy story to tell but I’m glad that he’s here to tell it.

Let me back off for a second. Travis Rosser is the founder of a site called Kajabi. It is a tool that lets anyone who wants to teach online quickly and easily create a membership site. I had him on Mixergy with his cofounder back in 2011. They seemed so happy go lucky that they both wanted to be on fricking mic at the same time.

Travis: That’s right.

Andrew: And I wasn’t sure how well the business was going to do because I thought anyone could just install WordPress....

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