7 Enterprise Content Management Software Business Success Stories [2023]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start An Enterprise Content Management Software Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a enterprise content management software business:

1. Influence Podium ($480K/year)

Marti Sanchez, the CEO of Influence Podium, came up with the idea for his business after ghostwriting papers for B2B CEOs in college. He realized the power of personal branding and content, and eventually launched Influence Podium to help B2B CEOs grow their personal brands and create content at scale. Now in its 3rd year, Influence Podium has crossed $30k MRR and aims to hit seven figures by the end of the year.

How much they make: $480K/year
Where they're located: Charlotte
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 6

Case Study

How I Started A $30K/Month Personal Branding Content Service For B2B CEOs

Influence Podium CEO Marti Sanchez started his content service for B2B CEOs three years ago, which now helps get CEOs of companies on podcasts and repurposes those episodes. They have crossed $30k MRR and their next goal is to hit seven figures by the end of the year, while completely self-funded.

$40K Monthly Revenue

$100 Startup Costs

4.41K

Learn more about starting an enterprise content management software business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start an enterprise content management software business?
-> Pros and cons of an enterprise content management software business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established enterprise content management software business

Other resources

-> Enterprise content management software business tips

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2. Filestage ($3M/year)

Hey, my name is Niklas Dorn and I'm the CEO and co-founder of Filestage. We started the company in 2015 after realizing how messy and complicated the feedback process was for agencies and marketing teams when it comes to content creation. Our software makes it easy for teams to share, comment, and approve any digital content, and today we have over 600 customers and 50,000 users worldwide.

How much they make: $3M/year
Where they're located: Stuttgart, Germany
How much did it cost to start: $200K
Current team size: 50

Case Study

How Three Fresh Out Of University Founders Created A 250K/Month Media SaaS

Filestage is a content review and approval software that started in 2015 and now has over 600 customers and 50,000 users worldwide, offering an efficient approval process for digital content such as videos, images, pdf, podcasts, and entire websites.

$250K Monthly Revenue

$200K Startup Costs

5.88K

5. CIOReview

CIOReview is a leading print magazine that bridges the gap between enterprise IT vendors & buyers. As a knowledge network, CIOReview offers a range of in-depth CIO/CXO articles, whitepapers, latest Enterprise Technology News to help CIOs & IT leaders make the right decisions

Website traffic: 90K/month
Business rank: #57.6K

Check out their full website ➜

6. Mediafly

Mediafly's Sales Enablement and Content Management Technology empowers your sales & marketing teams with interactive and engaging content that provides actionable insight to buyers. With Mediafly Enablement, Mediafly Readiness, Mediafly ValueStory and Mediafly Advisory, Mediafly is the Evolved Selling Solution.

Estimated revenue: $2.33M/month
Business rank: #66K

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7. Laserfiche

Laserfiche is a world leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), document management (DMS) and BPM solutions. Discover what Laserfiche can do for you.

Website traffic: 320K/month
Business rank: #90.1K

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