Raffy Banks

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Founder at TractionLayer

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Overview

Raffy Banks is the founder of TractionLayer, specializing in creating retention systems for vertical SaaS companies. With over 15 years of product leadership experience, he has scaled B2B SaaS products to over 200, 000 users and through an acquisition. He earned his B. A. from DePaul University.

His entrepreneurial background includes co-founding Threadhop. com, an eCommerce site for apparel and accessories. He grew this business to mid-six-figure annual revenue by focusing intensely on the customer experience, demonstrating a strong foundation in consumer retail and direct-to-consumer strategy.

Unique fact: In his early career, he built a custom web application from the ground up for an insurance company to manage and track thousands of policies.

Personality Overview

Story Driven

Optimistic

Amiable & Agreeable

They tend to be agreeable by nature, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.
  Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They prefer to build relationships rather than staying totally transactional.

Topics They Care About

SaaS Retention
His entire business is built around helping founder-led vertical SaaS companies install systems to improve customer retention and increase long-term value.
Customer Activation
He believes founders focus too much on acquisition and neglect customer activation, seeing it as a critical, often-missed step for sustainable growth.
Lean Development
He advocates for building simple, functional first versions of products, citing his own experience of starting a successful app with just plain HTML and JavaScript.

Media Appearances

Raffy has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2025
Founder at TractionLayer
8-2020 - 2025
Product Manager at Ocean Technologies Group
6-2014 - 8-2020
Product Development Manager at Maritime Training Services
2008 - 2014
Co-Founder at Threadhop.com
2001 - 2010
Owner at RJB Consulting

Education

B.A. from DePaul University

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Exp : 29 Location : Kirkland, Washington, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Founder at TractionLayer
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Insights For Selling To Raffy

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Refer to interesting customer testimonials and stress on great customer experience
  • Speak from experience about success that the product has seen with other customers
  • Compliment them about their personality if you get a chance

DONT's

  • Don’t push them for a direct ‘no’, take lack of ‘yes’ as ‘no’ after some time
  • Don't be critical or challenge them openly, they can react defensively
  • Don’t be too formal with them, they trust informality more

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Raffy is

  • Relationship and rapport are valuable for them, but so is proven product value.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Raffy

  • They are unlikely to say no directly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Raffy move?

  • They are not very fast decision makers, even while they continue to stay engaged.
  • Can Raffy take some risk or not?

  • They can take some low-probability risks if needed.

You And Raffy

Personality Compatibility


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