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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latkagetlatka.com
What if you knew data behind the fastest growing SaaS companies today? Each morning join Nathan Latka as he spends 15 minutes interviewing SaaS founders. You'll learn how SaaS CEO's launched their startup and grew it into a real SaaS business. SaaS Founders range from bootstrapped to funded, MVP to 10,000 customers, pre revenue to pre IPO.
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1688 How He Leases Computing Power to Rendering Studios

Technical background, started as software developer. Co-founded my first business in 2001, entrepreneur since then. Went from startup owner to executive in a multi-national company, then back to startup founder. Now CEO of RenderStreet, backed by advanced tech and dedicated to reducing the stress levels of 3D artists and studios worldwide.

Mar 08, 202010 minEp. 1688

1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money

I am the Founder and Product leader at Brandzooka. I develop and scale web services that disrupt and delight. I build teams and create the space for people to deliver extraordinary results and develop Market Product Fit. I write for publications such as AdAge and DowJones and speak regularly on subjects ranging from Entrepreneurship and Ad Tech, to Agile and Product development practices for organizations such as Stanford GSB and IDEO.

Mar 07, 202018 minEp. 1687

1686 How He Sold His First $1m ARR Company

Dropped out of college to start the worlds largest answering service, left after 12 years to start an accounting software company, sold that and is now helping marketing agencies close more leads to customers through automation. Live in Eugene, Oregon, married with a 6-year old son.

Mar 06, 202011 minEp. 1686

1685 Why Data CEO Turned Down $35M Offer, Would Never Work for Facebook

Mayukh has been working in the Technology industry, specifically cyber security, Identity and Access Management, and data security for the past decade and a half. He has been part of multiple successful startups as an early employee before he ventured out on his own. He has also consulted for Fortune 500 companies such as TD Bank, RBC, ING, and IBM.

Mar 05, 202016 minEp. 1685

1684 With $60M in ARR, How Braze Drives Serious Expansion Revenue on Old Cohorts

As CEO and Cofounder of Braze (formerly Appboy), Bill is humanizing connections between brands and customers at a global scale. By streamlining customers' past, present, and future data in an interactive feedback loop, Braze allows brands to take immediate actions on insights – creating personalized messaging experiences.

Mar 04, 202018 minEp. 1684

1683 Why He Used Affiliates To Get First $20k in MRR

Justin Burns is a serial entrepreneur who with just a few hundred dollars and no college degree when he got started and launched his second SAAS platform Miestro- An online course platform that allows for course creators to get their course up fast.

Mar 03, 202014 minEp. 1683

1681 Why This $5m Legal Compliance Software is Looking for a $5m Bridge Round

Jaideep is the CEO of Legasis, a market leader in Legal & Compliance Solutions. He is an executive program graduate from Stanford University & repatriated to India in 2012. Jaideep has 21 years of experience & has held leadership positions with organizations like Thomson Reuters. He holds a patent in AI & is a hobby macro-economist.

Mar 01, 202016 minEp. 1681

1680 Why Even After Raising $1.4M, $180k MRR CEO Having Trouble Hiring Developers in Finland

Serial entrepreneur with a wide experience in IT domain from software development to services and software/solution sales. +15 years in service management. Excellent track record of building and leading winning teams. Personal goal: help business leaders to see Information Technology as an organic and critical part of their businesses, not just hard-to-understand-expensive-techie-driven-cost center.

Feb 29, 202017 minEp. 1680

1677 50% Of The UK Police Force Use This Recruiting Tool, $13m ARR

Jeanette Maister is Managing Director and Head of Americas at Oleeo. At Oleeo, Maister drives growth, influences the product and helps customers leverage technology to transform their recruiting efforts. Prior to Oleeo, Jeanette spent most of her career as a recruiting practitioner holding leadership roles at Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers, IBM, and Gartner. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with an MBA in Management from Columbia Business School, Jeanette was recognized as a 2018...

Feb 26, 202019 minEp. 1677

1676 Why 850 Farmers Pay Him $127k/mo To Manage Livestock Feeding

Dane is a PLA co-founder who brings a breadth of experience and vision to Performance Livestock Analytics. Dane currently owns a progressive agricultural enterprise that consists of row crops and livestock based in Northern Iowa. With the Agricultural experience, Dane brings visionary insights to PLA with his prior experience in precision ag software. Dane most recently leads Iteris as the Sales Director for the agricultural division of ClearAg. Prior to ClearAg, Dane led the business developmen...

Feb 25, 202017 minEp. 1676

1675 Doesn't The CEO Have to Be The First Salesperson?

Founder, CEO, Marketer, and Architect of Thapos - sports management platform. I have over 18 years of experience in IT industry as a technology startup founder, software architect, product manager, marketer, and software engineer. I have experienced in all aspects of software development life cycle. I have designed and developed marketing management applications, financial applications, and web-based consumer applications. As a leader or team member, I love to work with teams. I truly believe in...

Feb 24, 202015 minEp. 1675

1674 The Weird FB Ad Headline He Uses to Sell his Rental Management Software

Alexander is co-founder and CEO of Syncbnb. Since 1995 he has worked as a web designer, web developer, project manager and team leader, SEO/SEM specialist and social media manager before moving on to C level positions in large tech corporations in Greece. He recently left a Managing Partner position in the largest online services group in Greece to start Syncbnb with his co-founder Petros.

Feb 23, 202010 minEp. 1674

1673 How He Sells $600/mo Software to Museums

Brendan Ciecko is the founder and CEO of Cuseum, a platform that helps museums and cultural organizations engage their visitors, members, and patrons. Ciecko has been building technology since the age of 11 and has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as being one of America's top entrepreneurs under 30. Ciecko has been featured in The New York Times, WIRED, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and PC Magazine for his work in design, technology, and business. https://brendanciecko.co...

Feb 22, 202015 minEp. 1673

1668 How He Got His First $1k in MRR Using Linkedin Sales Navigator

Went from identifying as a basketball player to graduating as a nuclear engineer. Worked in the nuclear industry, got an MBA, joined a fast-growing tech company and lived in 7 countries while doing so. I love art and experimenting with food, and founded Mela with two of my best friends.

Feb 17, 202013 minEp. 1668

1666 How He Got 200 E-Retailers to Pay $300/mo For One Click Management of Amazon, Etsy, Other Channels

Alan has over seventeen years of experience in building technology for a number of high growth start-ups in finance and shopping television. As CTO Alan has successfully built the technology of four start-ups involved in the first meeting to fund raising/turnover in excess of GBP 10 million and been involved in other successful start-ups. Systems designed by Alan are used in major corporations including Deutsche Bank and process millions of transactions annually.

Feb 15, 202014 minEp. 1666

1665 How He's Using Government Loans to Build $50k MRR Visual Communication Tool for Construction Teams

Wherever he worked and whatever he worked with, his goal has always been to make things easier, faster and better. Some might call this lazy, Tom-Erik uses the title «Simplifying Evangelist". Now that smartphones are approaching a penetration of 90% in Norway and most other developed countries, it is time to use them for something smart! He also has a wife, two kids, a cat and an electric car... Do you know how to make your work faster, easier and better? Call me and let us find it out!

Feb 14, 202017 minEp. 1665

1664 Travel Expense App Hits 6500 Customers, but ARPU data makes no sense

MBA ESSEC (France). Started his career in 2000 in the Consulting Industry (Strategy & Management). Moved to the corporate travel industry in 2005 (heading the consulting departments of CarlsonWagonlitTravel and then American Express GBT). Hired by Sodexo in 2015 to create a new business line targeting the Mobility services. Created and launched Rydoo in June 2018.

Feb 13, 202022 minEp. 1664

1663 Why He Thinks Push Notifications Are Future with $35k in MRR, 376 Customers

I'm ambitious and tenacious. I like working and connecting with people and I enjoy the fact that the simple interactions we have with one another can have a big impact. I try to keep that in mind as I go through my day. I've had the privilege of enjoying some terrific success through many of my endeavors but I've also experienced some spectacular failures. Success is my preferred outcome however, in my experience, failure seem to be part of the foundation of success- much to my chagrin.

Feb 12, 20209 minEp. 1663

1662 How He Turns Your team Into Referral Machine with $65k in MRR

I'm ambitious and tenacious. I like working and connecting with people and I enjoy the fact that the simple interactions we have with one another can have a big impact. I try to keep that in mind as I go through my day. I've had the privilege of enjoying some terrific success through many of my endeavors but I've also experienced some spectacular failures. Success is my preferred outcome however, in my experience, failure seem to be part of the foundation of success- much to my chagrin.

Feb 11, 202011 minEp. 1662

1661 How Palo Alto Software Broke $14m in ARR Serving SMB's

Sabrina Parsons is CEO of Palo Alto Software, the company behind the best-selling business management software, LivePlan. Palo Alto Software is dedicated to serving the needs of entrepreneurs and small-business owners, and offers an entire suite of software and tools to help startups plan, manage, market, and grow their business. Sabrina has overseen the transformation of Palo Alto Software from a desktop software company to a cloud-based software company.

Feb 10, 202022 minEp. 1661

1660 Has She Cracked The Code to Selling To Governments?

Catherine is CEO and Co-Founder of CityGrows, the first self-service operating platform for local government, and has extensive experience in startups, digital marketing and civic technology. She created a social impact marketing agency, co-founded Hack for LA, and served as Commissioner for Innovation for Los Angeles.

Feb 09, 20208 minEp. 1660

1659 How Brazilian SaaS CEO Hit $70k MRR in 12 Months

12 years working in brazilian software industry, first as a marketing professional, and as entrepreneur since 2012. Its CEO and cofounder from Ramper, a B2B prospecting automation software and one of the more fast growing brazillian startup that started in 2016 and today has more than 700 customers.

Feb 08, 202010 minEp. 1659
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