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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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1743 Zapier Hits 100k Customers, $50m in ARR, Eye on Doubling YoY with New Partnerships

Wade Foster is the CEO and co-founder of Zapier, a workflow automation tool used by over three million people to connect the work apps they use every day. Prior to Zapier, Wade worked as a customer development lead for The Idea Works, Inc. in Missouri. He is an alumnus of Y Combinator and has degrees in industrial engineering and business administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

May 02, 202025 minEp. 1743

1741 CodeAcademy for Blockchain Developers Hits $4k MRR

I am a software engineer and entrepreneur who is currently down the blockchain rabbit hole. I have worked in various industries such as Travel and Sports. I started my company Zastrin last year to teach developers blockchain programming through real world projects. I love my family, food and travel.

Apr 30, 202011 minEp. 1741

1740 $5m Raised and $600k ARR When Fiverr Acquired, Did Common Holders See Any Cash?

Leif is the co-founder, CEO of AND CO. The #1 freelancing software in the world, which was acquired by Fiverr in 2018. He is also a Parter at Prehype, a venture development firm in New York and investor in companies like Ro Health. He also co-founded Pay with a Tweet, which was acquired by the German company builder Hanse Ventures in 2013. Served as Director of Product for West Studios in San Francisco, where he worked with start ups like Rdio and Venmo. He also worked as Creative Director at R/...

Apr 29, 202020 minEp. 1740

1739 Construction SaaS VIRUS Plan: $84k MRR, $300k Cash, -$25k Monthly Burn

I just hate wasting time or doing unnecessary tasks, doing things over because the first job was not good enough is event better. This happens again and again in construction projects. As a Computer Engineer, born and raises in the construction industry, I saw that I could solve this. It's not done until it is CHECKD!

Apr 28, 202012 minEp. 1739

1738 How He Got First Enterprise Customers to Pay $120k ACV's

Sonny Patel is the Founder & CEO at Insurmi, a white-labeled conversational A.I. platform that enables carriers to generate new business online, streamline claims, and provide excellent A.I. driven customer service. He is also a proud #YESPHX business leader who is passionate about helping other founders make their entrepreneurial dreams a reality!

Apr 27, 202015 minEp. 1738

1737 He Wants Enterprise Customer to Churn to Tackle Massive Technical Debt Issue

>15 yrs software developer. In 2016 I quit my job with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, to found CodeLingo and tackle the Technical Debt crisis head on. In a 40hr work week, a developer spends over 17hrs on Tech Debt (https://bit.ly/2MSQr7b). I've become obsessed with fixing this and unlocking the true potential of development teams. CodeLingo does this by transforming the whole software stack into a big data problem, detects anti-patterns and then automates common development tasks, suc...

Apr 26, 202019 minEp. 1737

1734 How He Hit $3.5m in ARR Selling HR Interview Tool

Originally a software engineer, and now serial entrepreneur, I love applying technology to solve real world problems, and like the best of ideas, Shine is an idea borne of frustration and real world experience of the recruitment process.

Apr 23, 202013 minEp. 1734

1733 They're Raising $5m Right Now on $3.6m in ARR

Franz Riedl, co-founder of Styla, an agile Content Management System. Styla automates design and unifies content and e-commerce to create seamless inspiration and shopping experiences. Today, Styla works with more than 100 brands and retailers such as Footlocker, Otto Group, Thomas Sabo or OBI. Prior to Styla, Franz cofounded several gaming companies and worked as a consultant in strategy and innovation - supporting enterprises in tackling the challenges of digital transformation.

Apr 22, 202018 minEp. 1733

1732 Why Is He "Waiting" To Drive Sales?

David spent 25 years in global equity research in both senior banking and asset management roles. He has watched the world's best presenters in action and designed a solution to enhance presentation impact while capturing all interaction details.

Apr 21, 202017 minEp. 1732

1731 How He Raised $10m From PE To Buy Out 80% Cofounders

Working with our brilliant team. Leading the commercialisation and growth of our award-winning global employee leave tracking / absence management solution. Leading from start-up phase to our current market leading position, and securing Private Equity backing to further accelerate growth.

Apr 20, 202021 minEp. 1731

1730 Burning $45k/mo With $80k in ARR, Why Is He Raising? Product is not proven!

Entrepreneurial leader and team motivator with ability to proactively identify business opportunities and solve challenging business problems. Passion for and proven track record of successfully developing breakthrough business and product strategies, managing product implementation, streamlining business operations, and establishing strategic partnerships that drive business growth. Demonstrated success in start-ups, midsize and Fortune 100 companies. Keen sense of market needs, employee motiva...

Apr 19, 202016 minEp. 1730

1728 They Expect 120% Growth This Year, $30m Raised, No Virus Impact, Selling to Banks

Rob Heiser is the co-founder and a Vice Chairman of Segmint Inc, an innovative financial technology company based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Rob was awarded Crain's Cleveland 40 under 40 and currently serves on the Advisory Board of Kent State University's LaunchNET entrepreneurship program. Rob has been awarded 10 U.S. and international patents for Segmint.

Apr 17, 202013 minEp. 1728

1727 He Spent $100k on MVP, Can He Scale During Virus?

Dmitriy Pavlov is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stitched Insights. Dmitriy has over a decade of nose-to-tail experience creating consistent category growth through data with prior leadership roles at large corporations like ADP and enterprise startups like Duda & Conduit.

Apr 16, 202019 minEp. 1727

1726 HealthTech Company Expects To Hit $1m in ARR As Critical Tech During COVID

MedStack's CEO Balaji is an educator and thought leader in platform and software product strategy, is passionately driven by the role of technology in addressing societal problems. MedStack supports many digital health companies in protecting patient, and has been awarded accolades by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance and Techcrunch.

Apr 15, 202015 minEp. 1726

1725 SEMRush Broke $100m in Revenues in 2019

Eugene was one of the first investors to spot SEMrush. After joining the company as a Chief Strategy Officer he helped to more than quadruple company revenue and raised over $40m from Tier 1 investors. Before SEMrush, Eugene was a partner at Target Global, pan-european venture fund that invests in consumer Internet space. There Eugene was in charge of late stage pipeline and worked on number of notable transactions including Lyft and Delivery Hero. Eugene started his VC career as Senior Associat...

Apr 14, 202031 minEp. 1725

1724 He's Raising $100m Now Despite COVID, $20m in Revenues, 101% YoY Growth Serving Online Retailers

Through Exponea, Peter spread his personalized, customer-focused experiences to over a billion consumers. Under his leadership, Exponea has become one of the fastest growing European SAAS companies. Exponea's product vision was fuelled by his CEO experience from Slevomat which became number one daily deal site in 6 countries, with revenues of over €100 mil in less than 4 years. Peter's philosophy is to help his employees to become future business leaders and founders, while instilling them with ...

Apr 13, 202022 minEp. 1724

1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM

I started in the Internet Marketing space in 2000, when I co-founded one of the world's first email service providers, CoolerEmail. As a pioneer in responsible email marketing, we grew CoolerEmail into a global software company specializing in marketing communication with over 1,500 clients. In 2010, after spending several years designing and implementing a more comprehensive way to meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses, I launched GreenRope, a cloud-based platform that simplifies and...

Apr 12, 202020 minEp. 1723

1722 "How $2m+ Enterprise Email SaaS Tool Plans To Survive COVID "

Knak is the first email creation platform built for enterprise teams. We empower marketers, writers, and designers to collaborate and create beautiful, responsive, on-brand emails quickly - no coding required. Knak integrates with the most popular marketing automation platforms, including Marketo, Eloqua, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

Apr 11, 202021 minEp. 1722

1720 Bombora CEO Hits $30m ARR, Applies for PPP, Finds Virus Patterns Among B2B Brands

Erik Matlick guides vision and corporate strategy at Bombora, bringing over 15 years in founding, board and executive management experience. Prior to Bombora, Erik was the founder and CEO of several advertising technology companies including Madison Logic. He also founded IndustryBrains and MediaBrains. Erik began his career in ad sales at Ziff-Davis and divides his time between Miami and New York.

Apr 09, 202021 minEp. 1720

1719 He's Expecting $500k PPP Stimulus Check for Virus, At $6m ARR Today, Whats next?

Steve Pockross brings 20+ years of startup, Fortune 500, and nonprofit experience to his role as CEO Verblio. He has also served in leadership roles at LiveOps, Tendril, Western Union, Marketing Technologies Group, and HSBC. Steve received his MBA from Kellogg School of Business and his MA from Wesleyan University.

Apr 08, 202017 minEp. 1719
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