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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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Oil Drilling Software Breaks $1m in Revenue, but $6m+ raised?

Luther is an entrepreneur, data scientist, and engineer passionate about energy efficiency and democratizing AI From boardrooms, to oilfields, to data centers, Luther has been transforming data from a cost to an asset for over 20 years. In 2013 he founded OAG Analytics to build a cloud platform that makes AI easy and scalable for the oil & gas industry. Luther is an expert at simplifying complex software and optimizing assets with advanced analytics.

Jun 28, 202022 minEp. 1800

ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns

ZigZag Global is a software solution to help ecommerce retailers manage returns domestically and globally. The ZigZag platform connects major retailers to a global network of over 220 warehouses to over 100 carrier services and 50 marketplaces in over 130 countries - all from a single integration. ZigZag's mission is to help retailers become more sustainable whilst cutting costs by up to 57% and improving the speed of customer refunds by getting stock back in the supply chain more quickly. Clien...

Jun 26, 202024 minEp. 1798

AI Company Ople $15m Raised, Just $500k Revenue, Overvalued?

I have been in the AI/ML industry for 18 years. Some of that time in academia and some in industry as a data scientist. I have seen the struggle that companies face when trying to get a return on investment with AI and decided to fix that by creating Ople.

Jun 25, 202026 minEp. 1797

Kontentino is Profitable Bootstrapped, Hit $1m Revenue Competing with Buffer, Hootsuite

Bohumil studied Innovation Management and Marketing in Denmark and in the USA. After his studies, he was invited to launch a social media tool developed in a leading ad agency in Central Europe to the market. In less than 4 years, he and his team built a tool with more than 4000 brands and agencies on board such as IKEA, BBDO or VML. Bohumil has recently got into the Forbes 30 under 30 list and became Founder of a year in Slovakia.

Jun 24, 202019 minEp. 1796

Bootstrapped JivoChat Does $7.5m Revenue, $3m Cash Flow, Founders Get Rich

Tim Valishev is a tech-CEO who coded the first version of JivoChat together with his partner and bootstrapped the company from zero to $5M in ARR and 10% worldwide market share by installations. Now Tim runs the distributed team of 120 people from a dozen of countries that rebuilds JivoChat from scratch every 2 years in order to stay up-to-date. Tim is based in Moscow, Russia.

Jun 23, 202012 minEp. 1795

Can SlidesUp Actually Threaten CVent, Bizzabo?

Kunal Bhatia is a Product Designer from Boston, MA, now living in San Francisco, CA. He is the Co-founder and Design Lead at SlidesUp. He's an outdoor fitness enthusiast because of November Project and coaches at Uncommon Movement. Maybe you'll meet him at a free workout!

Jun 22, 202016 minEp. 1794

VisitorQueue Hits $270k Revenue, Powers Your Sales Team ABM

Nick Hollinger is the CEO and Co-founder of Visitor Queue, a B2B SaaS company that has partnered with Google Analytics to identify the companies visiting a website. Bootstrapped, VQ currently works with ~5000 companies across the globe. He is also the Game Day Director for one of Canada's most successful Junior Hockey Teams.

Jun 20, 202019 minEp. 1792

Masterworks: SaaS Wealth Going Into Picasso Paintings, 20x Returns?

Scott Lynn is the Founder and CEO of Masterworks, the first company to allow investors to buy shares representing ownership of great masterpieces by artists like Warhol, Monet, and Banksy. Scott has been an active collector of contemporary art for more than fifteen years and has built an internationally-recognized collection of Abstract Expressionism that has included works by Clyfford Still, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and more. In addition to Masterworks, Scott serves on th...

Jun 17, 202020 minEp. 1789

From $22m Diamond Candles to $30k MRR Support SaaS

Justin is the co-founder and CEO of Boostopia, a SaaS platform that allows you to manage your newly work from home customer support team with the worlds first support department operations platform. Previously, he was the CEO of diamond candles, he went to Liberity University.

Jun 16, 202019 minEp. 1788

GeoSpiza First 3 Customers at $160k ACV For Climate Risk Software, How?

Co-Founder and CEO, Sarah Tuneberg, founded Geospiza after more than a decade in emergency management and public health in order to transform the way climate risk decisions are made. She leads Geospiza's interdisciplinary team on developing data-driven, evidence-based solutions, models, and processes that reduce risk and enhance resilience.

Jun 15, 202018 minEp. 1787

RJMetrics Founder $4m+ ARR Explains How They Lost To Looker

Bob Moore is the CEO and Co-Founder of Crossbeam, a collaborative data platform that helps companies build more valuable partnerships. He previously co-founded RJMetrics (acquired by Magento) and Stitch Data (acquired by Talend).

Jun 14, 202022 minEp. 1786

"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

Coding since I was a teenager. Had a career in IT before I went to law school, and decided that what I really wanted to be was the CEO of a SaaS company. Series Code is founded upon my passion for coding. Married, two kids, cashed in two WSOP events.

Jun 13, 202020 minEp. 1785

Trust and Will Company Passes 5k Customers, $1m in ARR Digital Way to Do Estate Planning

Cody Barbo is an entrepreneur and two-time founder from San Diego, CA. Cody currently serves as Founder/CEO of Trust & Will, a modern estate planning software startup. Cody also serves on the San Diego State University Alumni Board of Advisors as VP of Partnerships. At his last startup, Cody served as Founder/CEO of Industry, a 'LinkedIn' for the service and hospitality industry. Cody is happily married, a dog dad, and a soon-to-be father of a baby girl.

Jun 12, 202025 minEp. 1784

153 Brands Use Them To Report Sales Volume to Shopping Malls, $20k in MRR, $1.5m Raised

CEO of ShoppinPal. Previously, as a Product Manager and grew $40B payment volume products at eBay/PayPal, 1st non founding engineer at Trustgenix (acquired by HP). Recently featured in Leaders of Tomorrow (India's version of the Shark Tank) and selected twice by Invest Stockholm as one of the most promising ventures identified to expand business in Sweden. Passionate about helping SMEs, creating top notch enterprise software from the ground up, identifying raw talent and creating the right oppor...

Jun 10, 202017 minEp. 1782

"Ex VC Bootstrapping New G2 Competitor, 24 Customers, $12k MRR "

Phil Strazzulla is a finance nerd turned entrepreneur. Phil started investing in the stock market when he was 12, but set his sights on starting a company after an internship at a two person company during college. After graduating from NYU, Phil began his career working in venture capital at Bessemer Venture Partners before getting his MBA at Harvard Business School. He's a self taught programmer who has started two bootstrapped technology companies. He now spends most of his time working on Se...

Jun 09, 202019 minEp. 1781

Rosterfy Hits $1.2m Revenues Helping Superbowl Staff Volunteers

Rosterfy is widely regarded as the most comprehensive volunteer management solution in the market, providing end to end technology for workforce programs throughout the world. Our scalable technology streamlines the previously manual process of workforce management for organisations all shapes and sizes from the Super Bowl to tin rattlers for local charities. As a business our mission is connecting communities to events and causes they are passionate about.

Jun 08, 202018 minEp. 1780

"He Raised $900k And Sold For $1.8m... Why? "

15 years of startup experience as founder/CEO/CTO. Founder & CEO ProLeads, acquired by OutboundWorks in a seven figures cash deal plus stock. 500 Startups and The Alchemist Accelerator alumni & mentor. CTO at Arrivalguides.com (acquired by Lonely Planet). Founder & CEO Tablefinder (acquired by Visit). DJ as @desertpillar

Jun 06, 202025 minEp. 1778

Mela.Work Raising $1-2m Right Now With $200k in Revenue, Fair Valuation?

Mela.Work is an app that simplifies management of field construction teams both online and offline. Founder Francesco Putignano lived in 7 countries and speaks 5 languages. He became a nuclear engineer before getting an MBA and working at a fast growing ticketing marketplace. Founded Mela Works with two of his best friends, with the objective of changing the way work is executed in heavy industry.

Jun 05, 202014 minEp. 1777

Get More People to Take Your Online Course w/ Gamification, Solo Founder, $100k in ARR

BLUErabbit is a gamified engagement platform originally designed for the improvement of classroom environments but has now evolved to generate engagement in any space that requires interaction between players and organizers We received the Outstanding Gamification Software award in Nov 2017 from Gamification Europe and went from 25k gross profit to 150k in one year.

Jun 04, 202017 minEp. 1776

TrustMary: Transition from $2m Agency to $200k SaaS

Always curious to learn new things, share them with my wife and two boys, customers and business partners. Hooked with so many hobbies that 48h per day wouldn't be enough so need to limit it to a few top ones including golf, ice hockey, fishing and every now and then to other ball games.

Jun 02, 202022 minEp. 1774
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