Peter Coppinger is the Co-Founder & CEO of Teamwork, an online collaboration tool that allows teams to work together more efficiently. Peter and his co-founder Daniel Mackey founded the Irish based company in 2007. Peter and Daniel have bootstrapped the company and to date, Teamwork has almost 1.5 million users and $14M in annual revenue. Links & Resources Mentioned Teamwork Peter Coppinger - @irlTopper | peter [at] teamwork [dot] com Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the ...
Feb 18, 2015•37 min•Ep. 43
Maciej Zawadzinski is the co-Founder & CEO of Piwik Pro, the business arm of Piwik.org. Piwik is an open-source alternative to Google Analytics, which puts users in control of their data, never shares data with other servers and never sells data for ad targeting. Piwik Pro focuses on providing Piwik cloud hosting and extra paid services for enterprise-level customers. Links & Resources Mentioned Piwik Pro Maciej Zawadzinski - @zawadzinski | m [at] piwik [dot] pro Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed th...
Feb 15, 2015•47 min•Ep. 42
Kevin Lee is the founder & CEO of We-Care.com, a service that allows online shoppers to donate a percentage of their online shopping (at no cost to them) to a non-profit, school or association. It has partnered with over 2,5000 merchants from Travelocity to Sears, 1800Flowers and Apple. To date, We Care has raised over $7.8M. Kevin is also the co-founder & CEO of Didit, an award-winning full-service online advertising and marketing services agency that has been in business for almost 20 years. E...
Feb 11, 2015•24 min•Ep. 41
Kevin Lee is the founder & CEO of We-Care.com, a service that allows online shoppers to donate a percentage of their online shopping (at no cost to them) to a non-profit, school or association. It has partnered with over 2,5000 merchants from Travelocity to Sears, 1800Flowers and Apple. To date We Care has raised over $7.8M. Kevin is also the co-founder & CEO of Didit, an award-winning full-service online advertising and marketing services agency that has been in business for almost 20 years. Li...
Feb 08, 2015•32 min•Ep. 40
Collis Ta'eed is the Co-Founder & CEO of Envato, a network of sites used by millions of people for their creative projects. The network comprises Envato Market, Envato Studio & Tuts+. Envato was founded by Collis, his wife and best friend in 2006. The company is based in Melbourne, Australia and has been bootstrapped since day one. Links & Resources Mentioned Envato Envato Studio Collis Ta'eed - @collis | collis [at] envato [dot] com Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the p...
Feb 04, 2015•50 min•Ep. 39
Rand Fishkin is the Co-Founder of Moz, a Seattle-based SaaS company that sells inbound marketing & marketing analytics software. The company was founded in 2004 as a consulting firm and shifted to software development in 2008. The Moz website has an online community of more than one million digital marketers. To date, the company has raised just under $20M in funding. Links & Resources Mentioned Moz Rand Fishkin Personal Blog Wait But Why Whiteboard Friday: How to Provide Unique Value in Your Co...
Feb 01, 2015•28 min•Ep. 38
Rand Fishkin is the Co-Founder of Moz, a Seattle-based SaaS company that sells inbound marketing & marketing analytics software. The company was founded in 2004 as a consulting firm and shifted to software development in 2008. The Moz website has an online community of more than one million digital marketers. To date, the company has raised just under $20M in funding. Links & Resources Mentioned Moz Rand Fishkin Personal Blog Rand Fishkin - @randfish | rand [at] moz [dot] com Omer Khan - @omerkh...
Jan 28, 2015•33 min•Ep. 37
Dan Norris is co-founder of WP Curve, one of the world's fastest-growing WordPress support companies. He's an entrepreneur with an obsession for content marketing and was voted Australia's top small business blogger by 'Smarter Business Ideas', Australia's largest business magazine. He's also the author of 'The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch'. Links & Resources Mentioned WP Curve dannorris.me 7 Day Startup (Facebook Group) Dan Norris - @thedannorris | dannorris [at] wpcurve [dot...
Jan 25, 2015•41 min•Ep. 36
Ryan Hamlin is the Founder & CEO of PlaceFull, an online marketplace that allows merchants to offer real-time booking of their spaces, services, camps & classes. PlaceFull was founded in 2011 by Ryan and his co-founder George Webb. To date, the company has raised over $2.5M in funding. Links & Resources Mentioned PlaceFull Ryan Hamlin - ryan [at] placefull [dot] com Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help wit...
Jan 21, 2015•32 min•Ep. 35
Gabriel Weinberg is the Founder & CEO of DuckDuckGo, the search engine that doesn't track you, with over a billion searches in 2013. He is also an angel investor and co-author of Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers. Gabriel has been featured on CBS, FOX, the Guardian, the Washington Post and many more. Links & Resources Mentioned DuckDuckGo Traction Gabriel Weinberg - @yegg Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Tw...
Jan 18, 2015•32 min•Ep. 34
Gabriel Weinberg is the Founder & CEO of DuckDuckGo, the search engine that doesn't track you, with over a billion searches in 2013. He is also an angel investor and co-author of Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers. Gabriel has been featured on CBS, FOX, the Guardian, the Washington Post and many more. Links & Resources Mentioned DuckDuckGo Traction Gabriel Weinberg - @yegg Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Tw...
Jan 14, 2015•33 min•Ep. 33
Michael Pryor is the CEO of Trello, a free app that makes working on group projects as easy as using sticky notes on a whiteboard. He is also the co-founder and President of Fog Creek Software, the makers of products such as FogBugz and Kiln. To date, Trello has raised over $10M in funding and is used by millions of people and companies of all kinds and sizes including Google, Adobe and The New York Times. Links & Resources Mentioned Trello Fog Creek Michael Pryor - @michaelpryor | michael [at] ...
Jan 11, 2015•47 min•Ep. 32
Hiten Shah is the co-founder and president of analytics companies KISSmetrics & Crazy Egg. He founded KISSmetrics with Neil Patel in 2008. The company has raised over $10M in funding and is used by thousands of companies around the world. Hiten is also an advisor and investor who's actively involved in the software industry. Links & Resources Mentioned KISSmetrics Crazy Egg SaaS Weekly Hiten Shah - @hnshah | hnshah [at] gmail [dot] com Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the...
Jan 07, 2015•58 min•Ep. 31
Aye Moah is the co-founder and chief of product of Baydin, the maker of email productivity tools such as Boomerang for Gmail, a plugin which lets you schedule emails to send later, get email reminders and track the emails that you send. Baydin was founded in Jan 2010. Links & Resources Mentioned Baydin Boomerang Aye Moah - @ayemoah Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? Join SaaS Club Plus: o...
Jan 04, 2015•44 min•Ep. 30
Martin Novak is the co-founder of Visidom, a SaaS tool that records your website visitors interactions and creates custom heatmaps, so you can see exactly how people are interacting with your website. Links & Resources Mentioned Visidom Martin Novak - novak [at] visidom [dot] com | LinkedIn Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? Join SaaS Club Plus: our membership and community for new and ea...
Dec 18, 2014•49 min•Ep. 29
Liz Pearce is the CEO of Seattle-based LiquidPlanner, the industry's only priority-based, predictive online project management solution. LiquidPlanner was founded in 2006 and although Liz isn't a founder, she joined the company before the product launched and so has been involved since the very early days. To date, Liquid Planner has raised over $11 million in funding. Links & Resources Mentioned LiquidPlanner Liz Pearce - @lizprc | lizprc.com Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscrib...
Dec 14, 2014•37 min•Ep. 28
Stu McLaren is the founder of Wishlist Member, a powerful and easy to use a plugin that can turn any WordPress site into a full-blown membership site. Wishlist Member powers over 54,000 online communities and membership sites worldwide. Stu is also the founder of Rhino Support, a helpdesk SaaS application. Links & Resources Mentioned Wishlist Member Rhino Support Stu.me Stu McLaren - @StuMcLaren Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow...
Dec 10, 2014•31 min•Ep. 27
Stu McLaren is the founder of Wishlist Member, a powerful and easy to use a plugin that can turn any WordPress site into a full-blown membership site. Wishlist Member powers over 54,000 online communities and membership sites worldwide. Stu is also the founder of Rhino Support, a helpdesk SaaS application. Links & Resources Mentioned Wishlist Member Rhino Support Stu.me Stu McLaren - @StuMcLaren Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow...
Dec 07, 2014•41 min•Ep. 26
Rick Perreault is the co-founder and CEO of Unbounce, a software platform that enables marketers to create, publish and test landing pages. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Vancouver, Canada. Links & Resources Mentioned Unbounce Rick Perrault - @rickperreault Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? Join SaaS Club Plus: our membership and community for new and early-stage SaaS fo...
Dec 03, 2014•51 min•Ep. 25
Steli Efti is the co-founder and CEO of Close.io, a Y Combinator startup that helps to improve communication and customer management for salespeople. Links & Resources Mentioned Close.io Elastic Evernote FollowUp.cc Y Combinator Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? Join SaaS Club Plus: our membership and community for new and early-stage SaaS founders. Join and get training & support. Join SaaS Club Launch: a 12...
Nov 30, 2014•57 min•Ep. 24
Spencer Haws is the founder of Longtail Pro, a keyword research software. Long Tail Pro allows you to generate hundreds or thousands of "long tail" keywords in minutes. Spencer launched Long Tail Pro in 2011 and successfully grew it into a 6-figure software business. Links & Resources Mentioned Long Tail Pro Niche Pursuits Spencer Haws - @nichepursuits Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? J...
Nov 23, 2014•47 min•Ep. 23
Jim Belosic is the founder and CEO of ShortStack, a tool that helps you build contents, sweepstakes and data collection forms that you can use on Facebook, mobile and the web to help you convert more of your online followers to leads and customers. Jim founded ShortStack in 2010 and has bootstrapped the company all the way. Links & Resources Mentioned ShortStack Jim Belosic - @shortstackjim Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer...
Nov 19, 2014•54 min•Ep. 22
Ben Congleton is the co-founder and CEO of Olark, a tool that brings hassle-free live chat to your website. Olark is a Y Combinator startup that was founded in 2009. Today, Olark has over 5000 customers in 151 countries and has grown into a multi-million dollar business. Links & Resources Mentioned Olark Ben Congleton - @jaminben or ben [at] olark [dot] com Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your Sa...
Nov 16, 2014•49 min•Ep. 21
Jesse is the founder of "You Need a Budget", a software product that helps you with your personal budgeting. Jesse is a former Certified Public Accountant (CPA) turned software entrepreneur. He founded YNAB in 2004 and has successfully grown it into a multi-million dollar business with tens of thousands of users from all over the world. Links & Resources Mentioned You Need a Budget You Need a Budget Podcast Jesse Mecham - @jessemecham or jesse [at] ynab [dot] com Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed th...
Nov 12, 2014•40 min•Ep. 20
Matt Mickiewicz is the co-founder and CEO of Hired, a two-sided marketplace that matches high-quality technology talent with the right job opportunities. Previously, Matt co-founded 99Designs, the #1 marketplace for crowdsourced graphic designs. He also co-founded Flippa.com, an online marketplace for buying and selling websites, domains and apps. And if that wasn't enough, Matt also co-founded SitePoint.com as a teenager and grew it into a profitable multi-million dollar company without any ven...
Nov 09, 2014•41 min•Ep. 19
Brecht Palombo is the founder of Distressed Pro, the home of BankProspector, a SaaS application that provides access to real-time updates for real-estate financials from some 14,000 banks and credit unions. He founded this business in 2009 and today has built a 6-figure business which he runs from on the road while traveling full-time with his wife and kids. Links & Resources Mentioned Distressed Pro Bootstrapped with Kids Brecht Palombo - @brechtify Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? S...
Nov 05, 2014•53 min•Ep. 18
Josh Ledgard is the co-founder of Kickoff Labs, a lead generation platform which provides easy to setup landing pages, combined with lead capture forms and email marketing to help you grow your customers. Josh and his co-founder Scott, launched Kickoff Labs in 2011 and since then have helped their customers generate over 3 million leads. Links & Resources Mentioned Kickoff Labs Josh Ledgard - @joshledgard Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and rev...
Nov 02, 2014•53 min•Ep. 17
Paras Chopra is the founder & CEO of Wingify, which makes Visual Website Optimizer, a market-leading A/B split testing tool. Paras launched and bootstrapped Visual Website Optimizer as a one-man software company in 2010 and within 2 years had over 1000 paying customers. Currently, Visual Website Optimizer is driving over $8M in annual revenue. Links & Resources Mentioned Wingify Visual Website Optimizer Paras Chopra - @paraschopra Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podc...
Oct 29, 2014•53 min•Ep. 16
Adam Schoenfeld is the co-founder & CEO of Simply Measured, a leading social media analytics and measurement platform used by brands such as Samsung, Microsoft, American Express and Pepsi to name a few. Adam founded Simply Measured in 2010 along with his co-founders Aviel Ginzburg and Damon Cortesi. The company now has over 150 employees and to date has raised $29 million in venture capital funding. Links & Resources Mentioned Simply Measured Adam Schoenfeld - @schoeny Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjo...
Oct 27, 2014•48 min•Ep. 15
Chris Savage is the co-founder and CEO of Wistia, an internet video hosting and analytics company that enables marketers to track and analyze web video viewers. Chris and his co-founder Brendan founded Wistia in 2006. In 2009 they were finalists in BusinessWeek's 25 Most Promising US entrepreneurs under the age of 25. Links & Resources Mentioned Wistia Chris Savage - @csavage Omer Khan - @omerkhan Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Nee...
Oct 22, 2014•43 min•Ep. 14
