In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show our host Alex Theuma is joined by Dave Kellogg, Executive in Residence at Balderton Capital, who shares his guide to founders for B2B sales. You'll hear: 📚 His story behind becoming EIR 📚 Why he wrote the Founders Guide to B2B Sales 📚 Key takeaways from the guide 📚 What SaaS company he wishes he was CEO of 🌟 PLUS a sneak peek into his speaking theme for SaaStock USA..! & more! Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move the...
Feb 09, 2023•42 min•Ep. 342
Welcome back to the SaaS Revolution Show! In this episode our host Alex Theuma is joined by John Collins, consultant and advisor to tech companies, who discusses if we have in fact reached peak content in the SaaS industry. Collins works with B2B clients to develop their content marketing and communications strategies. His clients range from fintech startups to online educators and are located in North America and Europe, and he is also an active angel investor in SaaS and media startups. Previo...
Feb 02, 2023•44 min•Ep. 341
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, our host Alex Theuma is joined by Sujan Patel, Co-Founder at Mailshake, who shares how Mailshake moved upmarket from SMB to enterprise. Having founded Mailshake in 2019, Sujan also owns 4 other SaaS companies under the Ramp Ventures brand. Sujan has over 15 years of marketing experience and has led the digital marketing strategy for companies like Salesforce, Mint, Cafepress and many other Fortune 500 calibre companies. In this episode you'll hear: 📨...
Jan 26, 2023•35 min•Ep. 340
From the SaaStock 2022 Bootstrap Stage: Dave Kellogg, Executive in Residence, Balderton Capital, discusses how to drive your SaaS GTM efficiency in the next two years using these key strategies and tactics. With the need to extend cash runways, a threatening macro environment, and never-ending pressure to improve efficiency, SaaS startups today are thinking hard about how to improve the efficiency of their go-to-market (GTM) operations as they enter the 2023 planning season. In this fast-paced p...
Jan 19, 2023•22 min•Ep. 339
From the SaaStock 2022 Scale Stage: Avi Meir, Co-Founder and CEO TravelPerk, joins Lina Chong, VC at Target Global to discuss the value of values: how following one rule led TravelPerk to the unicorn club. When the pandemic hit in 2020, business travel came to a standstill and TravelPerk faced extremely tough decisions as growth halted. Two years later, we are a unicorn and sticking to our values has been key to not only surviving, but thriving. Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS ...
Jan 12, 2023•23 min•Ep. 338
From the SaaStock 2022 Scale Stage: Des Traynor, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Intercom, discusses reacceleration: how SaaS companies can find and build new engines of growth for the years ahead. After a turbulent couple of quarters, startups realise that sitting on their hands and waiting for another bull market to make everything right again is not a strategy. Instead, they must control their destiny, find new revenue growth engines, and ultimately push their business forward. This ...
Jan 05, 2023•24 min•Ep. 337
From the SaaStock 2022 Bootstrap Stage: Asia Orangio, Founder & CEO DemandMaven, discusses how to recession-proof your SaaS: 3 keys to surviving just about any economic downturn You've seen tweets about it, deep-dives on Reddit, and possibly even a few segments on live TV if you've been particularly daring. It's all of the recession-talk, the debates about if it's real or imagined, and the never-ending advice on what to do. This leaves an early-stage SaaS founder thinking: do I need to be wo...
Dec 29, 2022•22 min•Ep. 336
From the SaaStock 2022 Scale Stage: Godard Abel, Co-Founder & CEO at G2, discusses surviving and thriving in a downturn: his lessons learned weathering economic storms over 25 years building SaaS leaders. Godard Abel shares what it takes to weather economic storms and market downturns as a SaaS leader. Surviving the downturn and thriving to success can be done. Join him to hear the lessons learned from over 25 years of working to stay ahead of the game. ~~~~ Want access to ALL content from S...
Dec 22, 2022•20 min•Ep. 335
From the SaaStock 2022 Bootstrap Stage: Mohannad Ali (CEO Hotjar) and Alex Delivet (Founder & CEO Collect). Startups need to juggle various critical business decisions when planning for future growth. From VCs and funding rounds, to private equity or staying bootstrapped, the choices are never easy. In this session, Mohannad shares his experience taking Hotjar, the leading product experience insights platform, from its decision to stay bootstrapped to $40 million ARR until its acquisition to...
Dec 15, 2022•18 min•Ep. 334
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Massimo Arrigoni, CEO at BEE, join our host Alex Theuma to share his lessons learned having run remote retreats for the past five years. Massimo shares: ✅ Lessons learnt from scaling BEE ✅ The company's key data points ✅ Mistakes remote companies should avoid ✅ His biggest failure and lesson learnt ✅ His advice to getting through the headwinds facing SaaS and more! --- SaaStock is heading across the pond to Austin, Texas! Join us May 31 - June ...
Dec 08, 2022•47 min•Ep. 333
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Elias 'Eli' Rubel, CEO at Matter Made, join our host Alex Theuma to share why SaaS companies need to be thinking about demand efficiency. Eli shares: 🔥 Interesting lessons learnt from working with Dropbox, Loom, and Calm 🔥 What demand efficiency is and why we should care about it 🔥 How founders can implement it in their business 🔥 How to stop impostor syndrome driving your actions 🔥 What he's most looking forward to in 2023 (and what are y...
Dec 01, 2022•31 min•Ep. 332
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Osman Koc, Co-Founder and CEO at UserGuiding, join our host Alex Theuma to share how UserGuiding brings in over 10 million organic impressions per month through inbound marketing. Osman shares: ✅ The founding story behind UserGuiding ✅ Lessons on getting to $2M ARR+ ✅ The key content marketing decisions made to get those results ✅ The best advice he's ever received ✅ The hardest thing about being a CEO ✅ Why he joined the SaaStock Founder Membe...
Nov 24, 2022•44 min•Ep. 331
Recorded live from the SaaStock 2022 Podcast Stage: Samir Smajic, Founder & CEO GetAccept, sits down with our host Alex Theuma! Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their business forward: 🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe: 14-15 October 2025 | Dublin, Ireland Book you tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/tickets/ 🇺🇸 SaaStock USA 2025: April 2026 | Austin, Texas Join the waitlist: https://saastock-usa.com/ 🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS fo...
Nov 17, 2022•20 min•Ep. 330
Recorded live from the SaaStock 2022 Podcast Stage: Christoph Janz, Co-Founder & Partner, Point Nine sits down with our host Alex Theuma! Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their business forward: 🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe: 14-15 October 2025 | Dublin, Ireland Book you tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/tickets/ 🇺🇸 SaaStock USA 2025: April 2026 | Austin, Texas Join the waitlist: https://saastock-usa.com/ 🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B...
Nov 10, 2022•28 min•Ep. 329
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Eleonore Crespo, Co-founder and Co-CEO at Pigment, join our host Alex Theuma to share with us the methodology for building a SaaS for enterprise. "You should probably spend some time with investors because we try to think like an investor and I always remember what I learnt at Index, around what makes a company successful. There are so many things you need to think about constantly: How to have as much usage on your platform as possible, how ca...
Nov 03, 2022•50 min•Ep. 328
Recorded live from the SaaStock 2022 Podcast Stage: Hanno Renner, Co-Founder & CEO Personio sits down with our host Alex Theuma to discuss his soon-to-be decacorn status and how they're scaling through a downturn. Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their business forward: 🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe: 14-15 October 2025 | Dublin, Ireland Book you tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/tickets/ 🇺🇸 SaaStock USA 2025: April 2026 | Austin, Texas Join the waitlist: https://sa...
Oct 27, 2022•16 min•Ep. 327
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Zeb Evans, Founder and CEO at ClickUp, join our host Alex Theuma to share with us the story on how ClickUp got to $10MM ARR in two years (and is now well north of $100MM ARR!). Zeb shares: ✅ How ClickUp got their first customers ✅ Why they went down the VC route and how did they raised that first round ✅ What he focused on to get to $1M ARR ✅ What he needed to do differently when going from $1M ARR to $10MM ARR ✅ The best advice he's ever recei...
Oct 13, 2022•40 min•Ep. 326
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Natasha Ratanshi-Stein, Founder at Surfboard, join our host Alex Theuma to give us her take on when (and why!) a SaaS startup should start to build a brand. Natasha shares: 🏄 Surfboard’s founding story 🏄 The key lessons learnt from building Surfboard 🏄 Advice for other solo founders who are just starting out 🏄 How they’ve built a brand that truly connects with customers - and some of those tangible results 🏄 If building a brand helps with ...
Oct 06, 2022•45 min•Ep. 325
Our Latest SaaS Revolution Show guest is the one and only Kevin "KD" Dorsey! Practice Lead: Revenue Leadership at Winning by Design, Kevin joined our host Alex Theuma to share The SaaS Sales Playbook: $1M to $10MM ARR. In this episode, Kevin shares: 🎯 How running a podcast ("Live better.Sell Better") helps in business and life 🎯 His playbook to scale to $10MM ARR 🎯 The thing that’s best moved the needle 🎯 The best advice he's ever received 🎯 His typical daily routine 🎯 Plus a sneak peek in...
Sep 29, 2022•39 min•Ep. 324
Our Latest SaaS Revolution Show guest is the one and only Alina Vandenberghe! Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Chili Piper, Alina joined our host Alex Theuma to share why ‘making it' is more than just having a great product. In this episode, Alina shares: 🌶 Chili Piper’s founding story and the company’s key data points 🌶 How their marketing has evolved 🌶 What GTM means for Chili Piper 🌶 The thing that’s best moved the needle 🌶 The best advice she's ever received 🌶 Her typical daily routine 🌶 Plus...
Sep 22, 2022•43 min•Ep. 323
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Joaquim Lecha, CEO at Typeform, join our host Alex Theuma to give us his lessons on being an operationally efficient SaaS company. Joaquim shares: 💫 Typeform's founding story and the company’s key data points 💫 Lessons learnt from raising a $135M Series C 💫 Debating operational efficiency with their VCs 💫 Tips on becoming operationally efficient 💫 The best advice he's ever received 💫 Plus a sneak peek into his SaaStock 2022 topic 🤫 Use c...
Sep 15, 2022•45 min•Ep. 322
The latest episode of the SaaS Revolution Show sees Dan Westgarth, COO at Deel, join our host Alex Theuma to give us his lessons on international expansion. Dan shares: ✈️ Deel’s founding story and the company’s key data points ✈️ How they sets up infrastructure so rapidly ✈️ Achieving PMF within the various geolocations ✈️ His biggest failure and lesson learned ✈️ The hardest thing about being a COO ✈️ Plus a sneak peek into his SaaStock 2022 topic 🤫 Use code SAASREVOLUTION for your exclusive ...
Sep 08, 2022•40 min•Ep. 321
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, our host Alex Theuma is joined by Øyvind Reed, CEO at Whereby, who sheds light on the hard things about building a SaaS company that nobody talks about. Øyvind shares: ✅ Whereby’s story and it’s key data points ✅ Why they went from bootstrapped to venture backed ✅ The importance of public transparency during the highs and lows ✅ The value of taking a break ✅ The best advice he’s ever received ✅ The hardest part of the job ✅ A sneak peek into his speak...
Sep 01, 2022•50 min•Ep. 320
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, our host Alex Theuma is joined by Miguel Fernandez Larrea, Co-Founder and CEO at Capchase, to give us his lessons on building the business and handling competition. Miguel shares: 🚀 The reasons he became an entrepreneur 🚀 Insight into Capchase’s key data points 🚀 The difference between non-diluted capital and revenue-based financing (plus the growth potential in the market) 🚀 How he differentiates from the competition 🚀 Lessons on fundraising hav...
Aug 25, 2022•43 min•Ep. 319
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, our host Alex Theuma is joined by Avi Meir, Co-Founder and CEO at Travelperk, to give us his lessons on entrepreneurship and adaptation. Avi shares: 🏆 The backstory behind starting his first business at age 31 🏆 Adapting from entrepreneur to employee with Booking.com (and why he cut his earnout short…) 🏆 How he coped with being a CEO of a hyper growth company 🏆 The initial impact Covid had on Travelperk 🏆 How he handles competition and what he le...
Aug 18, 2022•39 min•Ep. 318
In this week's episode of the SaaS Revolution Show Michelle You, Co-Founder and CEO at Supercritical, joins our host Alex Theuma to talk us through building a SaaS product to save the world, it's growth lessons from a net zero hero. Michelle shares: ✅ Why she chose to sell Songkick (and the process behind the exit) ✅ Some of the biggest mistakes she’s made and what she learnt from them ✅ How she's built a mission-driven culture at Supercritical ✅ Where she wants Supercritical to be in 10 years t...
Aug 11, 2022•28 min•Ep. 317
Richard Mabey, Co-founder and CEO at Juro, on the "Five Things You Need To Be Doing To Sustain ARR While The World Is Collapsing" from our July SaaStock Local: London event. Love what you're hearing? Join us and 5,000 other SaaS founders, investors and VCs at our flagship in-person event happening this October in Dublin, Ireland: SaaStock 2022. It's the biggest SaaS conference in Europe, full of networking, connection building, learning and more. Get your ticket today by going to https://bit.ly/...
Aug 04, 2022•56 min•Ep. 316
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show our host Alex Theuma is joined by Veronika Riederle, Co-Founder and CEO at Demodesk, to talk to us about Demodesk's pre-seed to series A journey and how they raised VC through to $1M ARR. Veronika shares: - Why she and Alex (co-founder) founded Demodesk together - Why they chose to raise capital instead of bootstrap - The one big thing to avoid when fundraising - Advice she’d give her 2018 self when Demodesk started - Her favourite thing about SaaStock...
Jul 28, 2022•37 min•Ep. 315
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show our host Alex Theuma is joined by Rajesh Jain, Founder and Managing Director at Netcore Cloud, to talk to us about building a Proficorn: charting the journey of Netcore Cloud from zero to $100M ARR - bootstrapped. Rajesh shares: - Why he decided to leave politics and found Netcore Cloud - Netcore’s ICP and where the majority of their customers are - The top three things that took Netcore from zero to $10M ARR - His take on the current market and advice...
Jul 21, 2022•43 min•Ep. 314
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, our host Alex Theuma is joined by David Henzel, CEO of upcoach and founder of multiple businesses, to tell us how EOS has been helping him run multiple businesses simultaneously. David shares: 🔥 The 'infinite' number of businesses he runs 🔥 Stories about his exits 🔥 Why he initially move to LA and now Turkey 🔥 Why he's chosen to work 'on', instead of 'in', the businesses 🔥 The importance of concepts like EOS and more! Check out the other ways Saa...
Jul 14, 2022•28 min•Ep. 313
