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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We hit $100m in revenue: 9 Lessons I Learned the hard way
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Founder of Brightedge Jim Yu teaches us the 3 weekly candences he ran to hit $20m, how he set up his org chart from $20m to $100m, and 3 non-standard metrics he tracks. Will they break $150m ARR this year?על ידי Nathan Latka
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We hit 4 Scaling Crisis between $0 and $70m ARR, here's how I solved them
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3 Growth Tactics we Used to grow SEMRush to $330m ARR and Why Shares dropped 20% on IPO day
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Eugene Levin joined SEMRush at $3m ARR after the founders wouldn't let him invest. As president, he's grown the business to 100,000 paying customers 850k free users, $2,500 ACV and 25% YoY revenue growth. Will they break $350m ARR this year?על ידי Nathan Latka
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Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably
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Adam Robinson had a 6 person team doing $10m in ARR. Then he went all in on linkedin, pivoted to B2B, and broke $20m in ARR. He did $1,858,399 MRR in Jan 2024 and profited $509,984. Can he break $5m in profits this year?על ידי Nathan Latka
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How I Turned my Podcast into a $50m ARR B2B SaaS
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We just hit $400m in revenues. Here are 9 org chart, people moves I had to make to scale
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Jason Cohen founded WPEngine in 2010 and broke $20m within 4 years. Today, the company does $400m+ in Revenues. In this podcast Cohen teaches 9 rules he used to change his org chart, optimize roles, and replace himself as CEO as he scaled. Will they break $500m revenue this year?על ידי Nathan Latka
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27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?
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Ryan Allis launched iContact when he was 18. He made $15m cash when he exited in 2011 for $169m. He shares his negotiation with Salesforce Marc Benioff, how he found 10 profitable acquisition channels, 70,000 customers, and broke $50m in revenues. Will he buy it back for $1 one day?על ידי Nathan Latka
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This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem
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LMS365 raised $20m in 2023 at a $100m valuation - a 5x multiple on $20m of ARR. As of April 2024, they do $30m in ARR. Their 200 person team is focused on building software for the Microsoft ecosystem. Can they hit $40m ARR this year?על ידי Nathan Latka
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How Younium Hit 200 Customers Paying $30k ACV For its Billing and Revenue Analytics tool
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Genius SaaS Pricing Page Generated $3m in Revenue Last Year
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They hit $3m ARR fast using MTU tiers on their pricing page. Raised $7m in 2023 at a $35m post money valuation and are burning $30k per month today. Focus is profitability before Q2 2025, will they hit it?על ידי Nathan Latka
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39 Year Old Made $21m Last Year Selling Surprising Software
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Rural mom and pop shops love him. 13,000 have purchased his POS and software system processing over $1.85 billion in GMV in 2023 across 35m transactions. Can he crack $2b GMV in 2024?על ידי Nathan Latka
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How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method
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Companies like Samsung are sourcing college talent using Scholarship Owl. The firm hit $6m in 2023 revenue, bootstrapped. 150,000 college students join the platform monthly increasing the size and quality of the talent pool the company’s B2B customers can pay to access. Can he hit $10m this year?על ידי Nathan Latka
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How to turn your sales playbook into a revenue machine that adds $Xm in new ARR per quarter
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Miami Based Fintech did $70m in 2023 Revenue - What about Gross Margin?
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CEO Alex Shvarts shared a default rate of 15%, charge off rate of 6.8%, along with significant expenses related to acquisition costs, and interest expenses. The firm is targeting $300m in capital deployed in 2024. If it hits its target, does this FinTech SMB factoring company have enough margin to survive long term?…
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This Software for Doctors hit $51m revenue last year (100% growth). $5m profit.
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Reveeler grew ARR 100% from $25m to $51m in 2023 and took $5m to the bottom line as profits. What interest rate do they pay Hercules on their new $65m debt facility for acquisitions? How does CEO Jay Ackerman plan to hit $100m in revenue this year (2024)? Who will they acquire next?על ידי Nathan Latka
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Do these 9 things to ensure your way to $50 Million ARR
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20 year old wins $3m playing Poker, launches $4m bootstrapped SaaS
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20 year old wins $3m playing poker, launches SaaS. He raised $18.2m. After 7 years and dilution down to under 50% he left to launch his new bootstrapped company. Whippy helps lawyers run their operations and hit $4m ARR this month. Can he hit $10m bootstrapped?על ידי Nathan Latka
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51 year old dad raises $31.5m to help companies do meter based billing
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CEO Griff Parry launched m3ter in 2020 after selling his first company Gamesparks to AWS. Today 10-100 customers pay him platform fee's and usage fee's to use his usage based billing API tool. He doesn't code but across his team of 56, more than 25 are engineers. Can they scale into their last round valuation?…
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He Did $1m last year selling South American Business Data to firms like CapIQ
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Solo Founder, No Employees, Exits for $1m+ Keeps 100%
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Launched in 2016 selling software to Music Repair Shops, TudoDesk exited for $1m+. This is the low stress, high wealth way to build a software company. TC won't write about you, but it doesn't matter, you'll get wealthy fast!על ידי Nathan Latka
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This CEO Does $20m/year Selling Software to Chiropractic Offices
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Launched in 2016, CEO Matt Prados got rich off dividends and profits. He's bootstrapped to $20m in revenue with plans to hit $32m in 2024. Can he do it? His outbound call center strategy might get him there.על ידי Nathan Latka
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How he's going to ask 30 beta users to pay $1k/mo for his Partner Management Software
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This Mom of 2 Wants to help Hotels Clean Sheets Faster but needs to update her Andriod App first
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She's using her marketplace to fund $1m in ground heating systems in Finland and charging a SaaS Fee
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Tarja recognizes that energy in Finland is a hot space. She's launched a marketplace connecting 100 apartment complex owners with 100 providers of energy services like solar and heat. Shes raising a $15m fund to then back these projects that go through her marketplace. Will she get the $15m SPV closed and change the course of energy efficiency befo…
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How this 1 person team did $2m in Revenue Last Year
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Suzy.com did $65m Revenue Last Year. 18% was services so how did he keep 75% gross margin?
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Matt Britton sold his agency for $50m in 2010 then launched Suzy.com in 2011. The original version, Crowdtap, was a mobile app where consumers could test new enterprise products like candy bars, detergents, and other items. The firm struggled and then doubled down on Enterprises paying for user research through its software, hitting $10m Revenue in…
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Proof you can build a $2m SaaS in any Niche (even with big competitors!)
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Despite large competitors like CloudBooking, Guesty, and other hotel management platforms, RoomChecking CEO Jonathan Weizman has carved out a $2m niche. He specifically helps hotel owners in France organize cleaning schedules by hotel cleaners as guests check out.על ידי Nathan Latka
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How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team
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He turned down $20m in 2021 for his Slack competitor, Chanty.com. Today, the company has over 24,000 paying customers and does $3m revenue, profiting $1.2m in 2023. The company is fully bootstrapped. Can he find a sales co-founder willing to hustle hard for 15% equity?על ידי Nathan Latka
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Why he shut down his $40m Revenue Grocery company and moved into data recovery
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He raised $16.9m and hit $40m in revenue. Success? Wrong. He shut his unprofitable grocery delivery company down in 2021 then spent a year working with liquidators. Today, he’s moved industries to the Dev Ops space and launched his disaster recovery SaaS Bennudata.com.על ידי Nathan Latka
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How To Make $30,000 Instantly off a Viral Linkedin Post
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His first company grew to a few million in revenue before exiting in 2021. After a 2 year earn-out, he left to build a new company. When his Customer Health Tracking excel template went viral on linkedin, he capitalized and launched his SaaS. The post led to 6 customers paying $500/mo for his revenue operations platform, Revos.ai…
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How to Double Your Company From $16m to $30m Revenue Using Multiple Product Lines with Chilipiper CEO
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After Tiger gave the founders $7m in a 2021 secondary at a $625m valuation, they took their team to Morocco for a team retreat. Seeing a weak market, they chose to cut the team from 225 down to 150 and become profitable. Despite these cuts, they’ve doubled revenue by selling 5 key product lines to sales teams. Will they do $50m in revenue in 2024? …
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How to Generate $6m of Revenue and keep 100% Equity with BadgerMaps CEO
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His 13 person sales team does 2,000 calls per month. This engine has landed him 4,100 customers who pay him to help plan their field sales reps driving routes to save gas and make more money. He’s bootstrapped the company to $6m and made a full recovery from COVID down year 2021. He’s used debt to scale to keep 100% equity. Will he get the exit he …
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Fireside Chat with James Isilay of Cognism: Fundraising during the current economic climate
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How to build a $4.5m revenue company with 0 Full Time Employees
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300,000 homeowners cut their lawns every month with Greenpal who connects them to 35,000 lawn care companies. In 2023, the company did $30m in total lawn cuts and kept 15% of that revenue to generate $4.5m in revenue. They do this all with 0 FTE’s. Why? Bryan wanted freedom. He wanted to travel 11 months of the year while building a company he love…
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Masters of Debt: How I bought a $5m SaaS Company Using Debt, Grew to $20m, Then Flipped for a Huge Gain
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How PandaDoc Uses CI to Manage 800 Product Updates Per Month on Path To $100m+ ARR
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How I raised a $15m Series B in a downturn
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$100m in revenue selling software to 27,000 AirBNB hosts?
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Smart way to use ZoomInfo to get first $60,000 in B2B SaaS Sales
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How to build a $30m SaaS in 18 Months focusing on an unsexy niche
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How to land your first $5k SaaS Pilot
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How to raise $500,000 with no code, no customers, and not based in the US
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Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms
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How This Founder Plans to use AI to help Remote Sales Team Managers Run Better Teams
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This founder has spent 12+ months in R&D with no revenue. He generates income from consulting. Will his SaaS ever take off if he keeps his consulting job as a safety net?על ידי Nathan Latka
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How to do $500,000 Revenue in 8 Weeks launching new AI SaaS Tool
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AI is a buzz word. No one asks "Can I buy AI". Ideally, they want your product, which happens to be better than everyone else because you use AI. This CEO is taking advantage. Can he hit $1m in ARR in his first 16 weeks?על ידי Nathan Latka
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Bootstrapper Reveals $7m Profits on $40m Revenue Selling to Banks, 2 Customers Pay $10m+ Each
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Launched in 2012, this company hit $1m revenue 1 year after launch. Today, they do $40m and the founder still owns 69%. 17% investors. 14% ESOP pool. Can he bootstrap to $100m by 2026?על ידי Nathan Latka
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First time Kenyan Founder Uses $1.50 FB Ads to Get First 100 Users, 64 DAU
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SaaS is worldwide. This Kenyan based founder creatively used underpriced FB ads to get new users for $1.50 each. 60% of signups are still active on a daily basis. Will they convert to paid when he launches his paywall?על ידי Nathan Latka
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18 Month Old Startup Already Has 3 Customers Paying $100k/yr. Is AI over valued?
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Most founders think you can't launch and ask customers to pay $100,000 per year. This founder got his first 3 customers to pay $100k each. He's managed to hold on to 80% of his company. How'd he do it?על ידי Nathan Latka
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He Hit $8m in Revenue Helping UK Companies Train Employees Faster and Comply with Regulation
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Sometimes, government regulation forces companies to pay for software. Aptem has taken advantage of UK vocational law to hit 170 customers paying $40,000 per year on average. Can they break $10m revenue by December?על ידי Nathan Latka
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