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Nathan Latka ยท Business

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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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How He Hit $8m Revenue By Losing Customers Last 12 months, and doubling ARPU

09 Feb 2023
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This podcast episode focuses on the journey of SalesScreen.com, a SaaS company that has achieved $8 million in revenue through gamifying sales teams. The episode discusses the company's evolution, funding strategies, revenue growth despite a decrease in customer count, and its plans for the future. The guest, Sindre Ho...

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Bootstrapped to $30m By Acquiring Smaller Companies for 2x, How Question Pro Did It

08 Feb 2023
22m
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This podcast episode delves into the world of SaaS mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with Vivek Bhaskaran, CEO and founder of QuestionPro, sharing his insights and strategies. QuestionPro has been actively pursuing M&A opportunities, focusing on doubling down in its current niches of consumer insights, market research, a...

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The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

07 Feb 2023
22m
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This podcast episode discusses the rise of Indian SaaS startups and the investment models that are fueling their growth. Apeca, an investor in early-stage SaaS businesses, provides $ 100K checks to startups in exchange for revenue share to help them reach $5 million in revenue and become cash-flow positive. Upekkha, an...

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They raised $2m then Got Acquired, Now IPO for 3d Building Tool

06 Feb 2023
16m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of Toggle3D, a 3D studio that provides users with the tools to create and share 3D content. Toggle3D is on a mission to democratize 3D modeling, making it accessible to everyone, regardless of their experience level. The company was acquired by Nextech Air Solutions Group Corp ...

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How he grew from $30k/mo to $120k/mo TTM for his Business Listing Metadata Management SaaS

05 Feb 2023
15m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of a SaaS startup from its inception as a service business to its transition into a venture capital-backed company. The founder shares insights into the company's growth, revenue, and funding milestones. Key highlights include the company's annual contract value of $5k per year...

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He Did $2m in Revenue helping Game Developers Generate $30m in Ad Revenue Last 12 months

04 Feb 2023
17m
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This podcast episode features Ashish Toshniwal, the founder and CEO of Abroda, a self-serve platform empowering app developers to optimize their ad revenue. The episode covers Abroda's mission to democratize the ad monetization industry for small and medium-sized developers, its success in helping developers increase t...

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Banks Rely on Him for Clean Financial Data, $60k in MRR

03 Feb 2023
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This podcast episode discusses the growth, pricing, and early days of Calix, a company that specializes in structuring financial data from PDF files. The company's data offerings include SaaS and data structuring as a service, with a revenue split of 60% for data as a service and 40% for SaaS and service combined. Cali...

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From $350k to $1.4m last 12 months, this forecasting tool hit 550 paying customers, $10m valuation

02 Feb 2023
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This podcast episode explored financial modeling software companies and how they are transforming the way businesses plan for funding. The episode also discussed how these companies can improve their offerings by partnering with domain experts, providing support to clients, and having a data-driven approach. Attendees ...

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How he got his first $130/mo paying customer and $1m raised

01 Feb 2023
16m
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This podcast episode features Martin Caro, co-founder of FinCom.co, who shares his insights on building and scaling a SaaS company. The episode covers topics such as non-dilutive financing, pricing strategies, and startup essentials. From the early stages of development to securing their first paying customers, Martin ...

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Trucker Sells his Company for $300k cash, Launches $1m ARR SaaS

31 Jan 2023
19m
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This podcast episode showcases the upcoming SaaS Open event in New York City on March 16th and 17th, featuring industry experts sharing insights on building successful companies. It also highlights the journey of Keller, the founder of Fleet Drive 360, a compliance management solution for trucking companies. The podcas...

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How he doubled from $500k to $1m Last 12 months selling Data as a Service

30 Jan 2023
16m
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This podcast episode presents the story of Gianluca Ruggiero and his data analysis company, Massive. Massive provides CPG companies with full cycle product strategy management, from product innovation to assortment optimization to category management. Its proprietary data, which is a transformation of public data, and ...

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Her Devs work out of Bomb Shelters in Ukraine, $150k in Revenue for Employee Care SaaS

26 Jan 2023
15m
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This podcast episode introduces Svetlana, the founder of Raccoon.Care, a fitness app designed to combat sedentary lifestyles among office workers. The app provides active breaks, stretching exercises, and challenges to encourage physical activity. Despite the challenges posed by the war in Ukraine and the difficulties ...

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Uber for Laundry did $200k last year. Can this be a $10/year business?

25 Jan 2023
18m
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This episode of the podcast covers a range of topics related to the laundry industry, including the challenges of ranking in search engine results, the importance of marketing, and the growth strategies of different laundry companies. The hosts share insights from their own experiences and interview startup founders an...

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Genius Bootstrapper Hits $1.7m ARR, Raised $300k But Kept 100% Equity, How?!

24 Jan 2023
21m
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This podcast episode explores the business growth, financial performance, pricing strategies, and customer acquisition approaches of three different companies: Modigy, Getmo, and Founder Path. Modigy has evolved its focus from solving data inaccuracy to enhancing data quality, resulting in a higher pricing structure an...

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$13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS

23 Jan 2023
18m
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This podcast episode delves into the journey of High Platform, a leading customer experience SaaS platform in Brazil. Marcelo Puglisi, CEO of High Platform, shares his insights on building and scaling a successful SaaS business. The episode explores the origins of High Platform, its equity distribution, growth trajecto...

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CMO at 106 year old Wine Brand Launches QR Code, Tipsy on ARPU!

22 Jan 2023
18m
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This podcast episode delves into the entrepreneurial journey of Dante Colombati, who has successfully preserved his family's legacy at San Antonio Winery while also launching JoyQR, a QR code solution for businesses. Dante's passion for innovation and ability to identify market needs have catapulted both the winery and...

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$1m Ecommerce Agency Spends $200k to Launch Shopify SaaS

21 Jan 2023
17m
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This podcast episode introduces Mark Allard and his entrepreneurial journey with Walter Interactive and Glotify. Glotify provides data-driven marketing plans and roadmaps for Shopify merchants. The platform includes features such as planning, tracking, and adding actions to enhance e-commerce strategies. Glotify has 15...

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Bootstrapped to $35m Revenue, $15m recurring, $20m One Time Connecting Smart cities in Japan with local farmers

20 Jan 2023
18m
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This podcast summarizes the revenue model and growth of a SaaS platform that provides access to smart city projects. The company generates revenue through a combination of SaaS fees from large buyers and commissions from sellers, with an average commission rate of around 10%. The largest customer currently pays $7 mill...

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$50m Revenue Selling Salesforce for Real Estate Brokerages, Beauty of Multi Year Deals with Accelerators

19 Jan 2023
21m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of building a successful real estate technology company, MoxieWorks. The speaker, York Baur, shares his insights on the challenges in the consumer and small business market and the strategic decision to focus on enterprise brokerage. He discusses the company's growth and fundin...

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He hit $100m Revenue, Built the Zoominfo of China, then quit last month. What happened?

18 Jan 2023
22m
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This podcast episode features an interview with Zongpeng Li, the CEO of QCC, a Chinese company that provides data intelligence services. Li discusses the company's growth, its financial performance, and its plans for the future. He also shares his thoughts on the differences between the founder mentality in China and t...

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