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Nathan Latka · Business

Top Founders

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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Suzy.com did $65m Revenue Last Year. 18% was services so how did he keep 75% gross margin?

30 Jan 2024
19m
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This podcast episode explores the strategies employed by a SaaS company to achieve sustainable growth and profitability, such as focusing on ARR as a key metric, redefining error and focusing on true recurring revenue, and emphasizing the importance of net revenue retention within the enterprise segment.

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Proof you can build a $2m SaaS in any Niche (even with big competitors!)

25 Jan 2024
11m
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This podcast episode features Jonathan Wiseman, the founder of RoomChecking, a company that provides housekeeping and maintenance solutions for hotels. Wiseman shares the company's growth journey, challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the innovative solutions that set RoomChecking apart in the hotel indust...

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How to Make $3m Building a Slack Clone with no money, experience, or sales team

23 Jan 2024
25m
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This podcast episode explores the bootstrapping journey of Chanty, a productivity app that competes with tech giants like Slack and Microsoft Teams. Dimitro Okunyev, founder of Chanty, discusses their tactics in customer acquisition and retention, affiliate marketing strategies, profitability, and the importance of hav...

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Why he shut down his $40m Revenue Grocery company and moved into data recovery

09 Jan 2024
12m
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This podcast episode features Pavel Denilov, the co-founder of BenuData, who discusses his journey as an entrepreneur. He shares his experiences with his previous venture, Fridgenomor, and the lessons he learned from its challenges. Pavel highlights the importance of perseverance, adaptation, and the desire to build a ...

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How To Make $30,000 Instantly off a Viral Linkedin Post

04 Jan 2024
16m
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This podcast episode follows the entrepreneurial journey of Renat Zubarov, the co-founder of Elastic and Revos, as he shares insights on topics such as the importance of sales processes, financial performance of startups, and innovative approaches to address customer problems. He emphasizes building a systematic sales ...

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How to Double Your Company From $16m to $30m Revenue Using Multiple Product Lines with Chilipiper CEO

02 Jan 2024
23m
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Despite laying off employees in 2022, Chili Piper achieved revenue growth, shifting to a cash-positive business model and repositioning itself. The company focuses on sequencing in product development, serving the SMB market, and maintaining employee motivation during the market downturn. Chili Piper's partnership ecos...

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How to Generate $6m of Revenue and keep 100% Equity with BadgerMaps CEO

28 Dec 2023
22m
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This podcast episode features Steve Benson, founder and CEO of Badger Maps, discussing the order of operations for his ventures, the success of his podcast, and the importance of niche markets. It also covers the challenges and benefits of Badger Maps, the sales and customer success team structure for handling demos an...

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Fireside Chat with James Isilay of Cognism: Fundraising during the current economic climate

26 Dec 2023
14m
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This podcast episode discusses Cognizant's impressive growth, strategies to grow PLG businesses, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) updates, equity management in the current market landscape, plans for an IPO, and strategies for winning enterprise deals and navigating acquisitions. Takeaways • Cognizant experienced substa...

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How to turn your sales playbook into a revenue machine that adds $Xm in new ARR per quarter

21 Dec 2023
21m
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This podcast episode discusses the importance of tactical sales playbooks during economic downturns. It emphasizes the need for data analysis, planning, and optimization to drive revenue growth. The speakers also discuss the strategies employed to optimize sales performance, highlighting the importance of focusing on o...

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How to build a $4.5m revenue company with 0 Full Time Employees

19 Dec 2023
16m
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This podcast episode discusses the success and business model of GreenPal, an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. The transcript highlights how GreenPal aims to make ordering a lawn mowing service as easy as using popular delivery platforms like Instacart or Uber. It also cov...

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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

14 Dec 2023
22m
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This podcast episode features interviews with top SaaS founders, focusing on their strategies for acquiring businesses using debt. One of the success stories discussed is Brad, who bought a $5 million ARR company and grew it to $15 million in ARR. However, challenges arose when he sold the company and faced criticism f...

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How PandaDoc Uses CI to Manage 800 Product Updates Per Month on Path To $100m+ ARR

12 Dec 2023
16m
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This podcast episode discusses the importance of continuous delivery in the product lifecycle. The speaker, Sergey Beresiuk, emphasizes the need for continuous learning and iteration to achieve product-market fit and gain a leader position in the market. He introduces the concept of continuous learning cycles and how t...

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How I raised a $15m Series B in a downturn

07 Dec 2023
20m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of CyberSmart, a company dedicated to cybersecurity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The founder discusses their background and motivation for starting CyberSmart, as well as the company's mission to protect and empower SMEs against cybersecurity risks. The episod...

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$100m in revenue selling software to 27,000 AirBNB hosts?

05 Dec 2023
20m
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This podcast episode discusses the rapid expansion of GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) and the opportunities in the fintech solutions market. It highlights the stickiness of the hotel industry and the potential for capturing more revenue efficiently. The chapter also focuses on the company's efforts to establish direct co...

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Smart way to use ZoomInfo to get first $60,000 in B2B SaaS Sales

28 Nov 2023
11m
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This podcast episode dives into the intricacies of building a successful startup, from the initial ideation and customer acquisition strategies to the intricacies of funding and the experiences of being part of an accelerator program. It also sheds light on the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship and provides va...

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How to build a $30m SaaS in 18 Months focusing on an unsexy niche

23 Nov 2023
21m
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Rachel Stern, Chief Strategy Officer at Streamline, discusses her experience joining Streamline to gain hands-on experience in the GovTech space, Streamline's focus on underserved special districts, implementing strategies, Streamline's services, challenges and opportunities in the special districts market, their sales...

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How to land your first $5k SaaS Pilot

21 Nov 2023
12m
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This podcast episode centers around the development and efficacy of EVA, an innovative enterprise customer service tool that leverages AI and automation to deliver outstanding support. It discusses the challenges encountered during its inception and the team's journey in transforming the concept into a fully functional...

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How to raise $500,000 with no code, no customers, and not based in the US

16 Nov 2023
13m
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This podcast episode presents Tony Hsu, founder of Dashcom, which offers a low-code platform designed to assist developers and product managers in building internal company tools. Tony emphasizes the increasing significance of the SaaS industry in Japan, citing prominent software companies like Smart HR and Kington. Ho...

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Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms

14 Nov 2023
19m
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This podcast episode covers the topic of expanding a SaaS company and creating sustainable growth. Adam Sandler, CEO of Inflectra, provides insight into successful sales strategies and his experiences in bootstrapping and diversification. The episode also dives into the founder's personal life and reading preferences, ...

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How This Founder Plans to use AI to help Remote Sales Team Managers Run Better Teams

08 Nov 2023
19m
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This podcast episode focuses on the challenges faced by remote sales managers and how AI can help them overcome these obstacles, highlighting the importance of focusing on a specific niche, leveraging asynchronous communication, and utilizing AI for personalized feedback and insights.

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