SaaS Pirates

By Mike Slaats

Actionable learnings and growth strategies from both starting and successful leading SaaS companies. Short and to-the-point with interviews with founders, product managers, marketing, and customer suc... more

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The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

SaaS Pirates episodes:

December 01, 2021 Co-Founders dropped out of school to work on their product - David of Hotglue
David is the founder of Hotglue, and today, he’ll be sharing the story of how he and his co-founder, as two college sophomores, dropped out of school to work full-time on our product.
NEW! Check out Mike's new podcast: https://foundermornings.com
Favorites:
Brands: Zapier
Person: Justin Kahn
Software: Spark
Books: Lean B2B (https://amzn.to/31hCDvk)
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').
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17min
November 02, 2021 $10,000,000 ARR Bootstrapped in 2,5 years - Guillaume of Lemlist
Guillaume is the Founder of Lemlist, and in this episode he’ll be sharing the story of how he and two co-founders grew Lemlist into 10 million dollars ARR in just 2,5 years. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Favorites:
Brands: Webflow
Person: Russell Brunson
Software: Notion, Slack.
Books: Lost and Founder (https://amzn.to/2ZQvn9g)
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').
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20min
October 14, 2021 $17,000 MRR bootstrapped SaaS with Mike Slaats (yours truly!)
You've asked for it, so here it is. An interview with yours truly on how I built and scaled my SaaS business Upvoty into $17,000 MRR today. The interview was initially recorded for the Indie Bites podcast (https://indiebites.co/) So this is an interview with me, Mike Slaats, the founder of Upvoty and host of SaaS Pirates.
Favorites:
Book: Intercom on Starting Up (https://amzn.to/3BoOchq)
Person: Arvid Kahl
Podcast: Indie Bites!
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').
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16min
October 01, 2021 This Ad Strategy resulted in 3x Growth - Iris of Oribi
Iris is the founder of Oribi, a unique marketing analytics tool that captures every single event visitors perform on your website, all without using code. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Favorites:
Brands: Fullstory
Person: Dave Gerhardt (Drift)
Software: Fullstory, Slack
Books: Shoe dog (https://amzn.to/3hkZVWa)
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').
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18min
September 10, 2021 How to thrive in a highly competitive market with Jeroen from Salesflare
Jeroen Corthout, he is the co-founder & CEO of Salesflare, a simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B. In today’s episode we’ll learn how to gain market share in a highly competitive market and how they grew to over 2,000 customers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Favorites:
Brands: Zapier
Software: Hubspot
Books: Shoe dog (https://amzn.to/3hkZVWa)
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').
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19min
August 27, 2021 $12,000,000 ARR helping sellers succeed on Amazon - Troy of Seller.tools
Troy is the co-founder of Seller.tools, a full suite of tools leveraging Amazon data to take your business to new heights. In this episode, we’ll learn why Speed and execution are important and how Seller.tools scaled to 12,000 dollars MRR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Sponsor: Oribi - Google Analytics alternative to get better insights (20% off via https://oribi.io/saaspirates)
Favorites:
Brands: Notion, Gusto
Software: Jira, Asana, Notion
Person: Nathan Latka
Books: Rework (https://amzn.to/3sI4wpz)
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').
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21min
July 21, 2021 $1.4 million ARR with a team of 8 - Thomas Evans of EmailOctopus
Thomas Evans is the founder of EmailOctopus, which is awesome email marketing software to help you get your message out to your customers. I this episode, we’re talking about how EmailOctopus is competing in a highly competitive market and how they managed to scale to 1.4 million dollars ARR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Sponsor: Oribi - Google Analytics alternative to get better insights (20% off via https://oribi.io/saaspirates)
Favorites:
Brands: Squarespace
Software: Zapier, Helpscout, Slack
Books: Rework (https://amzn.to/3sI4wpz)
Person: Peter Levels
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').
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17min
July 14, 2021 $4,000,000 ARR Data Software - Peter of Databox
Peter is the CEO of Databox, software that pulls all your data into one place, so you can track performance and discover insights in real-time. In this episode, we’ll talk about the founding story of databox, how they’re working remotely, and how they grew to an amazing ARR of over 4 million dollars. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Sponsor: Synder (https://synder.com/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=mikesaas&utm_campaign=07.14.2021)
Favorites:
Brands: Hubspot
Software: Upvoty, Intercom, Hubspot
Books: Traction (https://amzn.to/3kfdjNJ)
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').
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19min
July 01, 2021 150k MRR Strategies of User.com with CCO Mike Korba
Mike Korba is the CCO at User.com, a Marketing Automation platform that helps online SaaS businesses turn visitors into happy customers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Favorites:
Brands: Figma
Software: ClickUp, Figma
Books: The Hard Thing About Hard Things (https://amzn.to/3AcPiwx)
Person: Patrick Campbell (Profitwell), Natalie Luneva
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').
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17min
June 18, 2021 13,000 users within 1 year after launching his journaling app - Dave of Reflection.app
Dave is the founder of Reflection.app, the only digital journal that guides your personal growth each month.. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing!
Favorites:
Brands: Stripe
Software: Upvoty (user feedback), Slack, Klaviyo
Books: Anything you want (https://amzn.to/2TI0Ozh)
Person: Sahil (Gumroad), Jason Fried
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates.
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas
[DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').
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FAQs about SaaS Pirates:

How many episodes does SaaS Pirates have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.