SaaS Pirates

SaaS Pirates

By Mike SlaatsBusinessEntrepreneurship
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SaaS Pirates episodes

  • 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.

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    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').

    17 min
  • $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').

    20 min
  • $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').

    16 min
  • 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').

    18 min
  • 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').

    19 min
  • $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').

    21 min
  • $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').

    17 min
  • $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').

    19 min
  • 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').

    17 min
  • 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').

    12 min

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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…