Scaleup Valley Podcast

Scaleup Valley Podcast

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Scaleup Valley Podcast episodes

  • 301 30+ SMB Acquisitions with Free Cash Flow | Trish Higgins, Partner at Chenmark
    In this episode of the Scale Up valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Trish Higgins, Partner at Chenmark
    Building a holding company model
    How to grow with a small business acquisition model
    Working with businesses to preserve legacies and position companies for long term success.
    The importance of having a pipeline of CEOs to lead the portfolio of companies
    Buying, owning and operating exciting businesses
    Back to basics: radical focus.
    1 hr 2 min
  • 300 The beauty of profitability vs growth at all cost | David Heinemeier Hansson, 37signals
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, mike Dias speaks with David Heinemeier Hansson, Co-Founder at 37signals.
    Key Takeaways
    Lessons learned by founding and leading a SaaS company for 21+ years
    A product-led growth model vs hiring too many people
    Why limiting headcount growth to 50-75 people
    Why is it healthy to not scale at all?
    A different lens to work, scale and growth
    Enjoy your journey and don’t be focused on the end result
    56 min
  • 299 - 100+ startup investments in 4 years as Angel | Juanjo Mostazo, Co-Founder at Homa
    In this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Juanjo Mostazo, Co-Founder at Homa and Venture Partner at K-Fund.
    Key Takeaways:
    How to transition from CTO to founder to investor
    A new European city on the rise: Malaga
    Founding and scaling Homa - raised 160M+
    Having a multicultural founding team covering different european countries (Spain, Germany, France)
    The gaming market: a huge opportunity for new companies that know how to monetise games.
    An investor who brings value to the table
    How to build a diversified portfolio
    When is the right time to start investing
    1 hr 2 min
  • 298 From 0 to a 12.8M series A led by EQT Ventures in 2 years | Salma Bakouk, CEO at Sifflet
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Salma Bakouk, CEO at Sifflet
    Key takeaways
    From investment banking in Asia to getting back to Paris to start up Sifflet
    On a mission to reduce Data Entropy
    Growing a company with your best friend: challenges and opportunities
    Creating a healthy and friendly culture working remotely
    Raising $12.8M A round led by EQT Ventures in 2023 Q1
    54 min
  • 296 Raising 49.3M after bootstrapping to 2M ARR during a decade | Christian Meinerding CEO at HiveMQ
    On this Episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Christian Meinerding CEO at HiveMQ
    Key Takeaways
    How to build a new category
    The power of inbound marketing
    Learnings of a German Startup in Silicon Valley
    Reliable Data Movement for Connected Devices
    Overnight successes may take 10 years to succeed
    Expansion to the US without boots on the ground
    Lessons learned raising 49.3M
    53 min
  • 295 The Shark that loves to be an Entrepreneur | Tim Vieira, Founder, CEO, Investor
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Tim Veira, Founder, CEO & Investor.
    Key Takeaways:
    Lessons learned as entrepreneur building Special Edition Holding (Africa)
    Becoming famous with Shark Tank and the transition to investor
    Back to your purpose as entrepreneur: building the future of Education with BGA (Brave Generation Academy)
    How to successfully scale up a company in Africa
    The future of the world it’s in Africa
    The importance of having a lifeplan as a founder
    Exploring your mindset and values to impact positively to your projects
    How to recover from setbacks
    54 min
  • 294 A passion for accounting that has scaled to 5M+ ARR | Christoph Prieler, Co-Founder at Finmatics
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Christoph Prieler, Co-Founder 6 MD at Finmatics.
    Key Takeaways:
    Leveraging passion for accounting
    Accounting Automation made easy
    Scaling a technology SaaS company from Wien
    Putting AI on the hands of the accountants.
    Creating a Go-To-Market strategy that combines partnerships with own channels
    Focusing scarce resources on the right priorities to increase the value of the organisation
    Lessons learned around culture in multinational companies
    53 min
  • 293 | Started 4 startups, 1 IPO, exited 3 (so far) | Scot Wingo, CEO of Spiffy
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Scot Wingo, CEO of Spiffy.
    Key Takeaways
    - Lessons learned by leading ChannelAdvisor to IPO in May of 2013 at 80M+ ARR
    - Scaling Spify to a 30M series C earlier this year with 90%+ YoY growth in the last 2 years
    - How to digitize brick and mortar businesses
    - Lessons learned with Amazon - focus on serving the customer
    -How to create the perfect digital experience
    - Creating a truly convenient and eco-conscious car care
    - Similarities in changes in scaling up a company in the last 20 years.
    - The difficulties of reaching out to VC with an asset-heavy compan
    - From entrepreneur to investor
    1 hr 2 min
  • 292 From Corporate And ScaleUp Leader To Founder | Ana Zamora, CEO At Vitaance
    On this episode of the ScaleUp Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Ana Zamora, CEO at Vitaance.
    Key Takeaways:
    Improve the lives of your employees. Bring life to your company
    The advantages of gamification in improving people’s routines
    How to position a company in terms of wellbeing
    Why focus on engagement? We make sure that we are used.
    From 0 to 1
    From Corporate Executive to StartUp Founder
    Fundraising lessons
    54 min

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