The SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship

By Omer Khan

Business

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This is the podcast for SaaS entrepreneurs and companies who want to grow their business to the next level. Each week, we interview proven startup founders and industry experts, who share their business, product and marketing strategies and insights to help you create software that sells.

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273: DocSend: A Case Study ...

12.17.2020

Russ Heddleston is the co-founder and CEO of DocSend, a SaaS platform that lets you securely share your documents with real-time control and insights. The SaaS Podcast is sponsored by: Gusto, an easy, online payroll and benefits service built for ...

The SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship episodes:

12.17.2020 273: DocSend: A Case Study in Product-Led Growth - with Russ Heddleston Russ Heddleston is the co-founder and CEO of DocSend, a SaaS platform that lets you securely share your documents with real-time control and insights. The SaaS Podcast is sponsored by: Gusto, an easy, online payroll and benefits service built for ...
12.10.2020 272: Unstack: How to Spot a Gap in a Crowded SaaS Market - with Grant Deken Grant Deken is the co-founder and CEO of Unstack, a SaaS content marketing platform designed to help you rapidly build, measure, and scale your digital presence without writing code or hiring developers. The SaaS Podcast is sponsored by: Gusto, an ...
11.18.2020 271: SaaS Sales Lessons from a First Time Founder - with Sonny Patel Sonny Patel is the founder and CEO of Insurmi, a SaaS platform that helps insurance carriers generate leads, streamline claims and deliver customer service through an AI-driven assistant. Show Notes: https://saasclub.io/271 Become a Premium Member: http://thesaaspodcast.com
11.11.2020 270: How to Build a SaaS Brand Without Doing 'Branding' - with Paul Campillo Paul Campillo is the director of brand and communications at Typeform, a SaaS platform that lets you create interactive forms, surveys, quizzes, and more. Show Notes: https://saasclub.io/270 Become a VIP Member: http://thesaaspodcast.com Sponsored by Typeform: Create friendly surveys, friction-free forms, ...
10.28.2020 269: Zomentum: SaaS Customer Development and No-Code Prototypes - with Shruti Ghatge Shruti Ghatge is the co-founder and CEO of Zomentum, an all-in-one sales product built for IT managed service providers (MSPs). Show Notes: https://saasclub.io/269 Become a VIP Member: http://thesaaspodcast.com Sponsored by Typeform: Create friendly surveys, friction-free forms, and interactive experiences that ...
10.21.2020 268: Chili Piper: How to Pre-Sell and Bootstrap a SaaS to Profitability - with Nicholas Vandenberghe Nicolas Vandenberghe is the co-founder and CEO of Chili Piper, a SaaS platform that helps you instantly turn inbound leads into qualified meetings. Show Notes: https://saasclub.io/268 Become a VIP Member: http://thesaaspodcast.com Sponsored by Typeform: Create friendly surveys, friction-free forms, and ...
10.14.2020 267: A Guide to SaaS Customer Success: Reduce Churn & Grow Revenue - with Nick Mehta Nick Mehta is the CEO of Gainsight, a customer success technology that helps businesses retain customers and drive growth. Show Notes: https://saasclub.io/267 Become a VIP Member: http://thesaaspodcast.com Sponsored by Typeform: Create friendly surveys, friction-free forms, and interactive experiences that get ...
10.07.2020 266: PatSnap: Surviving Tough Times as a First-Time SaaS Founder - with Jeffrey Tiong Jeffrey Tiong, the founder, and CEO of PatSnap, a connected innovation intelligence platform used by R&D teams and Intellectual Property (IP) professionals. Show Notes: https://saasclub.io/266 Become a VIP Member: http://thesaaspodcast.com
09.30.2020 265: Whooshkaa: Launch & Differentiate Your SaaS in a Crowded Market - with Rob Loewenthal Rob Loewenthal is the founder of Whooshkaa, a platform that helps creators and brands to produce, host, and monetize their podcasts. The Show Notes •Whooshkaa •Rob on Twitter •Rob on LinkedIn •Omer on Twitter •Omer on LinkedIn Support The SaaS ...
09.23.2020 264: Lessons on Perseverance from a SaaS Startup That Almost Failed - with Panos Siozos Panos Siozos is the co-founder and CEO of LearnWorlds, a white-label SaaS platform that lets you create your own, personally-branded online school. The Show Notes •LearnWorlds •Panos on Twitter •Panos on LinkedIn •Omer on Twitter •Omer on LinkedIn Support The ...
09.16.2020 263: SaaS Product-Led Growth and the New Customer Journey - with Blake Bartlett Blake Bartlett is a partner at Openview, a venture capital firm that focuses on B2B companies in the expansion stage such as Highspot, Calendly, and Expensify. The Show Note The Show Notes •OpenView •Atlassian •Calendly •Hubspot •Upkeep •Blake on LinkedIn ...
09.09.2020 262: Vajro: The Importance of SaaS Founder-Market Fit - with Baskar Agneeswaran Baskar Agneeswaran is the co-founder of Vajro, a cloud-based mobile commerce platform that creates instant mobile shopping apps for e-commerce stores. The Show Notes •Vajro •Niwin Santosh - Co-Founder and CEO •Raghuraman Ramamurthy - Co-Founder and Director •Baskar on LinkedIn ...
09.02.2020 261: Qwilr: SaaS Freemium Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - with Mark Tanner Mark Tanner is the co-founder and COO of Qwilr, a SaaS product that helps you create design-perfect proposals, quotes, client updates, and more. The Show Note •Qwilr •Dylan Baskind (Co-founder and CEO) •Mark on Twitter •Mark on LinkedIn •Omer on ...
08.26.2020 260: Taker: Lessons on Failure & Perseverance from a SaaS Founder - with Abdullah Alsaadi Abdullah Alsaadi is the co-founder and CEO of Taker.io, an online ordering platform and mobile app for restaurants. The Show Notes •Taker •Salesforce •Abdullah on LinkedIn •Abdullah on Twitter •Omer on Twitter •Omer on LinkedIn Enjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to ...
08.17.2020 259: Bootstrapping a SaaS from Zero to $55K MRR in 2 Years - with Arvid Kahl Arvid Kahl is the founder and editor at The Bootstrapped Founder. He also co-founded FeedbackPanda, a SaaS productivity tool for online teachers. The Show Notes •The Bootstrapped Founder •FeedbackPanda •Zero to Sold: How to Start, Run, and Sell a Bootstrapped ...
08.10.2020 258: Salesflare: Finding Your Niche in a Crowded SaaS Market - with Jeroen Corthout Jeroen Corthout is the co-founder of Salesflare, a simple but powerful CRM that automates updating your data so you don't have to. The Show Notes •Salesflare •Jeroen on Twitter •Jeroen on LinkedIn •Omer on Twitter •Omer on LinkedIn Enjoyed this ...
08.02.2020 257: RevenueCat: Overcoming Self-Doubts as a First Time SaaS Founder - with Jacob Eiting Jacob Eiting is the founder and CEO of RevenueCat, a SaaS platform that helps mobile apps to power in-app subscriptions. The Show Notes •RevenueCat •Miguel Carranza Guisado (CTO and Co-Founder) •Jacob on Twitter •Jacob on LinkedIn •Omer on Twitter •Omer ...
07.29.2020 256: SaaStock: Global Events for SaaS Founders, Executives & Investors - with Alex Theuma Alex Theuma is the founder of SaaStock, global conferences that bring together SaaS founders, executives, and investors. The Show Notes •SaaStock •SaaStock Remote •The SaaS Revolution Show •Alex on Twitter •Alex on LinkedIn •Omer on Twitter •Omer on LinkedIn Enjoyed ...
07.19.2020 255: Trackier: How 3 Guys in India Bootstrapped a $2M SaaS Startup - with Udit Verma Udit Verma is the co-founder, and CMO of Trackier, a SaaS performance marketing, and affiliate marketing platform. The Show Notes •Trackier •CloudStuff •OffersOptimize •Udit on Twitter •Udit on LinkedIn •Omer on Twitter •Omer on LinkedIn Enjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to ...
07.16.2020 254: Hull: A SaaS Startup That Went from Failure to Successful Pivot - with Romain Dardour Romain Dardour is the co-founder and CEO of Hull, a SaaS product that collects, unifies, and enriches your product, marketing, and sales data and synchronizes it to all of your tools. The Show Notes •Hull •Stefane Koenig (Co-Founder) •Stephane Bellity ...
07.08.2020 253: Overcoming The Challenges Of A Female-Founded SaaS Startup - With Rachel Liaw Rachel Liaw is the co-founder and CEO of Fuse Inventory, a SaaS inventory planning solution that helps brands scale their supply chain. If you didn't manage inventory correctly, you either ended up with not enough product to fulfill customer demand ...
07.01.2020 252: 5 Steps To Nailing Your SaaS Product Positioning - With April Dunford April Dunford is the founder of Ambient Strategy and author of "Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning, so Customers Get it, Buy it, Love it." In this episode, you're going to learn about the five components of effective positioning. ...
05.27.2020 251: A Guide To Product Led Growth For SaaS Founders - With Wes Bush Wes Bush is the founder of Product Led Institute and author of the book Product Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself'. Product-Led Growth (PLG) is a term coined by the VC firm Openview Venture Partners and ...
05.19.2020 250: Geckoboard: Failing A Dozen Times Before Finding Product Market Fit - With Paul Joyce Paul Joyce is the founder and CEO of Geckoboard, a SaaS product that lets businesses build and display real-time dashboards to help them focus on the metrics that matter. The Show Notes •Geckoboard •Citizenship in a Republic by Theodore Roosevelt ...
05.13.2020 249: Bootstrapping A SaaS To $10K MRR While Working Full-Time - With Luke Thomas In 2013, Luke quit his job at a startup. He'd enjoyed working there, but lately, he didn't feel like he was getting the support he needed from his manager. In this interview, we talk in detail about Luke's story. We ...
04.29.2020 248: Bonjoro: Building A SaaS Company In A Bear Suit - With Matt Barnett Matt Barnett is the founder of Bonjoro, a SaaS product that helps businesses to build relationships with their customers at scale using personal video. The Show Notes •Bonjoro •Matt on LinkedIn •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to the podcast ...
04.21.2020 247: Loopio: How To Bootstrap An Enterprise SaaS Company - With Jafar Owainati Jafar Owainati is the co-founder and COO of Loopio, a SaaS product that helps enterprises to streamline the way they respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Show Notes •Loopio •Capterra •Zak Hemraj on LinkedIn •Matt York on Linkedin ...
04.15.2020 246: Treehouse: How A Developer Bootstrapped An 8-Figure SaaS Company - With Ryan Carson Ryan Carson is the founder and CEO of Treehouse, an online school that teaches beginners how to code and do UX design. The Show Notes •Treehouse •Ryan on LinkedIn •Ryan on Twitter •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to the ...
04.08.2020 245: Successfully Pivoting A SaaS Business - With Sandi Lin In this episode, I talk to Sandi Lin, the co-founder, and CEO of Skilljar, a customer training platform that helps enterprises improve product adoption and customer retention. The Show Notes •Skilljar •Sandi on Twitter •Jason Stewart •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this ...
03.24.2020 244: 6 Mistakes SaaS Companies Make With PPC (and How To Avoid Them) - With Todd Chambers Todd Chambers is the director and founder of Upraw Media, an Amsterdam based agency that helps SaaS companies to grow and scale using paid media. The Show Notes •Upraw Media • SaaS Unit Economics spreadsheet •Todd on LinkedIn •Omer on ...
03.18.2020 243: Turning A Simple Slack Plugin Into A Growing B2B SaaS Startup - With Darren Chait Darren Chait is the co-founder and COO of Hugo, a SaaS product that provides connected meeting notes for teams. The Show Notes •Hugo •10X Culture: The 4-hour meeting week and 25 other secrets from innovative, fast-moving teams •Slack •Josh on ...
03.10.2020 242: Getting Your SaaS Product Messaging Right - With Robin Van Lieshout Robin van Lieshout is the co-founder and CEO of inSided, a customer success community platform for SaaS companies. The Show Notes •inSided •Robin on LinkedIn •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to the podcast •Leave a rating and review •Follow ...
03.03.2020 241: A SaaS Founder Shares His Lessons On Overcoming Failures - With Sabba Keynejad Sabba Keynejad is the co-founder of Veed.io, a UK-based SaaS startup that provides a simple online video editor. The Show Notes •Veed.io •Product Hunt •Tim on LinkedIn •Sabba on Twitter •Sabba on LinkedIn •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to ...
02.25.2020 240: How Mutiny's Founders Launched A SaaS MVP In 2 Weeks - With Jaleh Rezaei Jaleh Rezaei is the co-founder and CEO of Mutiny, a SaaS product that helps B2B companies personalize their website for each visitor in order to close more sales. The Show Notes •Mutiny •YC •VMware •Gusto •Jaleh on LinkedIn •Jaleh on ...
02.18.2020 239: Freemium Model For SaaS: Lessons From A Startup Founder - With Sam Dolbel Sam Dolbel is the co-founder and CEO of SINC, a SaaS product, and a mobile app that helps companies manage their mobile workforce by taking care of timesheets, location tracking, staff scheduling, and job tracking. The Show Notes •SINC •Tamkeen ...
02.04.2020 238: Makerpad: How Ben Tossell Bootstrapped A $240K Side-Project - With Ben Tossell Ben Tossell is the founder of Makerpad, a website that teaches you how to build apps and websites without writing a single line of code. The Show Notes •Makerpad •Makerpad Tools and Tutorials •Product Hunt •Earnest Capital •Airtable •Bubble •Glide ...
01.28.2020 237: ClickFunnels: The $135 Million Self-Funded SaaS Startup - With Dave Woodward Dave Woodward is Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Partner at ClickFunnels, a SaaS product that lets you design and create sales pages, landing pages, order forms and more, to easily sell your product or service online. The Show Notes •ClickFunnels ...
01.21.2020 236: Elastic.io: Getting Traction By Charging More For Your SaaS - With Renat Zubairov Renat Zubairov is the CEO and co-founder of Elastic.io, a hybrid integration platform that helps businesses connect APIs, and on-premise and cloud applications quickly and securely. The Show Notes •Elastic.io •Zapier •Quora •Hacker News •Renat on Twitter •Renat on LinkedIn ...
01.14.2020 235: CinchShare: How A Stay At Home Mom Built A $5M ARR SaaS Company - With Jennifer Johnson Jennifer Johnson is the founder and CEO of CinchShare, a social media marketing product for home-based direct sales businesses. The Show Notes •CinchShare •CinchShare Facebook Page •CinchShare Facebook Group •Jennifer on Twitter •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to the ...
12.10.2019 234: Torii: A SaaS Platform To Manage All Your SaaS Apps - With Uri Haramati Uri Haramati is the co-founder and CEO of Torii, a SaaS platform that helps you discover, optimize and control your organization's SaaS usage and costs. Show Notes •Torii •Pipedrive •Uri on Twitter •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to the ...
12.03.2019 233: Sell More Faster: A Playbook For SaaS Startups - With Amos Schwartzfarb Amos Schwartzfarb is a serial entrepreneur, managing director of Techstars in Austin, Texas and the author of Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Startups. Show Notes •Sell More Faster book •Techstars •Amos on LinkedIn •Amos on Twitter •Omer ...
11.26.2019 232: MemberSpace: Bootstrapping A Profitable SaaS Company - With Ryan Bennick & Ward Sandler Ryan Bennick and Ward Sandler are the co-founders of MemberSpace, a SaaS product that lets you easily add membership functionality to your existing website. Show Notes •MemberSpace •Member Maker Podcast •Squarespace •Ryan on Twitter •Ward on Twitter •Tyler Tringas •Earnest ...
11.19.2019 231: Raygun Founder: From Developer To SaaS Entrepreneur - With John-Daniel Trask John-Daniel Trask is the co-founder, and CEO of Raygun, a SaaS product that helps developers to monitor the health and quality of their web and mobile applications. Show Notes •Raygun •John-Daniel on Twitter •John-Daniel on LinkedIn •Scott Hanselman •Xero •PushPay ...
11.12.2019 230: Typeform: A Case Study In Product-Led SaaS Growth - With David Okuniev David Okuniev is the co-founder of TypeForm, a Barcelona-based SaaS company that specializes in online form building and online surveys. Show Notes •Typeform •Videoask •Videoask Slack Community •Robert on Twitter •David on Twitter •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to ...
11.05.2019 229: SaaS Founder Lessons: On Startup Failures, Vulnerability & Leadership - With Dennis Van Der Heijden Dennis van der Heijden is the co-founder, and CEO of Convert.com, an A/B testing and website conversion optimization tool. Show Notes •Convert.com •TechCrunch •Holacracy •Dennis on Linkedin •Dennis on Twitter •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to the podcast •Leave ...
10.28.2019 228: What To Do When No One Will Pay For Your SaaS Product - With Ryan Born Ryan Born is the co-founder, and CEO of Cloud Campaign, a SaaS platform that helps agencies to manage multiple brands on social media at scale. The Show Notes •Cloud Campaign •Agency Spotlight Feature •Catch •Jobs at Cloud Campaign •Ross Gray ...
10.23.2019 227: How A Bootstrapped SaaS Hit $250K ARR In Its First Year - With Guillaume Moubeche Guillaume Moubeche is the co-founder and CEO of Lemlist, an automated email outreach platform that uses personalized images to get more replies from cold emails. The Show Notes •Lemlist •AppSumo •Product Hunt •Capterra •LinkedIn •Facebook Groups •Guillaume on LinkedIn •Guillaume ...
10.14.2019 226: How To Use LinkedIn Social Selling To Grow Your SaaS Business - With Brynne Tillman Brynne Tillman is the CEO of Social Sales Link and the author of The LinkedIn Sales Playbook, a Tactical Guide to Social Selling. The Show Notes •Social Sales Link •The LinkedIn Sales Playbook: A Tactical Guide to Social Selling •Brynne ...
10.07.2019 225: How Carrd's Founder Turned A Side Project Into A Profitable SaaS - With AJ AJ is the founder of Carrd, a SaaS platform for building simple and fully responsive one-page websites. The Show Notes •Carrd •HTML5 UP •Pixelarity •Product Hunt •Carrd: The Making Of •AJ on Twitter •Omer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode? •Subscribe to ...
09.30.2019 224: How A SaaS User Experience Can Help Grow Your Business - With Suresh Sambandam Suresh Sambandam, is the founder and CEO of OrangeScape, a leading B2B Indian tech company focused on SaaS solutions for workflow automation. The Show Notes •Kissflow •OrangeScape •A Jump Start Guide To Desk Marketing and Selling For SaaS •Suresh on ...

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