SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Nathan Latka
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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Nov 1, 2023 • 18min
How he plans to convert to beta users into paying customers for his team collaboration tool
$50,000 is a lot of money for this founder. He's all in but still pre revenue. Whats holding him back from asking happy beta users to start paying?
Nov 1, 2023 • 31min
He hit $120m in ARR Then Sold $70m Unit for $250m, Today His Secrurity SaaS is Cash Rich... whats next?
This security SaaS hit $120,000,000 revenue in 2022. Then they decided to sell a $70m business unit for $250m cash. Today they are cash rich with $50m in ARR. Who will the CEO acquire with all that cash? How fast will it take to get back to $100m in ARR?
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Oct 18, 2023 • 21min
How to Grow Faster with $0 CAC
Exploring the rise of freemium plans in software companies and the challenges of Product-Led Growth. Discussing user pain points, community building, and growth without acquiring users. Delving into strategies for PLG and usage-based pricing to drive software product growth.
Oct 17, 2023 • 21min
How to launch a Newsletter, get 7k Subs, first $5k Sponsor. SaaS Next?
Oct 16, 2023 • 19min
How Chaser hit $294K revenue and 3 person team in 2023
Oct 13, 2023 • 19min
How he spun his software out of a corporation and hit first 5 paying customers
They've spent $225k building the MVP. If burn stays this high, they need to raise $500k in Dec. They only want to sell 20% of the company implying a 40x multiple. Can he get it done?
Oct 12, 2023 • 20min
This SaaS For Fund Manager's Just Hit $40k of MRR charing a % of AUM Managed
100 fund managers pay Avestorinc.com 400 per month and 30 to 50 bips of $60m AUM. With $40k in MRR today, can he scale to a $1m run rate by december before he tests the equity markets?
Oct 11, 2023 • 17min
Learn from Organice: How to get free customers from the Slack App Exchange
Genius 24 year old launches agency. Now does $3m+ per year in revenue and is spinning out SaaS tools. Only a matter of time before one hits $1m. Will it happen this year with Organice - his slack tool for org charts?
Oct 10, 2023 • 18min
AI Tool Profited $70k Last Month on $195k of Revenue. Plans to hit $3m ARR By December then Raise $5m.
Rayban and 800 other customers use Wordlift to write meta-descriptions with AI to boost SEO. The company did $195k in revenue last month up from $103k in Sept 2022. He profited $70k and is targeting a $4m raise on a $20m valuation in Q1 of 2024. Can Wordlift hit $3m in revenue by December?
Oct 9, 2023 • 19min
He's Spent $2m to Build a Better Quickbooks, Can he hit $1m ARR by Dec?
He owned 3 franchises of the Estonian based ride sharing company Bolt which he sold. Using that money, he starting building Binderr in 2020 and just landed his first customer in March 2023. He still owns 50% of the company and as invested over $2m of his own money. Can he hit $1m in ARR this year building a better Quickbooks for Accountants in Malta?
