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Feb 29, 2024 • 3min

181: ARRtist Ecosystem Update

Änderungen in der Frequenz im Podcast und Update zum ARRtist Circus Ganz liebe Grüsse aus dem ARRtist Headquarter. Ab jetzt kommt der Pod immer Dienstags zu Euch und wir bauen parallel an spannenden neuen Formaten. Schaut mal rein auf: www.ARRtist-Circus.com und www.ARRtist.net Es ist schon wieder viel passiert.
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Feb 26, 2024 • 1h 1min

🇬🇧 180: Adding 20 Mio. ARR in 3 years - The GTM Motion of Yousign

With Alban Sayag - CEO of Yousign Gaining traction in a competitive market such as e-signature with players like Docusign seems to be quite a challenge. However, Alban Sayag, his team and Yousign have managed to add more than 20 million in ARR in the last 3 years. In conversation with Julius Göllner, he gives valuable insights into Yousign's current go-to-market motion. In detail you will learn about: Yousign’s positioning and main differences compared e.g. to Docusign Joining as a CEO - Alban’s motivation to join in a management role as a serial entrepreneur Yousign’s Runrate Concept - the natural amount of Net New ARR every month Leading indicators to understand decelerating growth The importance of segment analysis to understand your right ICP and motion efficiency Changing the GoToMarket - From Sales Led to an Indirect Motion Growing by Cocreation of new revenue streams and business models for partners How to structure pricing for an indirect motion Necessary product adaptations to get partner ready What's behind the “classical S-curve” of growth Geographic expansion - how to choose the right next market Where to eat great in Paris Our Guest: Alban Sayag https://www.linkedin.com/in/albansayag/ Our Host: Julius Göllner https://www.linkedin.com/in/julius-goellner/ Unser Werbepartner: Vanta Restaurant Tipp: Holybelly - Paris https://www.holybellycafe.com/
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Feb 22, 2024 • 56min

179: Do’s and don’ts beim Go-To-Market für Tech Companies

Peter Ruchatz zu GTM learnings aus 25 Jahren im Software Business Mein heutiger Gast Peter Ruchatz hat diverse Stationen als Chief Marketing Officer und Chief Revenue Officer durchlaufen. Er war Senior Vice President Marketing bei Celonis, lange Jahre bei Salesforce und Microsoft. Davor war er Berater bei BCG und hat selbst eine Softwarefirma gegründet. Er weiß also wovon er spricht, wenn es um den richtigen go to market für Software Produkte geht. Peter unterteilt hier ganz Berater-style in “Strategie”, “Management” und “Execution” und hat uns auch drei Beispiele aus seinen diversen Stationen und seiner Zusammenarbeit mit Startups und VCs mitgebracht. Our Guest: Peter Ruchatz https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterruchatz/ Our Host: Jannis Bandorski https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannisbandorski/ Unser Werbepartner: Vanta Related AoA Shows: 164: Partnerschaften im Enterprise Bereich - Best Practices von Miro 126: B2B Enterprise Sales - Wertvolle Tipps von 42 Cap vom GTM bis zur Pipeline Coverage Restaurant Tipp: Theresa Grill in München https://www.theresa-restaurant.com/
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Feb 19, 2024 • 57min

🇬🇧 178: 5 Termsheets with just 40 Outreaches - Resourcify's Fundraising Secrets

Mit Gary Lewis - Co-Founder & CEO von Resourcify Managing 5 term sheets with only 40 outreaches is quite impressive. It becomes even more interesting if none of the initial outreach was done by the founder himself. Gary Lewis talks with Julius Göllner about his secrets and strategies to raise a successful fundraising round even in turbulent times. In detail you will learn about: The Resourcify business model Why fundraising as an impact startup is different from a non-impact startup The power of using your advisory board in a fundraising process The secrets behind the WhattsApp whisper game and how to use it The ideal investor profile - why it matters and how to define it Fundraising 2024 vs 2022 - What are the key differences and what to look out for today Resourcify's Series B KPI Target Sheet and how to run an entire company by it The different meaning of capital efficiency at 400 and 200% ARR Growth Where to meet Gary for dinner in Munich Our Guest: Gary Lewis https://www.linkedin.com/in/circular-gary/ Our Host: Julius Göllner https://www.linkedin.com/in/julius-goellner/ Unser Werbepartner: Vanta Related AoA Shows: 174: Erfolgreiches Fundraising in turbulenten Zeiten - Learnings von Deskbird 101: Mastering Fundraising in difficult times 146: Die größten Fehler im Fundraising - Und wie es richtig geht mis Iskender Dirik EQT Restaurant Tipp: the spice basar in Munich https://www.thespicebazaar.de/
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Feb 15, 2024 • 55min

177: Strategische Markterweiterung für die EdTech Platform AMBOSS

Mit AMBOSS Co-Founder Dr. Sievert Weiss With the support of medical students, a developer, and some business angels, Sievert and his future co-founders then built software for exam preparation for the medical state exam. Since then, the company has evolved significantly, continuously tapping into new markets. In our interview, we discussed how they got there, strategically increased customer lifetime value, expanded internationally, and their plans for the future. How the experience of exam preparation led to the founding of a software company The challenges and obstacles in developing software for medical exam preparation Strategies for increasing customer lifetime value and accessing new markets The contribution of medical students, developers, and business angels to the company's development The importance of innovation and adaptability in a constantly changing market Future plans of the company and how it prepares for upcoming challenges Our Guest: Sievert Weiss https://www.linkedin.com/in/sievert-weiss/ Our Host: Jannis Bandorski https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannisbandorski/ Restaurant Tip: Ritrovo https://ritrovo.de/
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Feb 12, 2024 • 57min

176: Winning the US - Wertvolle Learnings von anyline

Mit Christoph Braunsberger - Managing Director von anyline Der Schritt in die USA ist mit vielen Fragezeichen und Herausforderungen verbunden. Christoph und sein Team von anyline haben diese sehr erfolgreich gemeistert und sind seit 2019 auf einem starken Wachstumskurs in den Vereinigten Staaten. Mit Julius Göllner spricht er über seine Learnings und Erkenntnisse aus den letzten 5 Jahren, im Detail: Anyline´s Beweggründe zur Expansion in die USA in 2019 Was ist in 2024 anders und was gibt es heute zu beachten Das perfekte Setup für einen Start in den Vereinigten Staaten Team on the ground von Tag 1 - Ist das wirklich nötig? Die Wichtigkeit eines “engen Marktes” zum Start und sehr scharfer ICPs Unterschiede im Pricing - was solltet Ihr berücksichtigen Referenzkunden als wesentlicher Hebel beim Markteintritt - so richtig leveragen Sales Cycles, Budgetgrenzen und Risikobereitschaft - Die größten Unterschiede in den USA und DACH Our Guest: Christoph Braunsberger https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-braunsberger-435939199/ Our Host: Julius Göllner https://www.linkedin.com/in/julius-goellner/ Unser Werbepartner: Vanta Related AoA Shows: 094: Expansion in die USA - Erfahrungen und Best Practices von Daniel Barke mit WorkGenius (>100 Mio NetRev) 014: Enterprise Sales und USA Expansion mit Alexander Buchberger, Managing Partner bei Senovo & JG Restaurant Tipp: Nestroy Gasthaus in Wien https://www.gasthausnestroy.at/
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Feb 9, 2024 • 57min

175 Der richtige Fokus beim Go-to-market nach der Seed Finanzierung

Co-Founder und CEO von Gyde - Lukas Heinzmann Lukas kommt aus der Stuttgarter Gründerszene und hat mit sich mit seiner Firma Gyde das Thema "Learning & Development" neu vorgeknüpft. Hier meine Highlights: 1 Mio Funding in 2022 - daher extrem Cash effizient 20% monatliches Wachstum, super Retention und 194% Net Revenue Expansion aktuell ca 15 Mitarbeiter Größte Herausforderung: komplett unterschiedliche ICPs, die aber alle profitable und happy sind, und damit drohen, weitere Umsätze zu bringen. Kernfrage im Podcast: wie fokussiert man richtig? Wann lässt man mal Umsatz bewusst aus? Wie bringt man das Team dahinter? Und wie geht man mit Unsicherheit als Founder um? Podcast Gast: Lukas Heinzmann https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukas-heinzmann/ Podcast Host: Matthias Ernst https://www.linkedin.com/in/mr-matthias-ernst/ Ad Partner www.vanta.com/arrtistonair Restaurant Tipp: Valle (echt italienisch) Stuttgart https://www.ristorante-valle.de/
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Feb 5, 2024 • 51min

174: Erfolgreiches Fundraising in turbulenten Zeiten - Learnings von Deskbird

Mit Ivan Cossu - Co-Founder und CEO von deskbird Fundraising in schwierigen Zeiten - darüber spricht Julius Göllner mit Ivan Cossu. Das Team von deskbird hat es geschafft, im turbulenten Marktumfeld von 2023 rund 13 Mio. USD in einer erfolgreichen Series A einzusammeln. Wie Ihnen das gelungen ist und was Ihr für Eure nächste Finanzierungsrunde mitnehmen könnt, erfahrt Ihr in der heutigen Folge. Im Detail gibt es spannende Insights zu: Dem Geschäftsmodell von deskbird Erkenntnisse von Ivan zu den Fehlern im Fundraising in der Seed Runde Den daraus abgeleiteten Verbesserungen für die Series A Akquise Der Wichtigkeit eines strukturierten und zeitlich vorgegebenen Prozesses Reduzierung der Gespräche vor Start des Prozesses - Fokus auf das Business so lange es geht Warum ein kontinuierlicher Beziehungsaufbau mit Investoren nicht immer Sinn macht Wie Ihr ein erstes Term Sheet im weiteren Prozess ideal leveragen könnt Warum ein ausgewogenen KPIs Set in 2024 eine hohe Relevanz besitzt Fundraising ist und bleibt eine persönlich harte Zeit - was könnt Ihr tun um Eure innere Mitte nicht zu verlieren Our Guest: Ivan Cossu https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivancossu/ Our Host: Julius Göllner https://www.linkedin.com/in/julius-goellner/ Unser Werbepartner: Vanta Related AoA Shows: Iskender Dirik Malte Kosub Restaurant Tipp: Restaurant Roberto http://www.restaurantroberto.ch Recommendations: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/tag/series-a
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Feb 1, 2024 • 60min

🇬🇧173: Demo Automation - where product and sales meet! (Pawel Jaszczurowski CEO Demoboost)

Pawel Jaszczurowski Co-Founder and CEO demoboost Pawel, Anna and Kamil founded Demoboost out of Salesforce. They wanted to make the Demo process easier and more intuitive. Now they have been recognized as the easiest to use Demo Automation Software by G2 in 2023 and Pawel shares his insights in demos in general, the current competitive landscape and key milestones in building Demoboost. Highlights: Learnings from the early days - why Pawel founded his first company "our office" and also, why he is not there anymore How working at Salesforce leads to founding his second company Insights on demos - what to do and what not to do The market for demo automation - whats the sweet spot Competitive landscape clustered in 3 different categories: video solutions (e.g. consensus - https://goconsensus.com/) static content solutions (e.g. arcade https://www.arcade.software/) interactive demos (e.g. demoboost https://demoboost.com/) How to use G2 to build trust and create incoming leads Current status of demoboost, #employees, #customer Revenue expansion strategy Change in the markte - pre-sales and sales engineers. Pre sales collective and SE rockstars (https://serockstars.com/) as examples of a fast growing segment demoboost current hurdles - ressource allocation, market education Current funding state and runway, grants, revenue based finance Our current ad partner: VANTA https://www.vanta.com/arrtist ARRtist Circus www.arrtist-circus.com Podcast guest: Pawel Jaszczurowski https://www.linkedin.com/in/paweljaszczurowski/ Podcast Host: Matthias Ernst https://www.linkedin.com/in/mr-matthias-ernst/ Restaurant Tipp: Peaches Gastro Girl Vegan Restaurant Warsaw https://www.instagram.com/peaches_gastrogirls/?hl=en
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Jan 30, 2024 • 55min

🇬🇧172: The power of brand positioning

With Niclas Lilja - Founder and CEO at Younium In the fast-paced world of SaaS, where competition is fierce and innovation is relentless, the power of brand positioning cannot be overstated. Join us as we speak with Niclas Lilja, thought leader and visionary, who has mastered the art of brand positioning in SaaS, about the challenges, his tips and direct advice. Get hands on insights about: What are subscription management systems and why to use them Why it makes sense to think about positioning very early How to choose and work out the right positioning Taking the competitive landscape into account and finding your own spot Differentiating between simple and complex subscription models - the complexity of different products, add ons, individual negotiated terms and many more The difference between tactical and strategic positioning How to use positioning in marketing our product and guaranteeing a clear PMF Winning in sales with small or big XXL customers due to a clear positioning (European brand/Purpose built) How to use positioning in competition handling Our Guest: Niclas Lilja https://www.linkedin.com/in/niclas-lilja/ Our Host: Julius Göllner https://www.linkedin.com/in/julius-goellner/ Unser Werbepartner: ARRtist Circus Restaurant Tipp: Asian Post Office https://www.asianpostoffice.se/

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