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| Leadership Mindset: Building High Performance Teams while Maintaining Cultural Integrity with David Anderson #233 | 09 Jan 2025 | 00:44:14 | |
David Anderson is a global business leader with extensive experience as a C-level executive, board member, advisor, and executive coach at DWA Leadership.. He specializes in building high-performing teams, fostering a winning leadership mindset, and helping organizations navigate the complexities of growth as well as innovation. David has a strong entrepreneurial background and has served on numerous boards, including as chair, bringing forward-thinking strategies to both non-profits and businesses. His approach focuses on empowering leaders to "Jump the S Curve" of growth and achieve lasting success. In this episode we cover:
Get in Touch with David: Mentions: Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) Arizona State University (ASU) Books: Leader Is Not a Title by David Anderson Jumping the S-Curve by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene Tag Us & Follow: | |||
| Creating Custom Digital Funnels to Raising Capital for your SaaS with Jagger Lucé #232 | 05 Apr 2024 | 00:34:06 | |
Jagger Lucé is the Head of Sales at Valynt Digital, a full-service digital marketing agency specializing in paid advertising, video production, copywriting, graphic design, and AI-driven automation. At Valynt, have created a revolutionizing capital raising solution through innovative digital marketing funnels, including Series A - Series D advertising campaigns. Valynt Digital's forward-thinking approach eliminates cold calling through advanced automation solutions powered by artificial intelligence, streamlining processes and enhancing efficiency in sales across diverse industries. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Jagger: Mentions: Books: Extreme Revenue Growth by Victor Cheng Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Path to Acquisition: Insights from Weebly & Vurb with Ryan Glasgow #231 | 22 Mar 2024 | 00:47:56 | |
Ryan is the Founder and CEO of Sprig, a user experience measurement tool suite used by top companies such as Paypal, Coinbase, Figma, and Peloton. Since founding the company in 2019, Sprig has raised $90M, achieving a valuation of $330M. He has a proven track record in scaling SaaS startups like Weebly (acquired by Square) and Vurb (acquired by Snapchat). In this episode we cover:
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| Scaling a SaaS company with ZERO Marketing Budget with Leopold van Oosten #230 | 15 Mar 2024 | 00:38:24 | |
Leo is the Founder and CEO at Amsterdam Standard, a technology partner who specializes in software development, IT staffing, and user interface design, the company provides dedicated nearshore teams, UX/UI interface design services, and agile software development for projects emphasizing agility. With over two decades of professional experience Leopold is a seasoned expert in scaling development teams and sourcing top tech talent. In this episode we cover:
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| The Intersection and Future Trends of SaaS, AI, and Hospitality with Luca Zambello #229 | 08 Mar 2024 | 00:39:17 | |
Luca Zambello is the co-founder and CEO of Jurny, an AI-driven property management solution which is reshaping short-term rental and hotel operations. He is a recognized expert in artificial intelligence and a serial entrepreneur, founding Jurny in 2019 in order to simplify and make AI and automation accessible for all hospitality businesses, including small Airbnb hosts to large hotel chains. Luca is also an Advisory Board Member for Entertainment and Hospitality Management at California State University and has raised over $12M in capital to develop his AI powered technology. In this episode we cover:
Get in touch with Luca: Mentions: Books: The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| How to Build an effective GTM and Partnership Program for Your SaaS with Barrett King #228 | 01 Mar 2024 | 00:43:25 | |
Barrett King is the Sr. Director of Revenue at New Breed, a HubSpot's top solutions partner, on a mission to help unlock meaningful growth. He is a highly motivated leader with over a decade of experience in building partnerships and executing go-to-market strategies for SaaS companies. His expertise includes creating and implementing sales and marketing plans for improving customer engagement and retention. In this episode we cover:
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| How to Build an Unbreakable SaaS Business Scaling Beyond $10k in MRR with Matt Verlaque #227 | 23 Feb 2024 | 00:43:25 | |
Matt Verlaque serves as the COO at SaaS Academy, a premier training hub for B2B SaaS entrepreneurs, where they specialize in playbooks, templates, and lessons tailored for the SaaS world. The academy provides both business solutions as well as personal growth coaching. Matt also leads the Growth Accelerator program, helping early founders scale beyond $10k in MRR. Beyond his professional role, Matt is a dedicated family man, an upcoming author set to release his first book in 2024. He is also the co-founder and CEO of UpLaunch, a triathlete, and a former firefighter. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Matt: Mentions: Books: Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt Extreme Revenue Growth by Victor Cheng Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Looking for Guidance for Businesses on Security Policy Development With your SaaS with Kyle Jones #226 | 16 Feb 2024 | 00:34:32 | |
Kyle Jones is the Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at Rhymetec, cloud security company that delivers cutting-edge cybersecurity, compliance, and data privacy solutions to contemporary SaaS enterprises. Kyle is a dedicated cybersecurity analyst who’s expertise particularly shines in aligning SaaS cloud structures with industry benchmarks and regulations. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Kyle: Mentions: Books: The Act of Will by Roberto Assagioli Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| How to Establish Authority & Build a Loyal Audience as a Tech Leader with Yaniv Zaid #225 | 09 Feb 2024 | 00:39:32 | |
Dr. Yaniv Zaid, also known as "Dr. Persuasion," is a lawyer and economist, provider of business and media consulting to companies and organizations, and a requested and highly experienced lecturer on the topic of improvement of speaking, marketing and persuasion abilities. He's also a No. 1 best-selling author on Amazon with his latest 21st century Sales Bible, economist and advocate, and active as business and media consultant to government ministries, private firms and public organizations. In 2003, Dr. Zaid ranked third place in the worldwide list of public speakers. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Yaniv: Books: The 21st Century Sales Bible by Yaniv Zaid Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: How To Value Your SaaS Company | |||
| Going From $0 to $30M ARR and 3x Your Sales Performers Using AI with Ryan Staley #224 | 26 Jan 2024 | 00:38:51 | |
Ryan is the Founder & CEO at Whale Boss, a cutting edge consultancy designed around providing fast results vs. billable hours. Ryan helps CEO’s or Revenue Leaders implement a 7-8 figure sales system in 3 months based on the principles that grew a business unit from 0- $30M ARR while adding $30M+ in capital revenue (with ONLY 4 Sales people and without lead generation.) In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Ryan: Mentions: Articles: AI at Work: What People Are Saying Books: The Gap and The Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Exploring Investing, Trends and Fundraising in 2024 with Michael Treskow #223 | 19 Jan 2024 | 00:38:04 | |
Michael is a Partner at Eight Roads Ventures based out of London, where they’re focused on venture and growth investments in technology companies across Europe and Israel. Previously, Michael invested in technology companies at Accel in London, and Warburg Pincus both in San Francisco and New York. He received a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In this episode we cover:
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| Bootstrapping to $3M ARR and Embracing Outcome-Based Pricing with Stefan Debois #222 | 12 Jan 2024 | 00:38:06 | |
Stefan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pointerpro, a software platform to create your own online assessments with auto-generated personalized reports. It helps you turn your expertise into a tool that delivers personalized advice at scale. Before founding Pointerpro, Stefan worked for 15 years in several consulting companies as a consultant, project manager, and account manager. He has contributed to Entrepreneur, Capterra, CrazyEgg, mainly in the areas of entrepreneurship and digital marketing. In addition, he founded the Facebook group “B2B Bloggers Boost Group”, where top-tier B2B bloggers help each other to create content and get mentioned. In this episode we cover:
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| Mastering The Art of Marketing Through Storytelling with Jarie Bolander #221 | 05 Jan 2024 | 00:31:13 | |
Jarie is the founder of Story-Driven, a company that utilizes storytelling techniques to accelerate brand awareness and generate leads for B2B businesses. With a proven track record in startups, Jarie has successfully raised over $10 million in funding and played a key role in a $750M exit. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Jarie: Mentions: Books: Story Driven Decks by Jarie Bolander The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Investing Trends, Niches, and Success Stories with AlbionVC with Robert Whitby-Smith #220 | 15 Dec 2023 | 00:33:23 | |
Robert is a Partner at Albion VC, an independent investment firm that backs visionary founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise. With £1 billion of venture funds invested in 50+ companies, Robert focuses on deeptech and B2B software startups. His extensive experience in corporate finance and board-level work allows him to provide strategic guidance on everything from culture to fundraising. Some of his current supported companies include Academia, Accelex, Brytlyt, Diffblue, Convertr, Gravitee.io, and more. Robert's passion for supporting innovative founders makes him a valuable partner in the world of venture capital. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Robert: Mentions: Books: High Output Management by Andy Grove The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| How to Maintain the Balance Between System-Relevent vs Human-Centricity as an Entrepreneur with Michaell Magrutsche #219 | 01 Dec 2023 | 00:54:34 | |
Michaell is the Creativity-Awareness Educator at MICHAELLM.com. He holds the role of Wisdom Art Awareness Coach & hosts his own podcast show called The Smart of Art Podcast. Michaell showcases a unique blend of talents and expertise and advocates for unlocking individual potential. His transformative journey from feeling like an outcast to embracing humanity defines his commitment. With six books, including "The Smart of Art," he will be sharing keys to a 60% more fulfilled life, navigating complexities with a balanced human-centric and system-relevant perspective. In this episode we cover:
Get in Touch with Michaell Are You Living a SYSTEM-RELEVANT or HUMAN-CENTRIC LIFE and Which is Dominant? When you can answer these questions it will spark enough awareness to make your life AT LEAST 50% EASIER. It’s just the awareness that trumps all. What is living a HUMAN-CENTRIC versus SYSTEM-RELEVANT LIFE?Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Empowering Startup Leaders for Success and Resilience with Kenneth Berger #218 | 24 Nov 2023 | 00:37:34 | |
Kenneth Berger is the Executive Coach at Kenneth Berger Coaching with over two decades of experience in the tech industry. He's empowered leaders from startups like Typeform, Dribbble, and Fastly, guiding them to tackle challenges, combat burnout, and achieve their desired life paths. Serving as a trusted confidant to multiple CEOs, Kenneth equips them with the tools to succeed in the dynamic tech world. With a wealth of experience in technology, Kenneth's mission is to assist startup leaders in defining their goals, standing up for their aspirations, and embracing the world's response. His unique insights, garnered from years as a founder, operator, and executive coach, enable him to guide tech leaders in achieving their potential while addressing the opportunities and challenges inherent in the industry. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Kenneth: Mentions: The Conscious Leadership Group Books: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Active Campaign CMO: Integration, Automation and Marketing Insights to Scale to $165M ARR | 13 Oct 2023 | 00:38:51 | |
Shay Howe is the Chief Marketing Officer at ActiveCampaign, a cloud-based email and CRM automation platform with 185,000 customers worldwide and secured $360 million in funding through three rounds. He's a product leader with a design and engineering background. Before ActiveCampaign, Shay served as Vice President of Product at Belly and Yello, overseeing product strategy and design. He led product teams at high-growth companies like Groupon and advised at Techstars, Lightbank, and Prota ventures. Additionally, he authored "Learn to Code HTML and CSS '' published by Pearson Education. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Shay: Mentions: Books: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni The Founder's Mentality by Chris Zook and James Allen Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Navigating Venture Capital, AI, and Innovation in Q4 2023 with Anupam Rastogi #216 | 06 Oct 2023 | 00:34:43 | |
Anupam Rastogi is a General Partner at Emergent Ventures, which focuses on seed and early-stage ventures, investing in transformative AI-powered SaaS and enterprise infrastructure companies. They invest at pre-seed, seed, seed+, and post-seed rounds across enterprise and B2B software, including Application SaaS, Cloud, Data, Infra, Security, Vertical SaaS and Dev Tools. Over the past decade, Anupam has led or played a substantive role in over 20 successful technology investments globally, ranging from early to expansion stage, and several large exits. Prior to his investing career, he spent several years in operating roles in the mobile, enterprise, and data analytics spaces, bringing to market four new products, setting up a big data analytics stack in a Fortune 100 environment, and authoring five international patents and publications. In this episode we cover:
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| Empowering Your Sales Journey Through Confidence with Wesleyne Whittaker | 22 Sep 2023 | 00:29:30 | |
Wesleyne is the Founder of Transformed Sales: A Sales training and consulting firm focused on the STEM industries. She's a chemist turned sales coach, dedicated to helping individuals achieve their professional aspirations. With a background in chemistry and success as a top international salesperson, she founded Transformed Sales to guide aspiring leaders in honing their skills and achieving remarkable results. In this episode we cover:
Get in Touch with Wesleyne: Mentions: Books: Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet-David Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| How to Leverage AI for Your Digital Content Marketing with Andy Crestodina #214 | 01 Sep 2023 | 00:37:55 | |
Andy Crestodina is the co-founder and CMO of Orbit Media Studios, a digital agency based in Chicago. He has over 18 years of experience where he's advised 1000+ businesses on digital marketing. Andy speaks at major marketing conferences, contributes to prominent marketing blogs, and also hosts the Content Matters podcast. His extensive writing covers content marketing, SEO, social media, and analytics. Andy presents 50-70 times annually and authored "Content Chemistry: The Illustrated Handbook for Content Marketing." In this episode we cover:
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| The CEO's Impact on Sales & Overall Business Leadership with Alice Heiman #213 | 18 Aug 2023 | 00:51:35 | |
Alice Heiman is renowned for elevating B2B sales and increasing valuation for high-growth companies. She collaborates with CEOs and sales leaders to develop strategies that energize sales teams, secure new business, and nurture existing accounts. As the host of "Sales Talk for CEOs," her podcast inspires businesses to reach their full potential. In this episode we cover:
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| High Performance Selling and Building a Business with John Barrows #212 | 04 Aug 2023 | 00:46:54 | |
John Barrows is the CEO of JB Sales Training, the go-to sales training for the world's top sales forces, dedicated to helping individuals become the highest-paid sellers in any given room. Throughout his +25 years career, he has held diverse roles in the industry, acquiring extensive knowledge and expertise in sales strategies. By sharing his wealth of experiences, he strives to uplift and empower sales professionals, aiming to elevate the sales profession as a whole. Currently, as the founder of his own sales training company, John collaborates with renowned organizations such as Salesforce, LinkedIn, Amazon, and Google, along with numerous other rapidly growing companies worldwide. In this episode we cover:
Get in Touch with John: John's Website Mentions: Books: Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk Raving Fans by Kenneth Blanchard 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| The Power of Human Connection In Community Building and Sales with Jen Allen-Knuth | 28 Jul 2023 | 00:36:33 | |
Jen Allen-Knuth is the Head of Community Growth at Lavender, an AI email assistant that helps you write better emails faster, double replies, and save time. Together, they are providing comprehensive tools and guidance for crafting compelling sales emails. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Jen: Lavender Website Mentions: Books: Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Unleashing Big Results on a Limited Ad Spend with Mason Cosby #210 | 30 Jun 2023 | 00:39:31 | |
Mason Cosby is the Director of Demand Generation at Sales Assembly, a leading organization that offers Elevated Learning & Development for GTM Teams, where he leads the development of impactful B2B programs. His journey in sales and marketing began as a means to pursue flexibility for seminary studies. In addition to his role at Sales Assembly, Mason hosts "The Marketing Ladder" podcast and serves as a GTM Ambassador at GTM Partners, solidifying his influence in the marketing community. In this episode we cover:
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| Strategies for Success in Social Selling Through LinkedIn with Nicholas Thickett #209 | 16 Jun 2023 | 00:43:33 | |
Nicholas Thickett is the Co Host at the B2B Power Hour, a space to connect with others in B2B marketing + sales space, where they share their experiments on social selling, ABSD, cold email, AI, SEP's, Async video, virtual events and more. With an expansive archive of 160+ podcast episodes, takeaways and articles, they help sales and marketing professionals thrive in a world dominated by outdated playbooks and old-school tactics. Nicholas is also the Managing Partner at Alignd, Marketing & Partnerships Manager at KO Advantage Group, a competitive home brewer and woodworker. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Nicholas: Mentions: Books: Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian The Challenger Customer by Brent Adamson Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Data-Driven Strategies for Hiring Excellence and Retaining Top Talent with Neha Naik #208 | 02 Jun 2023 | 00:29:59 | |
Neha Naik is the Founder and CEO of RecruitGyan, a human resources company specializing in recruitment consulting, business staffing, and interview preparation with a focus on technology startups. Neha accelerates company growth by attracting top talent and motivating investors. She is an official member of the Forbes Business Council and has founded multiple ventures, including RG, The Sleepy Cub, Creative Arc, and Triad partners. Neha is an expert in career planning, recruitment, a certified sleep consultant, and a mom entrepreneurship coach, helping mothers start businesses and achieve work-life balance. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Neha: Neha's Email Mentions: Books: "Never Split the Difference" by Chris Voss "Atomic Habits" by James Clear "Happy Pocket Full of Money" by David Cameron Gikandi "Die With Zero: Getting All You Can From Your Money and Your Life" by Bill Perkins Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| How to Launch Your Startup Business with Limited Resources with Melissa Kwan #207 | 21 Apr 2023 | 00:37:09 | |
Melissa Kwan is the Co-founder and CEO of eWebinar, a revolutionary SaaS company that helps people automate repetitive webinars and achieve a better work-life balance. With over twelve years of experience in startups and three successful companies built without venture capital backing, Melissa is a revenue-driven founder specializing in sales and business development. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Melissa: eWebinar Website Mentions: Lloyed Lobo Books: Presentation Secrets Of Steve Jobs by Carmine Gallo Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Why First Impressions Matter When it Comes to Onboarding with Peter Ord #206 | 25 Mar 2023 | 00:39:05 | |
Peter Ord is the Founder and CEO of GuideCX®, a leading provider of client onboarding and implementation tools for SaaS companies. With a focus on delivering value faster to clients, they offer advanced solutions that help project managers and client success teams invite, guide, and engage their customers. Peter's vision is to empower businesses to create a truly customer-centric onboarding experience that leaves a lasting impression, becoming the top choice for companies looking to enhance their onboarding process and drive customer success. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Peter: Peter's Email Mentions: FedEx Amazon Intercom Delta Books: The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick The User Method by Jeff Schwarting Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Building, Scaling and Fundraising A SaaS Company with Sufian Chowdhury #205 | 17 Mar 2023 | 00:35:12 | |
Sufian is the Founder & CEO of Kinetik, Where they offer a suite of products and API solutions to organizations in the non-emergency medical transportation industry to streamline and automate billing. Through their platform, they help streamline day-to-day operations for brokers, managed care organizations, and local transportation providers. In this episode we cover:
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| Cybersecurity, Space Exploration and The Future Of SaaS Business with Adam Anderson #204 | 10 Mar 2023 | 00:37:58 | |
Adam Anderson is a Managing General Partner of Ansuz Capital, a venture fund that helps Cybersecurity companies that specialize in protecting businesses from the number one cyber risk facing the world: Social Engineered Cyber Attacks targeting your employees. He’s also the Chairman, and co-founder of Hook Security. He’s also an entrepreneur who after 20 years on the frontline of cybersecurity, writing five books, and years of keynotes and interviews, he then sold his first cybersecurity company a few years ago. He’s also the co-host of the Two Stones One Bird Podcast, where they talk to entrepreneurs who are interested in investing or starting their own funds. In this episode we cover:
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| Thriving for Revenue in The 2023 Market Downturn with Scott Stouffer #203 | 03 Mar 2023 | 00:44:59 | |
Scott Stouffer is the Founder & CEO of ScaleMatters, a platform that delivers Go-to-Market operations, analytics, and insights to help businesses drive capital-efficient growth. He took his first company (Visual Networks) public in 2001 and grew it to a peak market cap of $3 billion. Since then, he has been 5x CEO and 3x Founder. In this episode we cover:
Get in Touch With Scott: Scott's Email Mentions: Books: The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| UI/UX Interfaces For Fast Growth SaaS with UserActive #202 | 24 Feb 2023 | 00:29:29 | |
Peter Loving is a software designer, coach and consultant who works with SaaS companies to build better products, making UI & UX improvements that drive growth & wow users. He’s the founder of UserActive, an agency that designs meaningful tech products. They are inspired by a mission to help tech founders build products that enrich the lives of users, doing this by applying critical thinking, creative talent and product strategy to solve real business challenges. In this episode we cover:
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| The Symbiotic Relationship Between Performance & Brand Marketing with Kamil Rextin #201 | 17 Feb 2023 | 00:22:48 | |
Kamil Rextin is the General Manager of 42 Agency, a B2B Agency that helps SaaS companies scale Demand Generation & build RevOps infrastructure. He has worked in RevOps Growth & Demand Gen for the last 12+ years at companies like CrowdRiff & Uberflip. He uses a scientific approach when it comes to marketing. So rather than believing whatever is trending, he experiments, and whatever proves to be effective is what matters to him. Outside of work, Kamil enjoys hiking and reading, especially comics. In the episode we cover:
Get in Touch With Kamil: Mentions: Books: Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull & Amy Wallace Working Backwards by Colin Bryar & Bill Carr Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Technology In Healthcare Management With Plumero #200 | 10 Feb 2023 | 00:25:03 | |
Christian Cox is a linguist, professional ponderer and currently the founder at Plumero Technologies. Christian is an Experienced Agile Business Analytics and Technology Professional with a relatively unconventional background. As a Spanish major who spent six years in Argentina, Chris was first exposed to the digital technology world at a small web development company. Chris is a certified scrum master and earned his Masters in Regional Integration Processes at Universidad de Buenos Aires and his BA in Spanish Linguistics at Arizona State University. In this episode we cover:
Previous Episode with Christian Cox: Christian Cox: Building a Long-Term, Sustainable Product Development Framework Get In Touch With Christian: Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| What Is SaaS Conversion Content And How to Create It with Carly J Cais #199 | 03 Feb 2023 | 00:30:33 | |
Carly is the Founder & CEO of RevvSpark, a content agency that creates full-funnel marketing content strategy, generates demand, optimizes conversions, and helps elevate Sales Team’s potential. She started in Marketing over 20 years ago, first in B2C and then in B2B where she is now on a mission to grow businesses with creative "Conversion Content" that levels up internal teams and drives demand. She’s an expert in streamlining B2B tech companies to ignite rapid growth, specializing in companies in the Startup to Scaleup phase, who are below $25M in revenue. She is also writing a book called "Startup to Scaleup: $100K Growth Secrets from SaaS Leaders" that will be published in Q1 2023. In this episode we cover:
"Become a Content Machine: The Conversion Content System" https://www.revvspark.com/saas-district/ This PDF lays out step-by-step how to create a month’s worth of content from ONE source piece, and the tools and tips we use to create all the touchpoints that take a buyer through each stage of their journey. Get In Touch With Carly: Mentions: Books: | |||
| The Psychological Knowledge and Power Behind SaaS Companies with Darshan Pindoria #198 | 27 Jan 2023 | 00:30:41 | |
Darshan Pindoria is a Psychology and Mindset Coach at Deeppsyc, an organizational psychology service that impacts key areas of mental health and performance. Darshan has a BSc in Psychology, he’s a vlogger, public speaker and course creator who also took up training for 9 months as a monk in a yoga ashram. Darshan’s past SaaS experiences working as a Business Development Manager at companies like Verto Cloud, eBusiness Guru Limited, Avasam and Replyco. In this episode we cover:
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| Subscriptions Management For Digital Agencies With AppBind | 20 Jan 2023 | 00:23:34 | |
Sunir Shah is a marketer, developer and startup guy. He's the founder of AppBind, a subscriptions management tool for resellers and agencies. AppBind lets you subscribe to software and ads for clients without using your credit card. This cloud-based billing solution enables trustful communication between agencies and clients. In this episode we cover:
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| How To Add Revenue Fast To Your SaaS Company with Aaron Krall #196 | 02 Dec 2022 | 00:44:58 | |
Aaron is a SaaS Onboarding & Lead Conversion Specialist, and the founder of SaaS Accelerator, a coaching program that helps SaaS founders to implement systems and processes to scale revenue faster and more predictably. He helps SaaS companies with an ARPU of $100 or more achieve scalable, predictive growth and are looking for proven systems and frameworks they can implement into their business to increase revenue and build a scalable SaaS. Aaron also runs the SaaS Growth Hacks community on Facebook which currently has over 20,000 members. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Aaron: "SaaS Growth Hacks" Facebook Group Mentions: Peldi Guilizzoni from Balsamiq SaaS District Interview with Peldi Guilizzoni Books: Anything You Want by Derek Sivers Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Importance of Due Diligence When Buying A Business with Ahmed Raza #195 | 25 Nov 2022 | 00:31:28 | |
Ahmed is the Director of Due Diligence at Rapid Diligence, a company that provides due diligence and consulting services for buyers looking to acquire businesses under $500M. Ahmed previously founded a small-cap private equity fund to buy eCommerce businesses and lead due diligence for private equity funds focused on SaaS, eCommerce, FBA, and content website acquisitions. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch: Ahmed's Email Books: The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Using Interactive Product Demos As Your PLG Motion with Natalie Marcotullio #194 | 18 Nov 2022 | 00:23:05 | |
Natalie Marcotullio is a Head of Growth and Operations at Navattic, a company that empowers prospects to get hands-on with a product earlier through no-code interactive demos and helping SaaS companies give their prospects a better buying experience. More than 200 go-to-market teams use Navattic across the funnel, from first touch in outbound campaigns, to website product demos and post-demo leave behinds. Natalie has a background in SEO and digital marketing for B2B sales and marketing SaaS. Now she focuses on full-funnel marketing, GTM strategy, and improving the digital buyer experience. In this episode we cover:
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| How to Build a Successful Startup From Scratch with Dom Einhorn, Spencer Fry & Thomas Petersen #193 | 11 Nov 2022 | 00:22:48 | |
In this episode we have great founders talking about what to do, mistakes to avoid and how to validate an startup, great content shared by Dom Einhorn, founder & CEO of Uniqorn Incubator; Spencer Fry, Founder at Podmatch.com and Thomas Petersen, Co-Founder and CEO at First Principle. In this episode we cover:
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| How to Combine a Community-Led Growth & Product Led Growth Strategy with Zachary DeWitt # 192 | 14 Oct 2022 | 00:40:18 | |
Zach DeWitt is a Partner at Wing Venture Capital, a firm investing in Seed and Series A rounds for transformative enterprise tech companies. Prior to Wing, Zach was CEO and co-founder of Drop, which built two award-winning iPhone apps (Drop Messages and Firefly) before selling the technology and the IP intellectual property to Snapchat in 2016. Zach holds a BA in Economics from Yale University as well as an MBA from the Harvard Business School. In this episode we cover:
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| Big Data Governance & Data Security For SaaS Companies with Balaji Ganesan #191 | 07 Oct 2022 | 00:48:10 | |
Balaji is the co-founder & CEO at Privacera, a startup focused on building tools for enterprises to balance data democracy, open use of data with the need for comprehensive governance. They are focused specifically on enterprises moving data to public cloud and leveraging it for analytics, ML & AI. Balaji comes from an IT Consulting background and intentionally moved into Sales at a small company to learn and develop new business on the grounds. He then used that experience to build and sell a startup and then build another successful one. In this episode we cover:
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| Why Every SaaS Founder Should Care About Customer Onboarding with Sri Ganesan # 190 | 30 Sep 2022 | 00:34:24 | |
Sri Ganesan is Co-founder & CEO of Rocketlane, a leading Customer Onboarding Platform and SaaS product that helps businesses by replacing generic project management and document collaboration tools with a unique, unified workspace. Sri has spent his last 9 years building and scaling SaaS businesses. His last start-up, Konotor, was acquired by Freshworks in 2015 and went on to become their fastest-growing product (today known as Freshchat). Prior to building start up, Srikrishnan was leading product teams at companies like Verizon, Rediff, and Jigsee. In this episode we cover:
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| Shortening The Sales Process From Days To Hours with Aleks Gollu #189 | 23 Sep 2022 | 00:37:27 | |
Aleks Gollu is the co-founder and CEO of 11Sight, an Inbound Video Call Platform for Revenue Teams. Aleks is a serial entrepreneur and CEO with a successful track record of building innovative solutions from idea to exit. He started his career at Oracle and Sapient. However, being in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, he rapidly realized his passion for entrepreneurship and co-founded his first startup, O’TelNet, a pioneer of SMS-based cell phone applications that was acquired by a competitor. He holds a B.S. degree from MIT and an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UC Berkeley. Gollu has also been granted 8 patents, is fluent in 4 languages, and outside of work, Aleks is a movie aficionado and enjoys mountain biking and cooking. In this episode we cover:
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| PPC for SaaS - Top Experts Reveal Advice to Scale with Dylan Hey & Luis Camacho #188 | 16 Sep 2022 | 00:13:49 | |
In this episode we have two experts talking about PPC, sharing strategies about budget, funnel, campaigns and more. Dylan Hey is the Co-Founder & CEO of HeyDigital, a creative PPC & CRO agency that focuses on helping SaaS & B2B Tech Companies scale revenue with PPC & Paid Social Advertising Campaigns. After successfully managing hundreds of thousands of dollars in spending on Google, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Capterra for a lot of customers, Dylan has built an effective SaaS specific advertising process that works. Luis Camacho is the Founder & CEO of Fantom Agency, an elite digital marketing agency for SaaS & B2B companies alongside the strongest community where they help SaaS companies over the $20K MRR mark, who are trying to scale up via a predictable and strategically thought out customer acquisition process. In this episode we cover:
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| Moving Up Market in The SaaS World with Andy Stinnes #187 | 19 Aug 2022 | 00:46:59 | |
Andy Stinnes is a General Partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners, a market-focused VC firm specializing in cloud business application companies. They partner with entrepreneurs at the early stages to build global category leading companies. Andy is responsible for developing investment strategies, sourcing and leading investments, and serving on the boards of portfolio companies. He’s an expert in business software applications, business networks, enterprise-class product strategy and go-to-market. In this episode we cover:
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| The Secret Psychology Behind Building A High-Performance Team with Vlad Hu #186 | 12 Aug 2022 | 00:34:19 | |
Vlad Hu is the CEO of TensionX, a software development company that specializes in Web Apps and Google Chrome extensions development. The company helps common people find technical solutions, get away from routine and save time for the really important stuff. Vlad is known for his expertise in building SaaS, Optimizing Business Processes, and Automation. In addition to being a co-founder of a handful of cloud SaaS apps, he helps entrepreneurs on their SaaS Business Journey. In this episode we cover:
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| Why Founders Should Use a SaaS Service For Data Protection & Resilience with W. Curtis Preston # 185 | 05 Aug 2022 | 00:41:41 | |
W. Curtis Preston aka “Mr. Backup” is the Chief Technical Evangelist at Druva, a data protection as a service company. He's an expert in backup & recovery systems, a space he has been working in since 1993, designing data protection systems for some of the largest organizations in the world. He is also the host of the Restore it All podcast, founder and webmaster of backupcentral.com, a website dedicated to backup and recovery and has written four books about backup and recovery. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Curtis: W. Curtis Preston's Book "Modern Data Protection" Free Copy On Druva's Website Mentions: Backup Central's Restore It All Podcast Books: First, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||
| Everything About Link-Building in SaaS with Shaurya Jain #184 | 29 Jul 2022 | 00:35:56 | |
Shaurya is the founder of Samurai Marketers, a link-building agency for brands in the SaaS industry. He loves to help B2B brands implement their organic marketing and link-building strategies. Among Samurai Marketers' clients, you will find some famous SaaS brands like Zoom, Udemy and Waybook. When he is not working, you can find him reading some business or personal development books. In this episode we cover:
Get In Touch With Shaurya: Discount: 10% discount on Samurai Marketers services, just mention that you came from the SaaS District Podcast. Books: Built To Sell by John Warrillow The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle Tag Us & Follow: More About Akeel: | |||