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.
Brian Schiff, co-founder and CEO of Flip (formerly Red Route), details the evolution of his verticalized AI voice assistant from its origins as a Cornell-based ride-sharing app to a leading automation tool for customer service calls. Flip specializes in high-volume consumer sectors including transportation, retail, and...
Dan Bladen, CEO of Kadence, details the strategic pivot from his previous wireless charging venture, Chargify, to a workplace management platform designed for the hybrid era. By repurposing existing infrastructure to address the complexities of corporate real estate, Kadence now serves over 600 companies, including maj...
Buildern, a construction management software company, is modernizing the $10 trillion construction industry by helping residential and commercial builders manage finances and workflows. CEO Hmayak Tigranyan explains that the idea for Buildern came from identifying the construction industry as less digitized, with many ...
Jeremy Goillot, CEO of The Mobile First Company, discusses building Allo, an AI-powered phone system for sales teams. Goillot highlights their strategy of targeting SMBs with consumer-like software at affordable prices, differentiating from competitors like RingCentral through ease of use and design. Allo acquires cust...
Joey Gilkey, founder of TitanX, discusses how he acquired and scaled the sales intelligence platform. Gilkey details purchasing the IP for $1 million in August 2023 to build a moat around his fractional business, later pivoting to focus solely on TitanX. He explains the company's unique data, combining scraped, purchas...
TeamSupport's CEO, Grant Stanis, discusses strategies for profitable growth and customer retention within a private equity-backed company. TeamSupport, a B2B ticketing solution, focuses on leveraging support conversations to drive retention and upsell opportunities for small and medium-sized software businesses. Stanis...
Gary Guseinov, CEO of RealDefense, discusses the strategy of acquiring and integrating companies in the consumer privacy and security sector. Guseinov details how RealDefense identifies underperforming companies with synergistic technologies, integrates them into their platform, and leverages their existing billing, ma...
Ledge, an AI-native financial close platform, automates month-end close processes for mid-market to enterprise-sized companies. CEO Tal Kirschenbaum discusses how Ledge streamlines data from disparate sources and employs AI agents to automate repetitive tasks, freeing finance teams for strategic roles. Ledge's pricing ...
Jared Yaman, co-founder of Boxed and now CEO of Spresso, discusses the evolution and challenges of building and pivoting companies. Yaman recounts Boxed's journey from a gaming startup to an e-commerce platform, competing with giants like Amazon and Costco, noting the difficulty of maintaining margins and the eventual ...
PodPlay Technologies, building at the intersection of sports, technology, and in-real-life experiences, is featured with co-founder Ben Borton. Borton details the evolution from PingPod, a network of autonomous table tennis clubs, to PodPlay, a platform licensing technology to venue operators. A key transition was driv...
Vantaca's journey in building software for HOA management companies is explored, with Ben Currin detailing how he and his partner Dave Sawyer scaled the company. Currin, a former nuclear engineer, explains their focus on "not sexy" vertical SaaS markets with financial components. Vantaca, which provides a general ledge...
Matt Spiegel, a serial entrepreneur and former criminal defense attorney, discusses Lawmatics, a legal CRM platform, and his entrepreneurial journey. Spiegel reflects on selling his first company, MyCase, and launching Lawmatics in 2017. He details early growth tactics, including Google Ads and conferences, and shares ...
Dresma, an AI-powered platform for e-commerce imagery, helps brands create content for marketplaces, social media, and web stores. CEO Siddharth Sinha explains that Dresma functions as a marketing agency on steroids, providing intelligence about a brand's environment and workflows for content creation. Puma uses Dresma...
Raf Howery, CEO and founder of Kukun, discusses scaling his property data company, which helps homeowners maintain and improve their home value and provides data solutions for businesses like banks and insurance companies. Kukun primarily generates revenue through B2B clients, offering white-labeled software solutions ...
Gabriel Ciordas, a serial entrepreneur from Romania, discusses his company Flipsnack, a platform that enhances presentation materials with metrics, brand control, and real-time updates. Ciordas highlights Flipsnack's features, including metrics to track visitor engagement, brand control options, real-time update capabi...
Volie, a communication platform for automotive Business Development Centers (BDCs), is the focus of this discussion with its president and co-founder, Scott Davis. Davis explains that Volie replaces desk phones and manual processes with its software, which integrates with dealer data sources to manage customer interact...
In this interview, Sabari Nair, CEO of Skillveri, discusses how his company is redefining vocational training through XR simulations. Skillveri offers virtual reality and mixed reality simulations for training in industries like welding and spray painting, primarily targeting high schools, community colleges, and indus...
In this interview, Nathan Latka speaks with Sabari Nair, CEO of Skillveri, about their VR and mixed reality simulations used for vocational training. Skillveri sells to both industry for in-house training and to high schools and community colleges with CTE programs, pricing their software subscriptions starting at $4,0...
In this interview, Andrew Fennell, founder of standout-cv.com, shares his journey of building an interview-winning CV and online CV builder. He discusses transitioning from a CV writing service to an advertising model and eventually to a subscription-based app. Andrew details his SEO strategies, including creating help...
In this interview, Nathan Latka speaks with Vlad Malanin, the co-founder and CTO of SpeedSize, an AI media compression company. Vlad explains how SpeedSize helps e-commerce brands, particularly in the fashion industry, optimize their media, including images and videos, to ensure fast loading times and maintain high qua...
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