Best Mgt Podcasts (2025)

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#172: Why Long-Term Bootstrapping Still Works in Event Mgt. SaaS - Raju Patel 59:31

28d ago59:31

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Raju Patel founded eShow over 25 years ago after building a speaker portal for a magazine company and realizing he had a repeatable software product. What began as a one-man shop in suburban Chicago evolved into a robust event-management platform serving associations that needed complex, multi-module functionality. His business grew steadily as he …

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#176: The Five Questions That Will Decide Your SaaS Progress Next Year - Greg Head 54:01

16h ago54:01

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As the year winds down, I want to share an end-of-year message for practical SaaS founders who want to make better progress in 2026. Based on my recent conversations with more than 40 CEOs in my Practical Founders peer groups, it's clear that growth rates alone don't define whether it was a "good" year. Founders experienced very different outcomes—…

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The 12 Laws for Effective Emergency Response-Michael Stone, IFRC Alumni Assoc. President, Part 1 53:43

2d ago53:43

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In part 1 of this insightful interview, Michael Stone, President of the IFRC Alumni Association, shares his extensive experience in humanitarian response and introduces his "Twelve Laws for Effective Emergency Response." Drawing from decades of fieldwork and leadership, Stone discusses the importance of understanding local contexts, ethical action,…

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Leadership and Team Dynamics in Emergency Management 36:32

2d ago36:32

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Part 2 of my podcast with Michael Stone, President of the IFRC Alumni Association features a discussion on leadership and team dynamics within the context of emergency management and Red Cross principles. They reflect on effective leadership practices during their IFRC mission in Georgia (former Soviet Republic), and highlight key strategies such a…

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#175: The Hidden Founder Psychology Patterns Behind Stuck SaaS Companies - Dave Hersh 1:06:44

6d ago1:06:44

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Dave Hersh, co-founder and former CEO of Jive Software, shares the real story behind bootstrapping Jive to $12M in revenue before raising venture capital and scaling aggressively. He explains how fear, comparison, and the pressure to "go big" drove him to abandon his profitable core business and pursue a new upmarket strategy that ultimately cost t…

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cowardice and courage 54:18

9d ago54:18

54:18

concernedlettercarriers.com

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Episode 271: Region 8 has a champion. Vindication and Justification; an Arbitration award. Jason 'JB' Leath back in the house with some high level education. 3:01:54

11d ago3:01:54

3:01:54

Fromatoarbitration.com

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#174: Plateaus, Pivots, and Staying Profitable: Solving Practical SaaS Puzzles - Josh Ho 1:06:51

14d ago1:06:51

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Josh Ho is the Founder and CEO of Referral Rock, a bootstrapped referral marketing platform serving SMBs that rely on multi-step, relationship-driven sales. Starting in 2015 as a solo developer consulting on the side, Josh built the first version himself, validated demand quickly, and landed early customers by doing demos and hands-on support. Refe…

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Navigating Crisis: Leadership Insights from Global Retail Titans- Andrea Davis, The Resiliency Initiative 41:43

16d ago41:43

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The principal focus of our discussion centers around the critical importance of risk management as a foundational element in emergency management and business continuity planning. We delve into the transformative leadership experiences during crises, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, as exemplified by our guest, Andrea Davis, who has exten…

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Episode 270: Salted Peanuts 1:18:43

15d ago1:18:43

1:18:43

fromatoarbitration.com

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The Lion's den with Director of Education Paul Boulanger 51:32

18d ago51:32

51:32

concernedlettercarriers.com

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#173: From COVID Boom to Bootstrap Mode: Hubilo's Refounder Story - Shailesh Hegde 1:08:37

21d ago1:08:37

1:08:37

Shailesh Hegde is the CEO of Hubilo, a Bangalore-based webinar software company that initially started during COVID as virtual events tech and raised $150M in VC funding before the market shifted. Originally joining as head of product, he stepped into the CEO role during a chaotic downturn and led the company through a full strategic reset after re…

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Episode 269: defeating employer claims under article 28. were our actions willful and deliberate? 53:49

25d ago53:49

53:49

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Episode 268: Salted peanuts. The rap session the tap dancer and some smelling salts. Using article 5 to defeat mgt telling us to remove personal items from our cases 1:54:01

1M ago1:54:01

1:54:01

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#171: Lessons from a 9-Year Bootstrap Journey to a Private Equity Exit - Dharshan Rangegowda 1:03:56

1M ago1:03:56

1:03:56

Dharshan Rangegowda, founder of ScaleGrid, left a decade-long engineering career at Microsoft to solve a painful database operations problem he had lived firsthand. After early missteps selling to enterprises, he shifted to helping developers manage MongoDB, Redis, and Postgres on the cloud, bootstrapping the business from scratch. ScaleGrid grew s…

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Episode 267: Salted Peanuts. beating discipline for failure to meet standard, Mgt failing to let union interview mgt 1:18:40

1M ago1:18:40

1:18:40

fromatoarbitration.com

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The CCA Corner Volume 15: It's Cold Outside 1:40:52

1M ago1:40:52

1:40:52

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#170: Why Most SaaS Acquirers Still Want Profitable Growth in 2025 - Gaurav Bhasin 1:05:00

1M ago1:05:00

1:05:00

Gaurav Bhasin is the founder and managing director of Allied Advisers, an M&A advisory firm whose principals have completed over 100 sell-side transactions for software and tech founders. After two decades in investment banking and tech M&A, Gaurav is a sell-side advisor to B2B software founders who have built successful businesses and want to expl…

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Episode 266: Salted peanuts. Mgt requiring us to update medical every 30 day. Grieving counterfeit mailing labels 1:28:58

2M ago1:28:58

1:28:58

fromatoarbitrationj.com

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#169: Practical Pivot and Relaunch Created Profitable 200% Growth - Natalie Barbu 1:04:42

2M ago1:04:42

1:04:42

Natalie Barbu is the founder and CEO of Rella, a SaaS platform built to streamline collaboration and workflows for social media teams and agencies. She began as a YouTube creator, grew a following of over 300,000, and then identified the fragmentation of the creator tools market — which led her to build Rella 1.0. With some small seed funding, the …

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Episode 265: Do something 45:19

2M ago45:19

45:19

fromatoarbitration.com

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Episode 264: At what price freedom? 1:04:33

2M ago1:04:33

1:04:33

fromatoarbitration.com

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#168: These Three Superpowers Set Practical SaaS Founders Apart - Greg Head 52:30

2M ago52:30

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In this episode, the founder of Practical Founders, Greg Head, shares the most powerful insights from over 165 podcast interviews and working with 40+ bootstrapped SaaS founders in his peer groups. Greg breaks down the common but less obvious traits he sees in practical founders who are quietly building valuable software companies without big VC fu…

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Episode 263: Salted peanuts 1:53:32

2M ago1:53:32

1:53:32

fromatoarbitration.com

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#167: Practical Founders Brought in CEO to Scale Their Company - Darryl Pahl 1:10:55

2M ago1:10:55

1:10:55

Darryl Pahl is the co-founder of DFnet, a Seattle-based company providing clinical trial data management software and services. Along with his wife and co-founder, Lisa Ondrejcek, Darryl started the company more than 20 years ago after careers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. They built DFnet around long-term client relationships in globa…

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Episode 262: My receipt 32:03

2M ago32:03

32:03

fromatoarbitration.com

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#166: How Practical SaaS Founders Can Compete in the AI Economy - Vincent Serpico 58:39

2M ago58:39

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Vincent Serpico, veteran CTO and founder of Founders Workshop, is on the front lines of the AI revolution in 2025, reshaping software development and business operations. With more than 30 years of experience building software apps, Vincent is now dedicating himself full-time to AI coaching and workshops for teams and companies to create high-lever…

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Episode 261: My Mom, My Dad, a children's song and the Wolf. 2:08:49

2M ago2:08:49

2:08:49

fromatoarbitration.com

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#165: How to Enjoy Being the CEO as Your SaaS Business Grows Bigger - Brett Gilliland 1:01:34

3M ago1:01:34

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Brett Gilliland, founder of Elite Entrepreneurs, joins Greg to discuss how they help ambitious founders navigate the tough leadership journey from $1M to $10M in revenue. Brett shares how co-creating a clear, practical Purpose, Values, and Mission form the foundation of scalable organizations. He explains why moving from founder-led chaos to aligne…

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The Lion's den. Director of Education Paul Boulanger and special guest Rich Galvin 40:44

3M ago40:44

40:44

concernedlettercarriers.com

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Episode 260: My MVP The "hammer" David Grosskopf Jr. We talk a bit of politics 1:08:29

3M ago1:08:29

1:08:29

fromatoarbitration.com

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#164: SaaS Founders Save Millions With Fractional Senior Engineers - Praveen Ghanta 57:28

3M ago57:28

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Praveen Ghanta, founder of Fraction and former CEO of HiddenLevers, shares how he turned his experience scaling a bootstrapped SaaS company into a fast-growing fractional talent marketplace. After HiddenLevers reached $8M in ARR and sold for over $100M, he realized that senior fractional engineers were the secret to delivering efficiently without e…

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Episode 259: Extreme salted peanuts with an emphasis on defending carriers against discipline for extended awol and my take on multi-track vs. single track discipline 2:02:59

3M ago2:02:59

2:02:59

fromatoarbitration.com

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#163: Anthony Pierri & Rob Kaminski of Fletch: Why All SaaS Founders Struggle with Positioning 1:12:36

3M ago1:12:36

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Anthony Pierri and Rob Kaminski are the co-founders of Fletch, a positioning strategy firm for B2B SaaS companies. They started Fletch after observing that most founders often confuse positioning with copywriting and marketing, and built their business by helping SaaS leaders make the tough, strategic choices about who they serve and how they win. …

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Episode 258: My discussion with the upcoming Director of Education Mr. Paul Boulanger 1:28:51

3M ago1:28:51

1:28:51

fromatoarbitration.com

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Episode 257: FINALLY!! an evening with Tyler Vasseur and Margo O'Neill with Build A Fighting NALC 1:28:08

3M ago1:28:08

1:28:08

fromatoarbitration.com

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#162: Practical Investor - What's Working Now in AI-Driven SaaS Growth - Dave Yuan 1:00:34

3M ago1:00:34

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Dave Yuan is the founder of Tidemark, an active growth equity investor focusing on vertical SaaS companies with outsized advantages that can become "control points" in their markets and grow very big. Dave and Tidemark have invested in successful vertical software companies like Toast, ServiceTitan, Jane, and CCC. Tidemark hosts its annual VSaaS Co…

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Episode 256: Salted peanuts with an emphasis on mgt claiming a 5 minute pm office time 46:38

3M ago46:38

46:38

fromatoarbitration.com

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The CCA Corner Volume 14: Conversion 54:44

3M ago54:44

54:44

https://fromatoarbitration.com/

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#161: When Co-Founders Need Relationship Therapy - Dr. Matthew Jones 53:41

4M ago53:41

53:41

Dr. Matthew Jones is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with co-founders to help manage critical conflicts that threaten their success. He is the author of the book, "The Cofounder Effect: How to Diagnose, Fix, and Scale Healthy Communication for Startup Success." Matt has worked with hundreds of bootstrapped and VC-funded …

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Episode 255: above everything else, love us 54:01

4M ago54:01

54:01

fromatoarbitration.com

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#160: CPG Founder Turned Failure Into a Profitable SaaS Business - Yuval Selik 1:08:27

4M ago1:08:27

1:08:27

Yuval Selik is co-founder and CEO of Promomash, a software platform and managed service for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands to manage their trade promotions and field marketing activities. Yuval is a former CPG founder who encountered the expensive, complex, and crucial process of managing trade promotions with stores and distributors. Promoma…

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The Lion's den episode 19: protecting our routes from management falsifying our clock rings 49:57

4M ago49:57

49:57

concernedlettercarriers.com

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Episode 254: Salted peanuts. Fantastic decision Branch 3 Buffalo NY, talking SPM scans, discussing Deems Desirable 2:32:47

4M ago2:32:47

2:32:47

fromatoarbitration.com

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#159: Co-Parenting App Reaches $10M ARR Through Pure Bootstrap Growth - Vince Mayfield 1:04:25

4M ago1:04:25

1:04:25

Vince Mayfield is cofounder and CEO of TalkingParents, a co-parenting app for communication and coordination used by divorced parents raising children. Cofounder Stephen Nixon was a lawyer with family cases who recognized the need for a secure, unalterable communication record to improve co-parenting and family harmony. He pitched a development com…

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The Lion's den episode 18: Huge win for city letter carriers out of Branch 3 Buffalo New York. Also tips on beating spm scan discipline 1:15:08

4M ago1:15:08

1:15:08

concernedlettercarriers.com

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Episode 253: California stand up. Discussing the findings of Darrin Nalls Sr's charges 1:54:39

4M ago1:54:39

1:54:39

fromatoarbitration.com

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#158: $33M Growth Equity After Friends/Family Funding to $10M ARR - Alan Miegel 1:11:51

4M ago1:11:51

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Alan Miegel is co-founder and CEO of BetterComp, a modern compensation management platform for larger companies to manage compensation datasets to set market-priced salary benchmarks. Alan and his cofounders started the company in 2019 with founder funding, then raised angel funding as convertible debt from his friends in the tech industry. They sh…