The Official SaaStr Podcast is the latest and greatest from the world of SaaStr, interviewing the most prominent operators and investors to discover their tips, tactics and strategies to attain success in the fiercely competitive world of SaaS. On the side of the operators, we center around getting from $0 to $100m ARR faster, what it takes to scale successfully and what are the core elements of hiring. As for the investors, we learn what metrics they hone in on when examining SaaS business, ...
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The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
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Enterprise Sales & Marketing Leadership - for B2B Companies - CXO - VC - Startup - Success - SaaS
Brian Burns
A show for CEO's, CMO's CRO's and Venture Capitalists If you are in a B2B Leadership role this is the podcast for you. The founder of "The Brutal Truth About Sales & Selling" interviews the most thought-provoking guests. We will cover what is working today in Sales & Marketing. If you like Tim Ferriss, Bill Burr, Dave Ramsey, Serial, Reply All, The Art of Charm, HBR, WTF, Startup, Motley Fool, Money, Gimlet, TEDTalk, NPR, EOFIRE, The TOP, Ziglar, Hustler, Advanced Selling, Salesman Red, Sale ...
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SaaS Marketing Superstars is the show where we uncover proven growth strategies from CMOs and marketing leaders behind some of the fastest-growing SaaS companies.Each episode features an interview with a SaaS CMO, Founder or marketer leader, discussing topics like paid ads, SEO, content marketing, ABM and sales, landing page optimization, email marketing and how to use these strategies to generate more trial and demo signups for your SaaS.
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B2B Revenue Leadership - CEO, CRO, CMO, VC, Sales and Marketing Startup SaaS
Sales Leadership Marketing Startup SaaS expert - Brian Burns
If you're interested in B2B Revenue Leadership this is the show for you. From the founder of The Brutal Truth about Sales & Selling and The Sales Questions PodCast. This PodCast is Focused on Leadership in the B2B Space to drive revenue by using the most modern and scientific approaches. If you are a CEO, VC, CRO, CMO or want to be one some day this PodCast is for you. If you like Tim Ferriss, Bill Burr, Dave Ramsey, Serial, Reply All, The Art of Charm, HBR, WTF, Startup, Motley Fool, Money, ...
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Made for "full stack" cloud operators, Cloud Radio covers all aspects of the business of software. Our target audience: SaaS investors that listen to SaaStr, The SaaS Podcast, SaaS Revolution, or Startups For The Rest Of Us and still want to learn even more.
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This is Learning Machine. A podcast about digital marketing, content, strategy, startups, and business. If you like Mixergy, Entrepreneur on Fire, Tropical MBA, Rocketship.fm, SaaStr, Tim Ferriss show, or Startups for the Rest of Us, you will love Content and Coffee.
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Cloud Returns covers ALL types of software investing, whether seed, venture capital, growth equity, private equity, debt, and the public markets. Our target audience: SaaS investors AND operators raising capital that listen to SaaStr, Twenty Minute VC (20VC), The Logan Bartlett Show, or Thoma Bravo’s Behind the Deal and still want to learn even more.
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The Difference Engine helps founders and funders maximise business growth through category design. Hosted by two British northerners with decades of experience in launching, managing, and marketing disruptive tech companies. Paul Maher and Jonathan Simnett have been there, done it and thrown away the slogan t-shirts - now they'll help you become a category king. The Difference Engine - Disrupting Tech Strategy https://www.becategorical.com/
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Dave Gerhardt (Founder of Exit Five, former CMO) and guests help you grow your career in B2B marketing. Episodes include conversations with CMOs, marketing leaders, and subject matter experts across all aspects of modern B2B marketing: planning, strategy, operations, ABM, demand gen., product marketing, brand, content, social media, and more. Join 3,500+ members in our private community at exitfive.com.
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The Longcut breaks down the illusion of the overnight success by sharing the stories of those who have successfully created, launched, and grown software businesses to solve a problem. In the fiercely competitive world of SaaS, Ryan introduces you to the brilliant minds behind the businesses we admire. You’ll hear perils and pitfalls, stories of staggering success, candid conversations, and what drives these owners, entrepreneurs, and innovators forward. Key themes we’ll explore include prod ...
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This show pairs up 2 leaders in the tech world to face off on specific issues from differing perspectives. Through these debates, we aim to shatter the echo chambers and help you build winning strategies for your team in fast-changing times.
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Explore the often overlooked tools and techniques that the best founders use to win.
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Breaking down the divide in modern day SaaS sales culture by having REAL and HONEST conversations with all levels of the power line. Fixing the broken SDR/BDR system one episode at a time. The show by an SDR... for SDR’s. Discussing the sales topics that you care about. Brought to you by ABUVEGROUND
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SaaStr 743: 9 Easy Sales Concepts So Many Get Wrong with Sam Blond, Former CRO Brex
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SaaStr 743: 9 Easy Sales Concepts So Many Get Wrong with Sam Blond, Former CRO Brex Sam Blond, the former CRO at Brex with 15 years in tech sales, took the stage at SaaStr Europa 2024 to share nine easy sales concepts that so many get wrong. Sam got his first job in tech sales as an SDR for Jason Lemkin’s company, EchoSign, which later sold to Adob…
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Top 10 go-to-market mistakes: Lessons from SaaStr 2024
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Jason Lemkin is not afraid to admit to his errors. In fact, a few weeks ago he eagerly shared them with a room full of people in East London. The founder of SaaStr revealed his top 10 go-to-market mistakes at this year’s SaaStr conference. So, who should you avoid hiring? Which cuts should you steer clear of? And what single word on someone's Linke…
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#151: Brand Marketing | How To Build A Brand with Bill Macaitis (former Slack CMO & Zendesk CMO)
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This episode is from a fireside chat Dave did with Bill Macaitis, former CMO at Slack and Zendesk during G2's 2023 "Reach" event on how to build a brand in an economic downturn. We cover what is a brand, what is brand marketing, 8 ways to fit a brand into a marketing strategy, creating a brand centric product, and examples from Bill's work over the…
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SaaStr 742: The Top 5 Secrets for Building Great Products with Leaders at Slack, Rubrik, and Grammarly
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SaaStr 742: The Top 5 Secrets for Building Great Products with Leaders at Slack, Rubrik, and Grammarly As Product leaders, you have to build trust with CEOs and founders, align on vision and strategy, stay focused on the customer’s problem, and effectively navigate misalignment to ensure your product has the greatest chances of success right out of…
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Episode 718 | When to Give Up, Open Source Competition, Painful Features, and More (with Derrick Reimer)
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In episode 718, Rob Walling and Derrick Reimer tackle listener questions about giving up on ideas, competing in crowded markets, and developing painful features. They also chat about SavvyCal’s recent design refresh, finding founder-market fit, and whether Derrick has retired from podcasting. Episode Sponsor: Is your outsourced development team dro…
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#150: ABM | What ABM Isn’t – Some Huge Misconceptions of ABM, and What Works in 2024 (with Christopher Rack)
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Dave is joined by Christopher Rack, CEO of pharosIQ. Chris is a seasoned leader with a track record of driving remarkable growth. With experience spanning individual contributions to executive leadership, he's led four sales organizations to achieve 10x growth in just 2-3 years. His leadership ethos prioritizes building robust processes and fosteri…
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SaaStr 741: The Future of AI in Sales with Gong’s CEO and Co-Founder Amit Bendov
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Gong’s CEO and Co-Founder Amit Bendov sat down with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin at SaaStr Europa 2024 last week to talk about all things AI in Sales and the lessons learned while scaling to billions. Back in 2015, Google AI beat the world chess champion easily. AI was starting to diagnose diseases better than doctors. Amit asked himself, “H…
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#149: Marketing Leadership | 16 Lessons I Wish I Knew As First Time B2B Marketing Leader
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Dave shares the 16 lessons he wishes he knew as a first-time marketing leader, going from marketing manager to CMO in four years. This is a recording from Metadata's DEMAND 2022 virtual event in October 2022. The lessons include: 1. Forget acronyms 2. The story is the strategy 3. Think hard about “offers” 4. Push your team past incremental thinking…
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Episode 717 | Bootstrapping to $1.3M ARR and 300,000 Free Users
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In episode 717, Rob Walling interviews Marie Martin, co-founder of Tally. They discuss the company’s journey to $1.3M ARR and the unusual pricing strategy that got them there. Marie details how they keep their support volume low, how they differentiate Tally from other form builders, and how they grew to over 300,000 free users. Episode Sponsor: We…
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#148: Strategy | Will AI Impact SEO, Are Sales and Marketing Converging, The Timeless Principles of Marketing (With John Short)
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Dave is joined by John Short, Founder & CEO of Compound Growth Marketing. John spent a decade as a B2B SaaS marketer at LogMeIn, Yesware, and Workable before starting his own full-funnel marketing agency in 2018. John is focused on helping companies find the right strategy in order to grow, as opposed to just blindly picking from a menu of marketin…
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HOW THIS LEADER HELPS HIS TEAM CLOSE HUGE ENTERPRISE DEALS
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Check out https://www.brevitypitch.com/ - HOW AI SOLVES THE SALES PRACTICE PROBLEM Here is a FAQ Video on the Courses: https://youtu.be/0F7imrzjXWs Here is a deep dive into which course is best for you: https://youtu.be/JM_jgS8M-iU https://www.b2bRevenue.com - Get Your Free E-Book on How Companies make Decisions. FAQ: 1 YEAR ACCESS, PAY MONTHLY OR …
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#147: Inside Exit Five | Behind The Scenes Launching Our First Event and Exit Five's Recent Growth
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Dave and Dan (COO at Exit Five) share the behind the scenes on Exit Five's growth. They cover How we sold out Drive in 24 hours Why we used a waitlist strategy How much Exit Five has grown How much we're investing into the business this year Solopreneurship PS. We’d love to get your questions and feature you on this podcast. Have a hot topic, a bur…
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Will France’s €15 billion investment propel it to category leadership?
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All eyes will be on Paris next month as they welcome athletes and fans from all over the world for the 2024 Olympic Games. However, the international sports day isn’t the only event drawing significant foreign investment into France. The 7th Choose France showcase announced €15 billion of industry investments, promising an estimated 10,000 jobs. Co…
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Episode 716 | Positioning Against Incumbents, Changing Your H1, How Tech Stack Affects Valuation, and More Listener Questions
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In episode 716, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He shares how he would position against incumbents, when to change an H1, and how choosing a tech stack affects your business valuation. Rob also weighs whether to skip a “Step 1” or “Step 2” business and start directly with a standalone SaaS in the Sta…
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#146: Strategy | Community Building with Greg Isenberg
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Dave is joined by Greg Isenberg. Greg is the CEO & Co-Founder of Late Checkout. Greg has started and sold 3 companies in the community space and has now invested in 50+ community-based businesses. They discuss Why you need to build an engaged community before a paid membership The importance of niching down The difference between audience and commu…
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SaaStr 740: The Top 10 GTM Mistakes I See Founders Making Today with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
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SaaStr 740: The Top 10 GTM Mistakes I See Founders Making Today with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin If you’ve read SaaStr or have been around for the last decade, you might be familiar with some of the repeated GTM mistakes founders tend to make, but the world of hiring, people, scaling, and workplace expectations are significantly different t…
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#145: Content | What It Means to Be a Media Company, Building an Audience, and Community with Anthony Kennada
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Anthony Kennada is is co-founder & CEO of AudiencePlus, a company building software, content, and community to help businesses become media companies. Prior to founding AudiencePlus, Anthony served as the CMO of Hopin, Front, and Gainsight. In this episode, they discuss What it means to be a media company Building an audience from scratch Why build…
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Episode 715 | Best Uses of the Internet, a Book about Selling Your Company, and a Circus Show
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In episode 715, Rob Walling is joined by Dr. Sherry Walling to discuss a variety of topics. They chat about two recent and meaningful interactions made possible by the Internet, the motivations behind organizing and performing a circus show, and they chat about upcoming launches on the horizon – new books and courses for SaaS founders. Episode Spon…
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#144: Strategy | Measuring The Effectiveness of Marketing and Predicting Revenue with Pranav Piyush
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Dave is joined by Pranav Piyush, CEO and Co-Founder of Paramark. With 15 years of growth and marketing experience at companies like PayPal, Dropbox, Adobe, and BILL, Pranav is convinced that CMOs deserve better measurement solutions. That’s why he started Paramark, a tool to help Marketing leaders become more confident about how to invest their bud…
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#143: Inside Exit Five | How to Get More Reviews, Structuring a Marketing Team and Our In-Person Event
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Dave and Matt (Marketing Manager at Exit Five) share this week's most popular topics, lessons, and learnings across the community. They cover Selling out our in-person event tickets Strategies for getting more online reviews How to think through structuring your marketing team Live chat on websites PS. We’d love to get your questions and feature yo…
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The age of regulation: Turning rules to your advantage
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We are living in the age of regulation. Going forward, category creators will have to dance to the tune of the CRA, NIRS2, GDPR and numerous other weighty rulebooks. But, can we learn to love the music? Embrace the constraints? Turn the rules to our advantage and waltz our way to success. Also in today’s episode, We’ll analyse the emergence of `Sto…
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Episode 714 | TRM not TAM, Acquiring a Competitor, and Finding a Developer Co-founder (A Rob Solo Adventure)
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In episode 714, join Rob Walling for another solo adventure where he answers listener questions. He talks about what to expect when acquiring a competitor and how he might integrate their business. Rob also covers navigating HIPAA compliance as a bootstrapper, how to find a developer co-founder, and he explores the concept of Total Reachable Market…
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#142: Strategy | Jason Lemkin on What Makes a Great VP Marketing in SaaS, Working with the CEO, and Lessons from SaaStr
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Dave is joined by Jason Lemkin. Jason is the founder of SaaStr, the world’s largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs. Before SaaStr, Jason founded EchoSign, which was sold to Adobe in 2011. They discuss Why Jason started SaaStr What makes a great VP of Marketing in SaaS and how to hire one How tech and SaaS have changed sin…
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We're Hiring for Content Marketing at Exit Five (Details Here)
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We're growing our team at Exit Five voice. This is a quick message from Dave about a new Content Marketing role we just opened up. You can read more about this role and apply here on our job board. Maybe our next great teammate is already listening to the Exit Five podcast...By Exit Five
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Incentivized Gift Card LinkedIn Ads - Pros, Cons & Best Practices
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Incentivized LinkedIn ads are a great way to generate more highly qualified sales leads for your B2B company. Offering a gift card can be the difference to getting your ideal customer onto a demo call or not. In this episode of SaaS Marketing Superstars, I discuss the pros and cons of incentivizing prospects to join a sales call and share some of m…
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SaaStr 739: The Three SaaS Metrics That Matter in 2024 and Will IPOs Be Back? with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin
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SaaStr 739: The Three SaaS Metrics That Matter in 2024 and Will IPOs Be Back? with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin What are the three most under-discussed metrics on social media, with VCs, and especially with founders? SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares his top three SaaS metrics that matter in 2024: Net new customer count Growth vs. e…
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