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Why do Startups Fail? Lessons learned from a 500 Mentor with Dan McGaw #134 [ Startups ]
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Dan McGaw is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and CEO of McGaw.io, an analytics and marketing technology consultancy as well as a SaaS platform, UTM.io.
Dan is also a 500 Startups Mentor and has previously started the first business accelerator in Orlando. He’s a thought leader in the MarTech world and a CXL instructor on the topic.
Dan previously served as the Head of Marketing at Kissmetrics as well as worked as a CMO consultant for a number of high-growth companies, implementing tools, offering support, and analyzing their data.
During this interview we cover:
- 00:00 The Financial Due Diligence Framework Course (CODE: SAASDISTRICT for $100 OFF)
- 01:02 - Intro
- 01:24 - Dan’s Background & Past Ventures Until McGaw.io
- 05:04 - How does Dan Measure his own Leadership Success?
- 06:54 - TopIndicators of Successful & Unsuccessful SaaS Companies
- 08:45 - Advice Dan Would Tell His 25 Years Old Self
- 10:02 - Biggest Challenges Dan’s Facing Right Now?
- 13:02 - Instrumental Resources for Dan’s Success
- 14:58 - What does Success Mean to Dan Today
- 16:58 - Get in Touch With Dan
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More About Akeel
232 episodes
Manage episode 299811966 series 2807047
Dan McGaw is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and CEO of McGaw.io, an analytics and marketing technology consultancy as well as a SaaS platform, UTM.io.
Dan is also a 500 Startups Mentor and has previously started the first business accelerator in Orlando. He’s a thought leader in the MarTech world and a CXL instructor on the topic.
Dan previously served as the Head of Marketing at Kissmetrics as well as worked as a CMO consultant for a number of high-growth companies, implementing tools, offering support, and analyzing their data.
During this interview we cover:
- 00:00 The Financial Due Diligence Framework Course (CODE: SAASDISTRICT for $100 OFF)
- 01:02 - Intro
- 01:24 - Dan’s Background & Past Ventures Until McGaw.io
- 05:04 - How does Dan Measure his own Leadership Success?
- 06:54 - TopIndicators of Successful & Unsuccessful SaaS Companies
- 08:45 - Advice Dan Would Tell His 25 Years Old Self
- 10:02 - Biggest Challenges Dan’s Facing Right Now?
- 13:02 - Instrumental Resources for Dan’s Success
- 14:58 - What does Success Mean to Dan Today
- 16:58 - Get in Touch With Dan
Mentions:
Books:
Get In Touch With Dan:
Tag us & follow:
More About Akeel
232 episodes
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