The Saas Revolution Show

This extra-special episode of The SaaS Revolution Show comes straight from the online stage at SaaStock Remote. Join Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom, in conversation with SaaStock CEO Alex Theuma to learn what Coronavirus means for product-market fit. Uncover the differences between nice-to-have software and must-have software, what that means for total addressable markets, and what it means for very early stage startups

Joel Gascoigne, CEO and founder of Buffer is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Joel shares his top lessons learned over the past ten years building Buffer: a fully-remote, transparent and profitable business. From the early days and Buffer's very first revenue, to splitting with his co-founders and taking on the role of a solo founder, to his experience of and recovery from burnout, this extended episode is an open, honest and engaging conversation.

AJ Bruno, CEO and founder of Quotapath is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Currently founder and CEO of Quotapath, AJ was previously founder and president of TrendKite (acquired by Cision for $225 million). He built the sales function from the ground up and grew it $0-~$25 million ARR in four years, and the company had around 250 employees before being acquired. AJ shares his insights on building a high-performing sales team, goal-setting, and motivation.

Amir Orad, CEO of Sisense is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Sisense is an industry-leading business intelligence company, with 800+ employees worldwide and over $100M in annual recurring revenue. While BI tools are often seen as enterprise tools, Amir discusses why even early-stage startups can benefit from business intelligence tools, and how companies can use analytics for long- and short-term planning.

Online events have surged in popularity as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and the cancellation of all in-person conferences and events. One company leading that charge is Hopin, the all-in-one events platform that SaaStock is using for SaaStock Remote next week. Johnny shares his insights on the future of the events industry, why the best online events are those that facilitate the serendipity of in-person ones, and a little of Hopin's sudden jump into hypergrowth mode since March 2020.

Doist is a remote-first, fully-bootstrapped company - and has been for 10 years. Amir Salihefendic shares his advice for adopting and adapting to asynchronous communication - and how that can help your team master the shift to remote work. He discusses how transparency and asynchronous work go hand-in-hand, and why written communication is a key skill for successful async communication.

Lorena Morales, VP of Marketing at Go Nimbly is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. In this episode she shares her experience as a marketing leader, including why Go Nimbly's marketing doesn't focus on lead generation - and how that's all changed with COVID-19. Jason Reichl, CEO of Go Nimbly joined the podcast last year to talk about revenue operations, and Lorena shares the types of companies that can benefit from implementing revenue operations, and why.

Jeff Titterton, CMO at Zendesk is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. In this episode he shares his experience of growing from single-product to multi-product companies - based on his time at Zendesk to date, and previously in senior leadership positions at Adobe. He also discusses what's important for marketers in times of crisis, and how Zendesk is adapting its marketing in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Javier Darriba, CEO and co-founder at Bloobirds is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Javier is a serial entrepreneur: he previously co-founded UserZoom, one of the most successful SaaS companies to come out of Spain - and is now looking to repeat that success with Bloobirds. Sales is his specialism, so this is a must-listen for any sales leaders (or aspiring sales leaders) in growing SaaS companies. In this episode he shares a wealth of sales expertise, from how to build out your sales team to why every startup needs a sales playbook.

David Apple, Head of Customer Success & Sales at Notion (and former VP of Customer Success and Sales at Typeform) is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. In this episode he shares his experience building out the customer success function at two top SaaS companies: Typeform, and now Notion. He was the first customer success hire at Notion, so he shares some valuable insights on how to get started with customer success, how to decide what to prioritise and focus on, in the early days as a team of one.

Wes Bush, Principal at Product-Led Institute and author of Product-Led Growth is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. In this episode he gives us an introductory masterclass on one of the hottest trends in SaaS right now: product-led growth. He explains why adopting a product-led growth model can be especially helpful for startups in times of crisis - but why it may not be the right fit for everyone. Wes also shares his top tips for starting to adopt a product-led approach, including one thing you can try right now!

Eric Santos, CEO and founder of Resultados Digitais (RD) is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. He shares his learnings from raising their series C and D rounds of funding, including how the company's growth strategies have developed during that time.

Andy Byrne, CEO and founder of Clari is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Clari is his fourth Sequoia-backed business, and has just raised its Series D. Andy shares his lessons from building and scaling four Sequoia-backed businesses, right from the early stage of getting from $0-1M, all the way up to scaling to $25M.

You Mon Tsang, CEO and founder of ChurnZero is this week's guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. This episode is a 2-4-1: in the first half he focuses on how early stage SaaS companies can build out their customer success function. Then in the second half he shares ChurnZero's framework for rotational remote work, balancing time in the office with remote time for deep work.

Mikael Thuneberg, CEO and founder of Supermetrics, is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. He shared the incredible story of how Supermetrics grew from $10M to $20M ARR in just twelve months, and what the main levers were to drive their revenue growth. From marketing and sales activities, to product and pricing details, Mikael shares some of the lessons he's learned scaling up Supermetrics.

Rui Brandão, CEO and founder at Zenklub, is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Rui shared the personal story that led him to transition from working as a medical doctor to founding Zenklub, a startup transforming the provision of mental health support in Brazil. He talked about the state of mental health in Brazil, highlighting why Zenklub's mission is so important. He discussed the importance of mental health for startup founders and employees alike - and how each group experiences different emotional challenges when growing a startup.

This episode of The SaaS Revolution Show takes us back to SaaStock West Coast in September 2019. This session was delivered by Tae Hea Nahm - Managing Director of Storm Ventures, and 3x entrepreneur Bob Tinker. They discuss how startup founders and employees need to learn and change as their company grows and scales.

Marcelo Lombardo, CEO and founder at Omie, is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Marcelo shared his story of growing Omie from a 7 person startup in 2013, to an 800 person company today. He talked about how Omie built out their sales process and completely transformed from a light-touch sales process to having the majority of their team involved with sales in some part. He also shares his learnings from having lots of competitors suddenly appearing in their market, and how Omie overcame that challenge.

Mark Roberge, MD at Stage Two Capital, is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Mark shares his framework for scaling a SaaS startup - to help you understand when your startup is ready to scale, and how fast to grow. He shares the three stages of his framework: - Reaching product/market fit - Transitioning from product/market fit to go-to-market fit - Growth and moat.

Krish Subramanian, founder and CEO of Chargebee, is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. Krish talks about revenue operations, and the importance of the operations function for scaling SaaS businesses. He also shares how his role as CEO has changed as the company has scaled - from what he's learned about hiring and team building to how his day-to-day role has changed.