SaaS District

Julio Martínez is the Co-Founder and CEO of Abacum, an AI-native FP&A platform built to help finance teams drive efficient growth and deliver real business impact. With Abacum, he focuses on turning finance into a strategic function by giving teams real-time visibility into their KPIs, automating reporting, and enabling better forecasting, planning, and decision-making across the organization....

Janina is the CMO of Flipsnack, where she leads marketing across product marketing, go-to-market strategy, content, sales enablement, and growth. She specializes in building scalable marketing systems that connect customer insights with business outcomes, ensuring marketing serves as a true growth driver rather than simply a support function. With a strong focus on clarity and execution, Janina he...

Cem Atik is the Co-Founder and CMO of Harucon Ventures, where he works with fast-growing eCommerce brands that are becoming harder to run as they scale. His focus is on helping companies navigate the stage where revenue increases but margins tighten, decisions slow down, and operational pressure starts to build. At Harucon Ventures, Cem helps rebuild the systems behind these businesses so growth b...

Jon Mest is the CEO of ChatRank and JustReachOut, where he operates at the intersection of data, growth, and marketing. Throughout his career, he has worked across companies like Thomas Weisel Partners, 1010data, and Sika Health, building a strong foundation in using data to drive scalable growth strategies. At ChatRank, Jon is focused on helping businesses win in the era of AI-driven search, wher...

Anthony Saniger is a board member at Beauty Rep and a consumer-focused brand builder with over 17 years of experience across the beauty, fashion, and wellness industries. He brings a strong blend of strategic vision and creative execution, helping brands grow by building meaningful connections with their audiences and positioning themselves effectively in competitive markets. Anthony actively inve...

Carl Lenocker is the Chief Unicorn at Rockstar Unicorn Consulting and a top-tier Customer Success executive with over 20 years of experience operating in high-stakes, revenue-critical environments. He has built his career managing and protecting multi-million dollar relationships, focusing on executive-level conversations where outcomes matter more than optics and where revenue is either secured o...

Daniel Layfield is the Founder of Subscription Index, a consulting and advisory firm that helps subscription and SaaS businesses monetize more effectively. He brings deep experience in growth and product management, having driven more than $100M in business growth with a strong focus on self-service revenue. Previously, he led the growth team at Codecademy, scaling ARR from $10M to $55M prior to i...

Andrea Bronzini is an engineer, strategist, and systems thinker with over 20 years of experience designing and building complex systems across industries. Currently a coach and consultant at Galileo Consulting, he helps organizations evaluate, acquire, and implement technologies by combining technical insight with commercial and strategic analysis. Before that, Andrea spent nearly 15 years helping...

Richardson Dackam is a Senior AI Engineer at BoxOne Ventures, a privately held investment firm focused on early-stage companies in fast-moving sectors. He builds production AI systems that scale venture investing workflows across the full investment lifecycle, helping investors operate more efficiently with AI-driven tools and automation. He also runs N Shipyard, a one-person venture studio where...

In this episode, Akeel Jabber interviews Sarah Jeanneault, head of marketing and strategy at ProcedureFlow, discussing the operating system behind sustainable growth. They explore the importance of visual knowledge management, the role of AI in enhancing organizational processes, and the need for leaders to adopt a proactive approach in regulated industries. Sarah shares her insights on the contin...

Yash Sharma is the founder of Total Finance Resolver, a boutique financial intelligence firm serving SaaS founders, VCs, and private equity operators. He specializes in building investor-grade FP&A systems, valuations, and acquisition-readiness frameworks for scaling SaaS companies. His firm also performs AI-driven financial and technical due diligence for VC and PE funds, helping investors as...

Dr. Eugene K. Choi is a transformational leadership coach who helps leaders perform at their best in high-pressure environments. He created a science-based process that teaches entrepreneurs how to activate their executive brain for better clarity, focus, and results. With expertise in clinical pharmacy, neuroscience, and business coaching, he has supported thousands of entrepreneurs and executive...

Srikrishna Swaminathan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Factors. AI, a platform that helps B2B marketers understand, attribute, and optimize their go-to-market performance through data-driven insights. With a career spanning product, sales, and strategy, Sri has built and scaled high-performing teams, including a $100 million business unit at InMobi, before turning his focus to marketing analytics and...

Peter Goldstein is the Founder and CEO of Exchange Listing, a capital markets advisory firm specializing in helping emerging growth companies list on major stock exchanges such as NASDAQ and NYSE. Peter has over 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur, investment banker, and strategic advisor. He has successfully led IPOs, uplistings, mergers, and private placements across a range of industries....

David Anderson is a global business leader with extensive experience as a C-level executive, board member, advisor, and executive coach at DWA Leadership.. He specializes in building high-performing teams, fostering a winning leadership mindset, and helping organizations navigate the complexities of growth as well as innovation. David has a strong entrepreneurial background and has served on numer...

Jagger Lucé is the Head of Sales at Valynt Digital, a full-service digital marketing agency specializing in paid advertising, video production, copywriting, graphic design, and AI-driven automation. At Valynt, have created a revolutionizing capital raising solution through innovative digital marketing funnels, including Series A - Series D advertising campaigns. Valynt Digital's forward-thinking a...

Ryan is the Founder and CEO of Sprig, a user experience measurement tool suite used by top companies such as Paypal, Coinbase, Figma, and Peloton. Since founding the company in 2019, Sprig has raised $90M, achieving a valuation of $330M. He has a proven track record in scaling SaaS startups like Weebly (acquired by Square) and Vurb (acquired by Snapchat). In this episode we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01...

Leo is the Founder and CEO at Amsterdam Standard, a technology partner who specializes in software development, IT staffing, and user interface design, the company provides dedicated nearshore teams, UX/UI interface design services, and agile software development for projects emphasizing agility. With over two decades of professional experience Leopold is a seasoned expert in scaling development t...

Luca Zambello is the co-founder and CEO of Jurny, an AI-driven property management solution which is reshaping short-term rental and hotel operations. He is a recognized expert in artificial intelligence and a serial entrepreneur, founding Jurny in 2019 in order to simplify and make AI and automation accessible for all hospitality businesses, including small Airbnb hosts to large hotel chains. Luc...

Barrett King is the Sr. Director of Revenue at New Breed, a HubSpot's top solutions partner, on a mission to help unlock meaningful growth. He is a highly motivated leader with over a decade of experience in building partnerships and executing go-to-market strategies for SaaS companies. His expertise includes creating and implementing sales and marketing plans for improving customer engagement and...

Matt Verlaque serves as the COO at SaaS Academy, a premier training hub for B2B SaaS entrepreneurs, where they specialize in playbooks, templates, and lessons tailored for the SaaS world. The academy provides both business solutions as well as personal growth coaching. Matt also leads the Growth Accelerator program, helping early founders scale beyond $10k in MRR. Beyond his professional role, Mat...

Kyle Jones is the Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at Rhymetec, cloud security company that delivers cutting-edge cybersecurity, compliance, and data privacy solutions to contemporary SaaS enterprises.  Kyle is a dedicated cybersecurity analyst who’s expertise particularly shines in aligning SaaS cloud structures with industry benchmarks and regulations. In this episode we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01...

Dr. Yaniv Zaid, also known as "Dr. Persuasion," is a lawyer and economist, provider of business and media consulting to companies and organizations, and a requested and highly experienced lecturer on the topic of improvement of speaking, marketing and persuasion abilities.  He's also a No. 1 best-selling author on Amazon with his latest 21st century Sales Bible, economist and advocate, and ac...

Ryan is the Founder & CEO at Whale Boss, a cutting edge consultancy designed around providing fast results vs. billable hours. Ryan helps CEO’s or Revenue Leaders implement a 7-8 figure sales system in 3 months based on the principles that grew a business unit from 0- $30M ARR while adding $30M+ in capital revenue (with ONLY 4 Sales people and without lead generation.) In this episode we cover...

Michael is a Partner at Eight Roads Ventures based out of London, where they’re focused on venture and growth investments in technology companies across Europe and Israel.  Previously, Michael invested in technology companies at Accel in London, and Warburg Pincus both in San Francisco and New York. He received a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business...