Akeel Jabber | Horizen Capital

SaaS District

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Top Startup and SaaS Podcast for Startup Founders, Entrepreneurs and Investors. Learn how to optimize your growth strategy a SaaS startup entrepreneur from beta all the way to exit. We cover topics such as raising capital, acquisitions, leadership, B2B sales, growth marketing, scaling, hiring, M&A, conversion optimization, productivity, bootstrapping, venture capital, private equity, and innovation. By sharing industry lead expertise, we want you to implement the best-proven tactics to help you scale your SaaS company. Top Podcast Industry Nominations:- 13 Best SaaS Marketing Podcasts | SaaS M...

Author

Akeel Jabber | Horizen Capital

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Business

Podcast website

horizencapital.com

Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

Bootstrapping to $3M ARR and Embracing Outcome-Based Pricing with Stefan Debois #222 12.01.2024

Stefan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pointerpro, a software platform to create your own online assessments with auto-generated personalized reports. It helps you turn your expertise into a tool that delivers personalized advice at scale. Before founding Pointerpro, Stefan worked for 15 years in several consulting companies as a consultant, project manager, and account manager. He has contributed to...

Mastering The Art of Marketing Through Storytelling with Jarie Bolander #221 05.01.2024

Jarie is the founder of Story-Driven, a company that utilizes storytelling techniques to accelerate brand awareness and generate leads for B2B businesses.  With a proven track record in startups, Jarie has successfully raised over $10 million in funding and played a key role in a $750M exit. In this episode we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - Jarie's Engineer Journey to Marketing 04:15 - Storytel...

Investing Trends, Niches, and Success Stories with AlbionVC with Robert Whitby-Smith #220 15.12.2023

Robert is a Partner at Albion VC, an independent investment firm that backs visionary founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise. With £1 billion of venture funds invested in 50+ companies, Robert focuses on deeptech and B2B software startups. His extensive experience in corporate finance and board-level work allows him to provide strategic guidance on everything from culture to fundra...

How to Maintain the Balance Between System-Relevent vs Human-Centricity as an Entrepreneur with Michaell Magrutsche #219 01.12.2023

Michaell is the Creativity-Awareness Educator at MICHAELLM.com. He holds the role of Wisdom Art Awareness Coach & hosts his own podcast show called The Smart of Art Podcast.  Michaell showcases a unique blend of talents and expertise and advocates for unlocking individual potential. His transformative journey from feeling like an outcast to embracing humanity defines his commitment. With...

Empowering Startup Leaders for Success and Resilience with Kenneth Berger #218 24.11.2023

Kenneth Berger is the Executive Coach at Kenneth Berger Coaching with over two decades of experience in the tech industry. He's empowered leaders from startups like Typeform, Dribbble, and Fastly, guiding them to tackle challenges, combat burnout, and achieve their desired life paths. Serving as a trusted confidant to multiple CEOs, Kenneth equips them with the tools to succeed in the dynamic tech...

Active Campaign CMO: Integration, Automation and Marketing Insights to Scale to $165M ARR 13.10.2023

Shay Howe is the Chief Marketing Officer at ActiveCampaign, a cloud-based email and CRM automation platform with 185,000 customers worldwide and secured $360 million in funding through three rounds. He's a product leader with a design and engineering background. Before ActiveCampaign, Shay served as Vice President of Product at Belly and Yello, overseeing product strategy and design. He led produc...

Navigating Venture Capital, AI, and Innovation in Q4 2023 with Anupam Rastogi #216 06.10.2023

Anupam Rastogi is a General Partner at Emergent Ventures, which focuses on seed and early-stage ventures, investing in transformative AI-powered SaaS and enterprise infrastructure companies. They invest at pre-seed, seed, seed+, and post-seed rounds across enterprise and B2B software, including Application SaaS, Cloud, Data, Infra, Security, Vertical SaaS and Dev Tools. Over the past decade, Anupa...

Empowering Your Sales Journey Through Confidence with Wesleyne Whittaker 22.09.2023

Wesleyne is the Founder of Transformed Sales: A Sales training and consulting firm focused on the STEM industries. She's a chemist turned sales coach, dedicated to helping individuals achieve their professional aspirations. With a background in chemistry and success as a top international salesperson, she founded Transformed Sales to guide aspiring leaders in honing their skills and achieving rema...

How to Leverage AI for Your Digital Content Marketing with Andy Crestodina #214 01.09.2023

Andy Crestodina is the co-founder and CMO of Orbit Media Studios, a digital agency based in Chicago. He has over 18 years of experience where he's advised 1000+ businesses on digital marketing. Andy speaks at major marketing conferences, contributes to prominent marketing blogs, and also hosts the Content Matters podcast.  His extensive writing covers content marketing, SEO, social media, and...

The CEO's Impact on Sales & Overall Business Leadership with Alice Heiman #213 18.08.2023

Alice Heiman is renowned for elevating B2B sales and increasing valuation for high-growth companies. She collaborates with CEOs and sales leaders to develop strategies that energize sales teams, secure new business, and nurture existing accounts. As the host of "Sales Talk for CEOs," her podcast inspires businesses to reach their full potential. In this episode we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Acce...

High Performance Selling and Building a Business with John Barrows #212 04.08.2023

John Barrows is the CEO of JB Sales Training,  the go-to sales training for the world's top sales forces, dedicated to helping individuals become the highest-paid sellers in any given room. Throughout his +25 years career, he has held diverse roles in the industry, acquiring extensive knowledge and expertise in sales strategies. By sharing his wealth of experiences, he strives to uplift and e...

The Power of Human Connection In Community Building and Sales with Jen Allen-Knuth 28.07.2023

Jen Allen-Knuth is the Head of Community Growth at Lavender, an AI email assistant that helps you write better emails faster, double replies, and save time. Together, they are providing comprehensive tools and guidance for crafting compelling sales emails. In this episode we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01:31 - Embracing Vulnerability's Unique Superpower in Sales 05:06 - The Sales Influence of Emotional C...

Unleashing Big Results on a Limited Ad Spend with Mason Cosby #210 30.06.2023

Mason Cosby is the Director of Demand Generation at Sales Assembly, a leading organization that offers Elevated Learning & Development for GTM Teams, where he leads the development of impactful B2B programs. His journey in sales and marketing began as a means to pursue flexibility for seminary studies. In addition to his role at Sales Assembly, Mason hosts "The Marketing Ladder" podcast and se...

Strategies for Success in Social Selling Through LinkedIn with Nicholas Thickett #209 16.06.2023

Nicholas Thickett is the Co Host at the B2B Power Hour, a space to connect with others in B2B marketing + sales space, where they share their experiments on social selling, ABSD, cold email, AI, SEP's, Async video, virtual events and more. With an expansive archive of 160+ podcast episodes, takeaways and articles, they help sales and marketing professionals thrive in a world dominated by outdated...

Data-Driven Strategies for Hiring Excellence and Retaining Top Talent with Neha Naik #208 02.06.2023

Neha Naik is the Founder and CEO of RecruitGyan, a human resources company specializing in recruitment consulting, business staffing, and interview preparation with a focus on technology startups. Neha accelerates company growth by attracting top talent and motivating investors. She is an official member of the Forbes Business Council and has founded multiple ventures, including RG, The Sleepy Cub...

How to Launch Your Startup Business with Limited Resources with Melissa Kwan #207 21.04.2023

Melissa Kwan is the Co-founder and CEO of eWebinar, a revolutionary SaaS company that helps people automate repetitive webinars and achieve a better work-life balance. With over twelve years of experience in startups and three successful companies built without venture capital backing, Melissa is a revenue-driven founder specializing in sales and business development. In this episode we cover: 00:...

Why First Impressions Matter When it Comes to Onboarding with Peter Ord #206 25.03.2023

Peter Ord is the Founder and CEO of GuideCX®, a leading provider of client onboarding and implementation tools for SaaS companies. With a focus on delivering value faster to clients, they offer advanced solutions that help project managers and client success teams invite, guide, and engage their customers. Peter's vision is to empower businesses to create a truly customer-centric onboarding experi...

Building, Scaling and Fundraising A SaaS Company with Sufian Chowdhury #205 17.03.2023

Sufian is the Founder & CEO of Kinetik, Where they offer a suite of products and API solutions to organizations in the non-emergency medical transportation industry to streamline and automate billing. Through their platform, they help streamline day-to-day operations for brokers, managed care organizations, and local transportation providers. In this episode we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Fou...

Cybersecurity, Space Exploration and The Future Of SaaS Business with Adam Anderson #204 10.03.2023

Adam Anderson is a Managing General Partner of Ansuz Capital, a venture fund that helps Cybersecurity companies that specialize in protecting businesses from the number one cyber risk facing the world: Social Engineered Cyber Attacks targeting your employees. He’s also the Chairman, and co-founder of Hook Security. He’s also an entrepreneur who after 20 years on the frontline of cybersecurity, wri...

Thriving for Revenue in The 2023 Market Downturn with Scott Stouffer #203 03.03.2023

Scott Stouffer is the Founder & CEO of ScaleMatters, a platform that delivers Go-to-Market operations, analytics, and insights to help businesses drive capital-efficient growth.  He took his first company (Visual Networks) public in 2001 and grew it to a peak market cap of $3 billion. Since then, he has been 5x CEO and 3x Founder. In this episode we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01:35 - GTM Strate...

UI/UX Interfaces For Fast Growth SaaS with UserActive #202 24.02.2023

Peter Loving is a software designer, coach and consultant who works with SaaS companies to build better products, making UI & UX improvements that drive growth & wow users. He’s the founder of UserActive, an agency that designs meaningful tech products. They are inspired by a mission to help tech founders build products that enrich the lives of users, doing this by applying critical thinki...

The Symbiotic Relationship Between Performance & Brand Marketing with Kamil Rextin #201 17.02.2023

Kamil Rextin is the General Manager of 42 Agency, a B2B Agency that helps SaaS companies scale Demand Generation & build RevOps infrastructure. He has worked in RevOps Growth & Demand Gen for the last 12+ years at companies like CrowdRiff & Uberflip. He uses a scientific approach when it comes to marketing. So rather than believing whatever is trending, he experiments, and whatever pro...

Technology In Healthcare Management With Plumero #200 10.02.2023

Christian Cox is a linguist, professional ponderer and currently the founder at Plumero Technologies. Christian is an Experienced Agile Business Analytics and Technology Professional with a relatively unconventional background.  As a Spanish major who spent six years in Argentina, Chris was first exposed to the digital technology world at a small web development company.  Chris is a cert...

What Is SaaS Conversion Content And How to Create It with Carly J Cais #199 03.02.2023

Carly is the Founder & CEO of RevvSpark, a content agency that creates full-funnel marketing content strategy, generates demand, optimizes conversions, and helps elevate Sales Team’s potential. She started in Marketing over 20 years ago, first in B2C and then in B2B where she is now on a mission to grow businesses with creative "Conversion Content" that levels up internal teams and drives dema...

The Psychological Knowledge and Power Behind SaaS Companies with Darshan Pindoria #198 27.01.2023

Darshan Pindoria is a Psychology and Mindset Coach at Deeppsyc, an organizational psychology service that impacts key areas of mental health and performance. Darshan has a BSc in Psychology, he’s a vlogger, public speaker and course creator who also took up training for 9 months as a monk in a yoga ashram.  Darshan’s past SaaS experiences working as a Business Development Manager at companies...

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