Akeel Jabber | Horizen Capital
SaaS District
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...
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Akeel Jabber | Horizen Capital
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Jul 3, 2026
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How to Build a SaaS Business With An Unstoppable Strategy With TK Kader | Podcast #46 01.10.2020 54:24
TK is an entrepreneur, international best-selling author, and angel investor. He helps people achieve anything they desire through belief, discipline and what he describes as an unstoppable strategy. TK started his career at Bridgewater Associates (one of the best hedge funds in the world). He then founded ToutApp (backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Jackson Square, two of the best venture capital f...
How to Build & Scale an EdTech SaaS Around The Top Education System In Europe with Kadri Tuisk | Podcast #45 29.09.2020 41:30
This episode is sponsored by Demand Maven, a woman-owned consultancy that helps early-stage SaaS companies and startups reach their very first growth milestones — from the first 100 customers to the first 1,000. Link For Balsamiq: https://balsamiq.com/go/saas-district/ Kadri is an IT and Service Design professional & the Founder & CEO of Clanbeat, a platform that helps people to...
How to Fuel Better Content Marketing Strategies & Improve Idea Generation with Melanie Deziel | Podcast #44 24.09.2020 44:16
This episode is sponsored by Punchline Conversion Copy, a copywriting service that helps companies create jaw-droppingly effective copy, optimized for conversion. You can get the companion workbook for Melanie's book, " The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story Ideas " for less than $10, by using the code " SAASDISTRICT " in all caps when you order. The workbook includes 70+ page...
Making Your First Hires When Building & Growing Remote SaaS Teams With Natalie Luneva | Podcast #43 22.09.2020 27:46
Natalie is a Marketer, Podcast Host, and a growth and leadership coach for SaaS founders. She has worked with over one hundred companies , where she mainly helps SaaS tech founders keep motivated and continue growing their startups. Drawing from her 10+ years of marketing and team leadership experience, she mainly helps bootstrapped SaaS founders scale their tech startups, get unstuck and gro...
How to Build a SaaS for the Healthcare and Work Safety Industry with Peter Jurisic | Podcast #42 17.09.2020 33:58
This episode is sponsored by The Product Onboarders , a startup that helps B2B SaaS product owners identify conversion killers in their onboarding process so they can increase happy, activated users and gain more paying customers Promo Code for Balsamiq: https://balsamiq.com/go/saas-district/ Peter is the founder of Luminous Communications, the Consulting MD of EZreferral & most recently...
Bootstrapping Your SaaS From Zero to $3MM in ARR in Less Than 2 Years with Ankit Dudhwewala | Podcast #41 15.09.2020 37:14
This episode is sponsored by Preppr , a visual planning and publishing tool of content on social media channels like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. https://preppr.com https://balsamiq.com/go/saas-district/ Ankit is the Co-Founder of Appitsimple Infotek, CallHippo & SofttwareSuggest , he’s an experienced entrepreneur, Marketing Lead, Salesman & head of Growth, most notably Ankit has boots...
How to Drive More Sales With Automated Email Marketing With George Hartley | Podcast #40 10.09.2020 29:37
This episode is sponsored by Orapa , a platform that helps you find top sales talent, and get more sales calls with your dream clients: www.orapa.co George Hartley is the Co-founder at Sendy, Bluethumb & SmartrMail . SmartrMail is a tool that makes email easier for e-commerce companies through seamless platform integrations & a ton of personalization. Last year, users of SmarterMail sent a...
How to Reduce Churn, Optimize Pricing, & Grow Your Subscription Business with Patrick Campbell | Podcast #39 08.09.2020 39:32
This episode is sponsored by bCast , a podcast hosting software for marketers, by marketers, where they help you Grow social engagement, traffic and revenue with a podcast. If you'd like to receive a promo code for Balsamiq , or even just thank the folks at Balsamiq for supporting our community, visit https://balsamiq.com/go/saas-district/ Patrick is the CEO of ProfitWell (Previously known as Price...
Bootstrapping and Managing a 3000+ Team Marketplace While Hitting 50% YoY growth with Steve Pockross | Podcast #38 03.09.2020 42:13
This episode is sponsored by Catapult , an all-in-one Request for Proposal solution that empowers procurement departments to streamline their processes through automation. Visit Catapulthq.com Today Steve brings more than 20 years of startup, Fortune 500, and nonprofit experience to his role at Verblio . As the CEO, he applies leading gig economy and SaaS principles to provide a high-quality, fast...
How to Use Interactive Content for Improving Conversions, Scaling an International Content Marketing Team and Growth Through Acquisition With Diego Gomes | Podcast #37 01.09.2020 37:07
This episode is sponsored by MicroAcquire.com , a free startup acquisition marketplace. MicroAcquire helps startups get acquired. Simple as that. When you list your startup on MicroAcquire , you get free and instant access to over 10,000 trusted buyers with total anonymity, Say goodbye to brokers and meet your ideal buyer today. Diego is an Entrepreneur, angel investor, SaaS expert and the CEO of...
How to Source High Quality Leads Who are More Likely to Convert in the B2B SaaS Industry With Mark Colgan | Podcast #36 27.08.2020 40:58
This episode is sponsored by Onboard , a customer onboarding software that helps you automate, optimize, and create the perfect journey for every customer. Be sure to check out onboard.io , where they’re currently looking for early beta customers and the founders will work directly with you to help improve your onboarding process! Go to: Onboard.io Mark is the Co-Founder & CEO of Speak on Podc...
How to Become a Thought Leader Through Consistent Content Marketing for your SaaS with Tristan Pelligrino | Podcast #35 25.08.2020 38:36
This podcast is sponsored by Balsamiq , makers of Balsamiq Wireframes, everyone's favorite low-fidelity wireframing tool. If you want to say hi to the good people at Balsamiq, visit https://balsamiq.com/go/saas-district/ . On that page, you can also find a promo code ( SaaSDistrict ) for our audience to try out Balsamiq for 90 days absolutely free. Tristan Pelligrino is the Co-Founder of Mot...
How to Find your Economic Moat in a Competitive SaaS market with Jeroen Corthout | Podcast #34 20.08.2020 34:37
Jeroen is the co-founder and CEO of Salesflare , a fast, powerful and intuitive CRM for B2B SMBs focused on improving prospect relationships and sales. Salesflare has been featured on TechCrunch and Entrepreneur.com, and has been named as one of the top CRMs on both Product Hunt and AppSumo. Prior to Salesflare , Jeroen founded Doctura, a medical personal journal that worked with tech startup...
How to Implement Performance Management in Your SaaS Organization with Denis Coleman | Podcast #33 18.08.2020 45:09
Denis started his career as a qualified CIMA Accountant, working for US multinationals located in Ireland, Eastern Europe and the US. It was after two and a half years of researching management practices, the behavioural science and the competitive landscape which led to WorkCompass being founded. Denis Coleman is the CEO of WorkCompass, a performance management software designed to help org...
An Unusual Round of Founding & Unusual Times to Launch a Startup with Rand Fishkin | Podcast #32 13.08.2020 50:26
Rand is an author, co-founder and CEO of SparkToro , a company focused on allowing software that connects audience intelligence at every marketer's fingertips. Rand is a tech entrepreneur, blogger and leader in the field of Search Engine Optimisation. He is a frequent keynote speaker for events around the marketing and startup world as well as a best selling author of Lost and Founder: A Painfully...
Current SaaS Acquisition Environment Post COVID-19 with Andrew Gazdecki [SDI]| Podcast #31 11.08.2020 1:00:04
Andrew Gazdecki is a storyteller and has been an entrepreneur for a very long time, he started his first company, Bizness Apps, while still in college, which was an affordable mobile app development platform for small businesses, and initially, raised around $100,000 in funding. By the time Bizness Apps was acquired by private equity firm Think3, they had grown to $10M in annual recurring revenue,...
How You Can Start Implementing AI in Your Marketing Campaigns With Eric Vardon | Podcast #30 07.08.2020 36:36
Eric is an accomplished AI Tech Entrepreneur and Advisor with more than 20 years of success in different verticals such as marketing, advertising, health and wellness, fashion, technology, and digital industries. Eric’s broad areas of expertise include brand development, digital strategy, entrepreneurship, leadership, and growth. Most notably, Eric is the Co-Founder of Arcane, a digital marketing...
The Current VC Seed Stage Investment Market & Some Key Metrics to Pay Attention Post-COVID for SaaS Founders With Cindy Padnos [SDI]| Podcast #29 05.08.2020 49:08
Cindy Padnos is an innovator and an advocate for all things entrepreneurial. She is a founder (both of a VC-backed tech startup and a VC firm), with a passion for enabling experimentation that can lead to the discovery of new business models and unique points of leverage. Cindy bleeds B2B/Enterprise Tech – gaining the moniker “Queen B2B” and a place at the table with the top institutional investor...
Top Challenges that Cost SaaS Startups $100k+ Each Year & How to Avoid Them with Marketing Innovation with Oren Greenberg | Podcast #28 31.07.2020 40:42
Oren Greenberg is the founder of Kurve - a modular growth marketing consultancy with experience of helping FTSE 250s and funded startups to navigate the perilous waters of growth and marketing, his impressive track record of results include; managing over £10M marketing budgets, juggling paid search campaigns with over 13.7 million key phrases, organic traffic growth from 2.3M a month to 3.1M a mo...
How to Perfect the Onboarding Process for Improving Customer Experience and Reduce Churn with Jeff Epstein | Podcast #27 29.07.2020 32:32
Jeff is an entrepreneur, team-builder, hustler & investor. He is the founder of Onboard.io which is a SaaS made specifically for customer implementation to automate, optimize & create the perfect journey for every customer and enabling companies to manage the perfect onboarding process. Jeff was previously the founder of Ambassador for over 9 years, a referral tracking, attribution an...
Managing Hyper-growth Campaigns and International teams for B2B SaaS Companies with The Chapman Brothers | Podcast #26 24.07.2020 43:12
The Chapman Brothers are the Co-Founders of SocialChaps , a Marketing Agency described as a no-nonsense B2B agency focused on growing pioneering businesses by understanding them and working towards their goals. Elliot and his brother Dom, after years of searching for a good marketing agency in the B2B space they decided to roll up their sleeves and founded SocialChaps , after 3 successful years of...
How to Hire Professionals and Freelancers Effectively Online and NOT get Burned with Liz Pearce | Podcast #25 22.07.2020 36:36
Liz Pearce is the CEO of Seattle-based Fresh Chalk, where they aim to build a faster and more efficient way to find highly-vetted professionals, everything from doctors to plumbers to landscapers to photographers online. The site allows users to create profiles and search through service providers to see which have been recommended by their friends. They can also offer their own recommendations ac...
Q2 Deals Review at HoriZen Capital and 2020 Goals with Pierre Heurtebize [SDI]| Podcast #24 14.07.2020 37:44
Doing something a little different for this episode. I want to make it more personal and openly share what’s going on behind the scenes inside HoriZen both good and bad over the last 3 months, post-COVID and what our plan is for going into Q3. Pierre is the investment manager ate HoriZenc Capital, he's an expert in financial modeling, Business Plan modeling, Financial Due Diligence, Corporate fina...
Leveraging the 4 Rules of Smart Budgeting to Grow your Startup with Jesse Mecham | Podcast #23 10.07.2020 37:44
Jesse Mecham is a founder, CEO, and Bestselling author of You Need a Budget, which is not only an award winning software and proven budgeting tool but also an education company where they teach people a whole new way of thinking about their money so they make better financial decisions, get out of debt, and build the life they want. During this interview we cover: Why Your SaaS StartUp Need...
The Impact of Branding and Building Innovative Digital Products When Launching your StartUp with Dmytro Grechko | Podcast #22 08.07.2020 36:25
Dmytro Grechko is a self-taught Entrepreneur & Software Engineer who found his passion & borrowed his inspiration from the constant process of learning and meeting new people, his skills and interests range from emerging technologies and latest market trends to sports and music. As a Founder and CEO of Deskree & Deskree Studio, he specializes on helping brick and mortar companies, digi...
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