Nathan Latka

Top Founders

What if you knew data behind the fastest growing SaaS companies today? Each morning join Nathan Latka as he spends 15 minutes interviewing SaaS founders. You'll learn how SaaS CEO's launched their startup and grew it into a real SaaS business. SaaS Founders range from bootstrapped to funded, MVP to 10,000 customers, pre revenue to pre IPO.

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Nathan Latka

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Business

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Latest episode

Oct 27, 2026

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Episodes

1613 Can He Build a $100M Company Selling $100k ACV Plans to So Few Customers? 24.12.2019

Eric is the CEO of streamdata.io. He was a founding team member at Internet Way (French B2B ISP, sold to UUnet) then Radianz (Global Finance Cloud, sold to BT). He is a High Frequency Trading infrastructure expert, passionate about Fintech, IoT and Cleantech. Eric looks after 3 bozons and has worked in San Francisco, NYC, Mexico and now Paris.    

1612 How He Used SEO To Scale To $150k MRR In Team Time Management Space 23.12.2019

Co-founder of Resource Guru - an online team calendar that's changing the way teams manage their time. Follower of all things digital. Part-time eco-warrior.

1611 The Mobile Testing App Starbucks Uses Passes $6m in ARR, Bootstrapped 22.12.2019

I have been working in enterprise IT for more than two decades. For the last 10 years I moved to entrepreneurial side and brought a talented team together to build Netmera to revolutionalize mobile app engagement, campaigning and communications. We are still working hard to expand Netmera into other regions and reach many apps while we currently touch more than 150 million app users monthly.

1610 How This Founding Team of 2 Peacefully Removed 3rd CoFounder 21.12.2019

During college: 24 hackathons, 200 job applications, 0 callbacks - made a recruiting "hack". VC firm awarded grant + we raised preseed. 1.5 years, no traction, pivoted to video interviewing platform from pilot feedback. Closed paying clients + won grant w/ angel match within 2 months, focused on getting to 10k MRR ASAP.

1609 How This MarTech Tool Got First 8 Customers , $40k in Monthly Revenue 20.12.2019

Founder and CEO Tal Zohar has successful experience in developing 4 tech businesses, with +$100M exit, one unicorn IPO in NYSE. He also established the AI division at a FTSE250 Fintech enterprise, valued $300M by Barclays, and was member of management and led digital transformation at the London Stock exchange.

1608 How He's Raising $1.5m on $6m Pre With $16k in MRR 19.12.2019

Launched in 2016, Rheaply Asset Exchange Manager is the easiest way that professionals share resources with anyone in their industry. By connecting leading research institutions, Fortune 500 companies, startups, school systems, nonprofits, and organizations in between, Rheaply is creating a shared economy for innovation.

1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR 18.12.2019

Lauren is Founder of iVvy, a multi-award winning Technology company providing enterprise software to the Events industry. Since its 2009 launch, Lauren has overseen iVvy's continued growth and global expansion to APAC, Europe and North America, offering the world's first real-time marketplace with live availability for function space and suppliers.

1606 The Right Way To Use Venture Debt to Hit $320k in MRR 17.12.2019

With 25 plus years of experience in building, designing and implementing strategic marketing programs I am a firm believer in asking "why" and challenging industry norms. Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to have worked with several great companies in the technology, consumer product, automotive, hospitality and entertainment sectors each with a unique set of demands and needs. I have ta...

1605 How He Gets Movers, Trash Companies, Internet Providers To Pay Him Referral Fees on 13,000+ New Home Owners 16.12.2019

Venkatesh is the founder of MoveEasy. He founded MoveEasy as a result of his own moving experience 5 years ago. Prior to that, he was a consultant with A.T.Kearney, a management consulting firm in Chicago. He is a proud Buckeye and lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife.

1604 Would You Sell "One Time For Life" Plans If You're Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company? 15.12.2019

Founder, CEO at Plutio.com

1603 How She Used a Tracking Watch To Get Her First 1000 Customers, $20k MRR 14.12.2019

Karen Cantwell is a born innovator. In 2014 she launched TicTocTrack® - the first GPS smart watch globally for children, following up with a bespoke software-monitoring platform. That platform now hosts multiple GPS devices providing one platform for the safety of all the family. Karen hold's a MBA from QUT.

1602 How He Used Dev Shop Agency to Launch ECommerce AI Tool and Get 36 First Customers 13.12.2019

Frank is an Entrepreneur and a Technologist. Frank has launched 100s of sites, 50+ apps, 10s of digital products, launched 9 businesses (4 for himself), delivered a line of high-end beverages to market, and consulted in the finance and technology industries.

1601 If All Content Becomes 3d With AR, VR, This CEO Will Be At The Center Of It 12.12.2019

Sai Krishna is often described as an accidental entrepreneur. As an engineering undergrad, Sai built his first startup in the education technology space to power thousands of students to better use tablet PCs. Since then, he's founded, invested and mentored startups all through, particularly in the technology space. He is also an alumnus of stanford university graduate school of business, and the...

1600 He Makes His Team Only Work 4 Days A Week Even If You Think Its Wrong 11.12.2019

Benjamin Ellis has worked with companies including Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks during their fastest periods of growth. He is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has worked at the cutting edge of technology over three decades and is passionate about what technology can achieve, particularly at the intersection of people, data and software.

1599 How to Spin a Company Out and Run It Yourself, Even if You Have No Control To Start 10.12.2019

Bohumil studied Innovation and Operation Management in Copenhagen. He went on to work at West Virginia University Innovation center, where he was in charge of their marketing strategy. In March 2016, he returned to Slovakia, where he got an offer to join the team at Triad Advertising and take over their internal software Kontentino. After just 2 years, he and his team were able to get Kontentino i...

1598 Mom of 2 Transitions $250k Agency to $23k/mo SaaS for Consumer Video Reviews 09.12.2019
1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk 08.12.2019

Will Bressman is the CEO of RIA in a Box and a former manager of business development at LX.TV, a digital media content provider acquired by NBC Universal in 2008, where he brokered distribution and content partnerships. Prior to LX.TV, Bressman worked on strategy and analytics projects at Good Morning America. Bressman holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and i...

1596 How He Got His First 700 Customers at $2/seat for Scrum Slack Bot 07.12.2019
1595 Chegg Founder's New SaaS Company Breaks $7m ARR To Help CNBC Communicate 06.12.2019

Osman Rashid, winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young California Entrepreneur of the Year (2009), was the co-founder and CEO of online textbook rental and student hub Chegg ($chgg), remaining involved in it until early 2010 after dramatically growing the company from its inception in 2005. Currently, he is the CEO of Convo Corp, an enterprise software company that focuses on In-Context collaborati...

1594 The Main Reason He Took $1.5m Government Loan at 4% Instead of VC 05.12.2019

SaaS Founder with a passion for Employee Engagement. Ex-Google Sales Manager focused to make feedback better for everyone. Living in Amsterdam, father of two daughters.

1593 Why His SMB Churn is 6% When Everyone Elses is 12% doing $12m in ARR across 5000 Salon Owners 04.12.2019

Co-founder of Demonware (Matchmaking service used in Call of Duty) that was acquired in 2007. Then founded Phorest on Evergreen principles - building company to last for generations. Over 70 of the 150 employees are ordinary share holders (not options). Phorest is now serving over 5,000 salons and is the leading salon software platform in Europe.

1592 Why This $12m ARR Company Had To Pivot Away From Just Live Chat, Rely on $100k+ ACV American Customers 03.12.2019

Nicolas de Rosen, CEO of iAdvize North America

1591 How She Started as An Employee, Then Moved to Owner 02.12.2019
1590 Why Farmes Are Buying This $1000 IoT Device to Increase Crop Yield 01.12.2019
1589 How This Pilot Using Freemium To Get First 300 Drone Software Customers 30.11.2019

Tom is founder and CEO of IDRONECT. He is 44 years old, entrepreneur and active airline pilot and has a Master in Aviation Science. With IDRONECT he wants to unlock the huge potential the drone industry has by making it easy to fly safe, legal and fun.

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