Top Founders

Nazzareno Gorni is the CEO of MailUp Group (https://mailupgroup.com/en/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:45 – How MailUp has been built as a business messaging company 1:45 – Why they are doing more than €35M in ARR right now 2:05 – How they are growing 35% year over year 2:30 – Why their ideal customers are marketers and developers 3:40 – How MailUp has...

Yoa Pridor is the CEO of Buzzilla (https://www.buzzilla.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:40 – How Buzzilla has been built as a social listening tool 1:20 – Why they offer both SaaS and professional services 1:40 – How 60% of their revenue comes from SaaS today 2:45 – Why people are paying $500 per seat, each month on average 3:15 – How they''ve grow...

Zee Aganovic is CEO of HiConversion (https://www.hiconversion.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:25 – How HiConversion helps improve the buying experience on eCommerce sites 1:30 – Why the average customer pays them $5k per month 2:30 – How they launched the current version of the company in 2014 3:15 – Why they self-funded before raising $10M from in...

Tim Valishev is the CEO of JivoChat (https://www.jivochat.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:30 – How they help customers better convert using chatbots 1:00 – Why they are north of $5M in ARR right now 2:55 – How their growth has accelerated in emerging markets 2:00 – Why they have grown to serve 230k websites worldwide 2:30 – How the average customer...

Deidre Paknad is the CEO and co-founder of Workboard (https://www.workboard.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:25 – How Workboard has been built to help companies acheive their stragtegic priorities faster 1:20 – Why the average customer is around $125k annually 1:45 – How they launched the company in 2014 2:45 – Why they've raised $12M in total capit...

Michael Kamleitner is the CEO of Walls.io (https://walls.io/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:40 – How he runs two companies of roughly the same size 1:00 – Why they've built Walls.io as a social media marketing tool 1:45 – How the average customer pays around $225 today 2:20 – Why they launched the company in 2014 and bootstrapped thus far 2:40 – How 50...

Scott Shatford is the CEO of AirDNA (https://www.airdna.co/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:30 – How Scott built AirDNA to fill his own need 1:10 – Why they are pulling in data from property managers and individual users 2:05 – How Scott used corporate leases to his advantage 3:15 – Why he launched AirDNA in 2014 3:50 – How he makes the decision to purc...

JP Narowski is the CEO of KarmaCRM (https://www.karmacrm.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:25 – How KarmaCRM has been built as a niche CRM for professional speakers 0:45 – Why the average customer pays around $50 per month 1:20 – How he launched the company in 2011 1:30 – Why they are doing around $30k in MRR right now 1:45 – How they've grown 50% ye...

Greg Soper is the CEO of SalesAgility (https://www.salesagility.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:30 – Why IT is heavily constrained with delivering value 2:00 – How competitive businesses leverage open source software 3:15 – Why some companies don't have enough capital to optimize out of the box software 3:55 – How they have built their business on...

Richard Jones is the CEO of The Wayin Platform (https://www.wayin.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:25 – How Wayin helps 150+ enterprise customers create interactice experiences 1:20 – Why they collect explicitly shared data 2:40 – How they provide many different mechanisms for engagement 5:25 – Why they don't own or share the data they collect 5:45...

Max Israel is Founder & CEO of Customerville (https://www.customerville.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:30 – Why Max founded the company 15 years ago to scratch his own itch 1:30 – How he grew the business without venture capital 2:20 – Why they made the decision to pivot eight years ago 3:05 – How the average customer pays them $250k annually 4:05...

Alex Raymond is the co-founder and CEO of Kapta (https://kapta.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:25 – How Kapta helps account management teams get increase visibility 1:20 – Why companies pay them between $25k and $100k annually 2:05 – How they launched the company in 2016 as an employee engagement platform 3:35 – Why 30 customers are using Kapta rig...

Michael Beebe is CEO of Dstillery (https://dstillery.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 00:20 – Why they help unlock brand's growth potential through data science and insights 01:20 – How they are fueling their offering with top advertising performers 02:10 – Why they are creating unique audiences based on limited information 03:20 – How they have creat...

Mickey Patton is President and CEO of Clear C2 (https://www.clearc2.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:30 – How they launched the company as an electronic rolodex 0:55 – Why they are built as a CRM for manufacturers 1:35 – How they average customer pays them $60 per seat monthly 2:20 – Why Mickey joined the company to launch the software division 3:00...

Craig is the founder and CEO of SalesNexus (https://salesnexus.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:40 – Why he transitioned to SaaS 1:00 – How SalesNexus has grown to scale by bootstrapping 1:15 – Why the average customer pays them $150-$200 each month 1:30 – How he launched the company back in 2003 as a side-hustle 2:30 – Why they have grown to serve...

Alexander Hoogewijs is the CEO of SiteManager (https://www.sitemanager.io/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:40 – Why SiteManager has found a niche serving freelance web designers and small agencies 1:40 – How the typical customer pays them $105 each month 2:35 – How they serve 138 customers with 350 total users 3:10 – Why SiteManager is doing $14k in MRR...

1422 Nicolas Vandenberghe How He Drove $300k Expansion on $1m ARR Cohort in 12 Months Nicolas Vandenberghe is the CEO of Chili Piper (https://www.chilipiper.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:35 – Why they help businesses close more sales 2:10 – How the average customer pays them around $10k annually 3:55 – Why customers are pairing this technology wi...

1421 Michal Sadowski How He IPO'd $2m ARR Company on Polish Exchange Michal Sadowski is the Founder & CEO of Brand24 (https://brand24.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 00:24 – Why Brand24 now serve 2k customers each month 03:35 – How their average customer pays them $100 monthly 04:35 – Why they are doing $2.4M in ARR 05:05 – How they launched the comp...

1420 Joshua Keller He Went Zero to $1m in ARR in 6 Months, Bootstrapped Joshua Keller is the Founder and CEO of Maximus (https://maximus.live/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 01:30 – Why their customers pay them $1k per month 02:55 – How they launched the company in 2017 04:00 – Why they have grown to scale by bootstrapping thus far 04:20 – How they have...

1419 Bill Kahlert "I Don't Know What Logo Churn Means", I Predict They'll Be Dead in

1418 $1m on $10m pre would raise. Would sell for $10m today. Sean Leonard $2.4M ARR Marketing Automation Company CEO Would Sell for $10M Today Sean Leonard is the CEO and co-founder of ActiveDEMAND (https://www.activedemand.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:35 – How ActiveDEMAND functions as a marketing automation platform 1:15 – Why they've decided...

1417 Tom Axbey CloudHealth CEO On $500M VMWare Exit, 70% yoy Growth, $50m+ in ARR Tom Axbey is the President and CEO of CloudHealth Technologies (https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/) 🕒 Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – Nathan's introduction to today's show 0:25 – How CloudHealth helps businesses manage visibility, cost management, security, and governance of their cloud infrastructure 1:40 – Why the...

Addicted to mobile products and services after more than 15yrs in different executive roles in media&entertainment, product development for leading publishers and brands with his agency clapp, started tchop as MVP project 3 years ago.

Kermit Kuehn is a Professor of Management at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, where he teaches strategy, international business and entrepreneurship. He operates Silvrback.com, a subscription blogging platform for writers seeking a less mainstream alternative in their blogging experience, as well as blogplatformsreview.com.