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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.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders Nathan Latka

    • Business
    • 4.6 • 614 Ratings

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.

    3 Growth Tactics we Used to grow SEMRush to $330m ARR and Why Shares dropped 20% on IPO day

    3 Growth Tactics we Used to grow SEMRush to $330m ARR and Why Shares dropped 20% on IPO day

    Eugene Levin joined SEMRush at $3m ARR after the founders wouldn't let him invest. As president, he's grown the business to 100,000 paying customers 850k free users, $2,500 ACV and 25% YoY revenue growth. Will they break $350m ARR this year?

    • 25 min
    Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

    Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably

    Adam Robinson had a 6 person team doing $10m in ARR. Then he went all in on linkedin, pivoted to B2B, and broke $20m in ARR. He did $1,858,399 MRR in Jan 2024 and profited $509,984. Can he break $5m in profits this year?

    • 21 min
    How I Turned my Podcast into a $50m ARR B2B SaaS

    How I Turned my Podcast into a $50m ARR B2B SaaS

    • 21 min
    We just hit $400m in revenues. Here are 9 org chart, people moves I had to make to scale

    We just hit $400m in revenues. Here are 9 org chart, people moves I had to make to scale

    Jason Cohen founded WPEngine in 2010 and broke $20m within 4 years. Today, the company does $400m+ in Revenues. In this podcast Cohen teaches 9 rules he used to change his org chart, optimize roles, and replace himself as CEO as he scaled. Will they break $500m revenue this year?

    • 27 min
    27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

    27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?

    Ryan Allis launched iContact when he was 18. He made $15m cash when he exited in 2011 for $169m. He shares his negotiation with Salesforce Marc Benioff, how he found 10 profitable acquisition channels, 70,000 customers, and broke $50m in revenues. Will he buy it back for $1 one day?

    • 20 min
    This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem

    This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem

    LMS365 raised $20m in 2023 at a $100m valuation - a 5x multiple on $20m of ARR. As of April 2024, they do $30m in ARR. Their 200 person team is focused on building software for the Microsoft ecosystem. Can they hit $40m ARR this year?

    • 22 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
614 Ratings

614 Ratings

Sib-Ack ,

Top Entrepreneur Podcast

Nathan Latka’s podcast is a must listen to podcast for SaaS entrepreneurs. Was fortunate to recently come back on for the 2nd time and share what’s transpired since ‘19. Nathan is always dialed in on the key metrics!

SaaS CRO ,

Keep it real!

Nathan does a great job at engaging the guests and ensuring they "keep it real". Some may think the questions are challenging...but not if they know their business and their numbers!

JBirdEagleID ,

Comprehensive SaaS B2B professional

I first learned of Nathan a year ago and his podcast. Since then, I have been so impressed not only with the quality of entrepreneurs he interviews, but the information he gathers from each one is meaningful and has nuggets of information helpful to all entrepreneurs. Not only are his podcasts incredible, so are many of the other tools he has including webinars, a magazine and his websites. Do a deep dive on what he has to offer - it is worth it.

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