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Actionable learnings and growth strategies from both starting and successful leading SaaS companies. Short and to-the-point with interviews with founders, product managers, marketing, and customer success folks. Join our awesome FB group to stay connected: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates/

Mike Slaats


    • Dec 27, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 44 EPISODES


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    Introduction to Braintales!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 1:30


    Braintales is a podcast show with the stories of interesting and successful people like founders, authors, and industry experts. See more at https://braintalesshow.com and subscribe to never miss an episode :)

    10% MoM Growth Rate with SaaS Analytics - Enzo of June.so

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 17:02


    Today's guest is Enzo, the founder of June - a tool to visualize and measure the metrics for subscription businesses. In this episode, we'll discover how they're growing 10% month-over-month and why you should monetize as quickly as you can. Sponsor of today's episode: Grain - Record, transcribe, clip, and share the most important moments from your video meetings: https://grain.com/saaspirates Join the FB community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES'). Named in this episode: Sergio Mattei (Founder of Makerlog), Slack, June, Pieter Levels (aka Levels io), Spotify, Intercom, Rework the book, Des Traynor.

    Scaling API software to 6k MRR - Vedran of Treblle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 15:04


    Vedran is the founder of Treblle. In this episode, we're talking about how they scaled their software, which makes it super easy to understand your product's API, to 6k MRR and how they are growth hacking their marketing through smart content strategies. Join the FB community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    $5,000 MRR because of THIS awesome marketing strategy - Tim of T.ly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 13:52


    Tim Leland is the founder of t.ly. And, in this episode we're talking about how Tim scaled his business to now $5k MRR and some of the growth hacks he applied, such as building free separate tools to attract new leads! Join the FB community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    How to get amazing results with SEO - Farzad of Respona

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 26:24


    Today's guest is Farzad Rashidi, and he's the founder of Respona. Farzad initially joined the Visme team as the first marketing hire, helping the company reach over 2M monthly organic traffic and surpass 13 million active users. That journey led to the creation of Respona, which was, what they called, “the secret weapon” of their marketing team. This awesome episode is brought to you by Upvoty - which are today's sponsor. Upvoty is a user feedback tool which makes it really easy to collect and manage user feedback in order to decide what features to build next. If you want to give it a go, head over to https://upvoty.com and use the promo code PIRATES for a 10% discount. Favorites: Brands: Ahrefs Software: Ahrefs, Respona, Todoist Person: Noah Kagan Books: How Not To Be Wrong FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    150% Month-over-Month Growth Rate with Tadej of Cartboss

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 15:41


    Today's guest is Tadej, and he's the founder of Cartboss. In this episode, you're going to learn how they are scaling the business with a 150% month-over-month growth and how building and connecting with your audience upfront can actually benefit the launch of your new product. Favorites: Brands: Wheelio Software: Slack, HelpScout Person: Karlo Bradica Books: The Lean Startup FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    Bootstrapping a Wordpress plugin - Adam of Split Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 9:17


    Adam is the founder of Split Hero, and today, he'll be sharing the story on how he bootstrapped his Wordpress plugin and how he's leveraging the platform to acquire customers. NEW! Check out Mike's new podcast: https://foundermornings.com Favorites: Brands: Postmark Software: Upvoty, Spark Books: Rich Dad, Poor Dad (https://amzn.to/3o43svB) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    How to scale and grow with mixed marketing channels - Jane of Userlist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 16:55


    Jane is the co-founder of Userlist, and today she'll be sharing the story on how they launched their product, how they scaled their team, and how they're using a mix of marketing channels to grow their user base. [DISCOUNT] Special discount for Userlist: Userlist.com/Pirates NEW! Check out Mike's new podcast: https://foundermornings.com Favorites: Brands: Postmark Person: - Software: Savvycal, Help Scout, Front Books: Start with Why (https://amzn.to/3HHX7NI) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    Co-Founders dropped out of school to work on their product - David of Hotglue

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 17:00


    David is the founder of Hotglue, and today, he'll be sharing the story of how he and his co-founder, as two college sophomores, dropped out of school to work full-time on our product. NEW! Check out Mike's new podcast: https://foundermornings.com Favorites: Brands: Zapier Person: Justin Kahn Software: Spark Books: Lean B2B (https://amzn.to/31hCDvk) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    $10,000,000 ARR Bootstrapped in 2,5 years - Guillaume of Lemlist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 19:05


    Guillaume is the Founder of Lemlist, and in this episode he'll be sharing the story of how he and two co-founders grew Lemlist into 10 million dollars ARR in just 2,5 years. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Webflow Person: Russell Brunson Software: Notion, Slack. Books: Lost and Founder (https://amzn.to/2ZQvn9g) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    $17,000 MRR bootstrapped SaaS with Mike Slaats (yours truly!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 15:40


    You've asked for it, so here it is. An interview with yours truly on how I built and scaled my SaaS business Upvoty into $17,000 MRR today. The interview was initially recorded for the Indie Bites podcast (https://indiebites.co/) So this is an interview with me, Mike Slaats, the founder of Upvoty and host of SaaS Pirates. Favorites: Book: Intercom on Starting Up (https://amzn.to/3BoOchq) Person: Arvid Kahl Podcast: Indie Bites! FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    This Ad Strategy resulted in 3x Growth - Iris of Oribi

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 17:27


    Iris is the founder of Oribi, a unique marketing analytics tool that captures every single event visitors perform on your website, all without using code. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Fullstory Person: Dave Gerhardt (Drift) Software: Fullstory, Slack Books: Shoe dog (https://amzn.to/3hkZVWa) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

    How to thrive in a highly competitive market with Jeroen from Salesflare

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 18:17


    Jeroen Corthout, he is the co-founder & CEO of Salesflare, a simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B. In today's episode we'll learn how to gain market share in a highly competitive market and how they grew to over 2,000 customers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Zapier Software: Hubspot Books: Shoe dog (https://amzn.to/3hkZVWa) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $12,000,000 ARR helping sellers succeed on Amazon - Troy of Seller.tools

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 20:43


    Troy is the co-founder of Seller.tools, a full suite of tools leveraging Amazon data to take your business to new heights. In this episode, we'll learn why Speed and execution are important and how Seller.tools scaled to 12,000 dollars MRR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Sponsor: Oribi - Google Analytics alternative to get better insights (20% off via https://oribi.io/saaspirates) Favorites: Brands: Notion, Gusto Software: Jira, Asana, Notion Person: Nathan Latka Books: Rework (https://amzn.to/3sI4wpz) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $1.4 million ARR with a team of 8 - Thomas Evans of EmailOctopus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 16:07


    Thomas Evans is the founder of EmailOctopus, which is awesome email marketing software to help you get your message out to your customers. I this episode, we're talking about how EmailOctopus is competing in a highly competitive market and how they managed to scale to 1.4 million dollars ARR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Sponsor: Oribi - Google Analytics alternative to get better insights (20% off via https://oribi.io/saaspirates) Favorites: Brands: Squarespace Software: Zapier, Helpscout, Slack Books: Rework (https://amzn.to/3sI4wpz) Person: Peter Levels FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $4,000,000 ARR Data Software - Peter of Databox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 18:04


    Peter is the CEO of Databox, software that pulls all your data into one place, so you can track performance and discover insights in real-time. In this episode, we'll talk about the founding story of databox, how they're working remotely, and how they grew to an amazing ARR of over 4 million dollars. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Sponsor: Synder (https://synder.com/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=mikesaas&utm_campaign=07.14.2021) Favorites: Brands: Hubspot Software: Upvoty, Intercom, Hubspot Books: Traction (https://amzn.to/3kfdjNJ) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    150k MRR Strategies of User.com with CCO Mike Korba

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 16:10


    Mike Korba is the CCO at User.com, a Marketing Automation platform that helps online SaaS businesses turn visitors into happy customers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Figma Software: ClickUp, Figma Books: The Hard Thing About Hard Things (https://amzn.to/3AcPiwx) Person: Patrick Campbell (Profitwell), Natalie Luneva FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    13,000 users within 1 year after launching his journaling app - Dave of Reflection.app

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 11:02


    Dave is the founder of Reflection.app, the only digital journal that guides your personal growth each month.. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Stripe Software: Upvoty (user feedback), Slack, Klaviyo Books: Anything you want (https://amzn.to/2TI0Ozh) Person: Sahil (Gumroad), Jason Fried FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    How to Build a Successful Side Project - Rick of SiteGuru

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 13:53


    Rick is the founder of SiteGuru a full site audit that gives you a prioritized SEO report so you can work on an actionable list of search engine optimisations. He shares his story on how he build this side project while still working on another job. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Stripe Software: Smartlook Books: Getting real (https://amzn.to/34ZlRQ6) Person: Julian Shapiro FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Building a $2,000,000 ARR Podcast Software Company - Josh of Zencastr

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 16:34


    Josh is the founder of Zencastr, which is amazing software to record your podcast (we ourselves record the SaaS Pirates Podcast in Zencastr as well!). Zencastr was the first Podcast Recording Software in the space and they managed to scale it to $2,000,000 MRR already. Listen and learn from its founder in this episode. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Baremetrics Software: Intercom, Baremetrics Books: Traction (https://amzn.to/3p6Ak6d) Person: Josh Pigford FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Smart SEO Strategy results in 700 Monthly Trial Users with Victor of Webautomation.io

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 14:15


    Victor is the founder of Webautomation.io, which is software to Extract Data instantly from any website in seconds without coding, to basically turn any Website into a Spreadsheet or API. 15% discount we offer https://webautomation.io/28/saaspirates/. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Calendly Books: Zero to One (https://amzn.to/3uGdyUF) Person: Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $200,000 MRR Shopify App with Ruth from ReConvert

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 9:08


    Ruth is the co-founder of ReConvert, a Shopify app to easily build thank you pages that convert. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Shopify Tools: Slack, Zoom Books: Atomic Habits (https://amzn.to/3nWxhfZ) Person: Noah Kagan (AppSumo) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    How this Cloud platform is growing 10% every month - Helen of Hostman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 10:44


    Helen is the Marketing manager at Hostman, a cloud platform that deploys and scales your web apps and websites. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brand: Miro. Tools: Zoom. Book: When Coffee and Kale Compete (https://amzn.to/3sSQJLG) Person: Dharmesh Shah (Founder and CTO of HubSpot). FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    This Software Engineer built a Github automation tool of $150k ARR - Julian of Mergify

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 18:38


    Julien Danjou is the founder of Mergify, a tool that makes your code merge faster by automating your pull requests that is doing around $150,000 ARR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brand: Stripe. Tools: Datadog. Slack. Book: Traction (https://amzn.to/2RyluIJ). Person: Nathan Barry. FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $30,000 MRR Wordpress Platform with Michael from BionicWP

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 13:40


    Michael Borgelt is the founder and CEO of BionicWP, the WordPress platform for freelancers, businesses, and agencies for combining all of your favorite tools into one. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Front, Intercom. Tools: Front, Slack, Integromat. Books: Product-Led Growth (https://amzn.to/3ryOQ61) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $5,000 MRR Transcription Software with Kateryna of Audext

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 10:07


    Kateryna is the founder of Audext, an automatic transcription software to convert your audio files to text. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Ahrefs Tools: Slack, Evernote, Fastspring. FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    How Crisp grows in a competitive market with CMO Antoine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 13:30


    Antoine “Anthony” Goret is the CMO of Crisp, an all-in-one multichannel messaging platform that connects companies & customers. In a highly competitive market, they are rapidly growing. In today's episode, we learn more about the marketing behind Crisp and Antoine shares how doing demos is key to onboarding new customers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Drift Tools: Crisp, HREFS, Slack. Books: Nir Eyal (https://amzn.to/3rsnboh and https://amzn.to/3t1ylRo) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    How to Launch a Profitable Shopify App with Alex of PickyStory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 13:59


    Alex Green is the co-founder and CEO of PickyStory, a Shopify tool that can help you quickly upsell with bundles from your product pages. They launched their Shopify app in beta to learn from users and once they launched, they were profitable within months with an MRR of multiple thousands of dollars. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: HubSpot Books: Purple Cow (https://amzn.to/3bbcpgw) Person: Seth Godin FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    5-Figures MRR within 1 year with Danny of ICwhatUC

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 24:05


    When Danny's furnace broke, it took 30 hours for the technician to come to his house, but only 30 seconds to fix it. He immediately thought this could be done more efficient. Out of his own frustrations he built ICwhatUC, a customer self-service support tool that uses augmented video to simplify customer-driven, in-home services. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Slack Books: The Advantage (https://amzn.to/3bF4kQ1), The Entrepreneurial Revolution (https://amzn.to/3dLUy19) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    7-Figures ARR with Thibaud of Loomly

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 17:14


    Thibaud is the co-founder of Loomly, which he founded with his spouse. Loomly provides marketing teams with all the tools, workflows and insights they need to build a successful brand online. They are growing 100% year-over-year and are hitting 7-figures ARR with their SaaS. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Shopify Books: How to win friends and influence people (https://amzn.to/3pnUlDB) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Founding story of analytics SaaS platform Splitbee with Tobias Lins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 11:55


    Tobias Lins is the FOUNDER of Splitbee, a friendly all-in-one analytics & conversion platform that helps to grow your SaaS. As always, we would like to hear more of the founding story and the strategies that accelerated their growth success. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: CloudFlare Books: Refactoring UI (https://refactoringui.com/) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    How to Build a SaaS Service to help SaaS startups grow - Jim of xFusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 18:18


    Jim Coleman is the co-founder of xFusion, a tool that provides startups the customer support they need in order to grow their business. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Zapier, Basecamp Persons: Dan Martell Books: Good to great (https://amzn.to/3iZN5MQ), 7 habits of highly effective people (https://amzn.to/3oCynMZ). FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $10,000 MRR Google Analytics Alternative - Marko from Plausible.io

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 20:49


    Marko Saric is the co-founder of Plausible.io, a lightweight and open-source website analytics tool what they call a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Basecamp Persons: Rand Fishkin Books: This is Marketing (https://amzn.to/3o7N0Y8), Rework (https://amzn.to/3sI4wpz) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Narrow down your ICP by Product Marketing Manager Dhanraj - Wotnot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 17:06


    Dhanraj is the Product Marketing Manager at Wotnot, a chatbot to help businesses generate qualified leads and scale their support. His biggest lesson learned: “Narrow down your ICP (ideal customer profile) as much as you can”. In this episode, you'll hear his point of view. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Gong.io Persons: Jason Fried Books: Hooked by Nir Eyal (https://amzn.to/3nRUVbR), Never Split the Difference (https://amzn.to/3oW5Cf5) Tools and Apps: Reddit, Slack FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Building and scaling a to-do list app - Nicolas Vandenberghe of KosmoTime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 24:41


    Nicolas Vandenberghe is the CEO of Chili Piper and the founder of productivity tool KosmoTime, which he recently launched in August of 2020 on Product Hunt. He describes KosmoTime as a To Do List with Super Powers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Slack, Figma Persons: David Cancel (Drift) Books: Essays by Paul Graham Tools and Apps: Slack, Google Docs FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Building a successful WooCommerce platform - Jessica Risch of Woosa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 17:51


    Jessica is the founder of Woosa, a platform where you can get the most popular WooCommerce plugins for your Wordpress e-commerce website such as plugins for Amazon, Zalando, and eBay. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Heineken Persons: Reed Hastings from Netflix, Daniel Ek from Spotify Books: Think and Grow Rich (https://amzn.to/3nv8O0f) Tools and Apps: Slack, Jira, Zendesk FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    SaaS Pivot into a Podcast audio generator - Anan from Listnr

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 14:51


    Anan is the founder of Listnr, a tool to create your own podcast based on a blog post or text with translations to over more than 18 languages. He pivoted from a “Spotify for News” app and today he shares his journey. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Slack, Baremetrics Persons: Arvid Kahl Books: The Art of War (https://amzn.to/3gokoHW) Tools and Apps: Notion, Slack, Scribd, Github FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Building and Selling a SaaS - Arvid Kahl of PermanentLink

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 34:13


    Arvid Kahl is the author of Zero to Sold and founder of FeedbackPanda, which he recently sold. This year, he started a new SaaS company called PermanentLink and he is also writing his second book Audience First in public. He's sharing his lessons in building, scaling, and selling his SaaS and also how he self-published and sold his first book with the help of Gumroad. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Transistor.fm, Basecamp Persons: Justin Jackson, Rob Walling, Tyler Tringas Books: The 4-hour workweek (https://amzn.to/2K3EpaM), E-myth (https://amzn.to/2VRjCKf), Built to Sell (https://amzn.to/2VPIWQE) Tools & Apps: Twitter FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Building a successful tool for the developer community - Kilian of Polypane

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 18:27


    Kilian Valkhof is the founder of Polypane, a browser for developing responsive & accessible websites. In this episode, he talks about creating a tool for the developer community, copycats, and his biggest lessons learned. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Webflow, InVision, Intercom, Makerlog, Prototypr, Stark, AppSignal. Persons: Rob Walling, Patrick McKenzie (patio11). Books: Starting and Sustaining, Don't Just Roll the Dice (https://amzn.to/2Jw87VT), The Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together (https://amzn.to/3qpat9B). Tools: Trello, Toggl, Github Apps: Twitter FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $50,000 MRR and initial growth with AppSumo - Rachit of Stackby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 15:53


    Rachit is the founder of Stackby, a tool that gives you the building blocks - such as spreadsheets, databases and APIs - in an all-in-one flexible platform to plan, manage and automate your work. They are at $50,000 MRR and the initial growth came from AppSumo. He shares his valuable lessons in this episode. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brand: Intercom, Hubspot Person: Nathan Latka, Dan Martell Book: Zero to One (https://amzn.to/3g3ga8j) Tools: Slack, Zoom Apps: Techcrunch FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $15,000 MRR Scraping Software with Pierre de Wulf of ScrapingBee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 23:46


    Pierre de Wulf is the founder of ScrapingBee, which is an API for scraping the web by handling headless browsers and rotating proxies. They're currently at $15,000 dollars MRR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brand: Lemlist Person: Arvid Kahl, Nathan Latka Tools: Todoist, Notion, Slack, Spark email, Datadog FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Research your target audience before you launch by Dennis Smink of Ploi.io

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 11:03


    Dennis Smink is the founder of Ploi.io, which is software that makes it easy to manage your own servers and sites with any server provider. As always, we would like to hear more of the founding story and the strategies that accelerated their growth success. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brand: Upvoty Tools: PHPstorm, Crisp, Discord, Upvoty FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    $11,000 MRR Growth Strategy by Yannick Veys of Hypefury

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 22:33


    Yannick Veys is the co-founder of HypeFury, a tool to grow and monetize your Twitter audience. They grew from an MRR of just $5 thousand dollars into currently $11,000 dollars in just a couple of months. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brand: Baremetrics Person: Arvid Kahl Book: Atomic Habits (https://amzn.to/2Vw2No0) Tools: Todoist, XMind, Twist, Ahrefs FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ & https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/ [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

    Introduction to SaaS Pirates

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 1:24


    Hey Hey! Welcome to the SaaS Pirates podcast. In this show, we keep it short and to-the-point to discover the real value behind the growth or strategy of the SaaS businesses that join us. We want to learn what worked for them, what resources and tools they recommend, and of course, we want to be inspired by their stories. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Need a great feedback tool? https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE'). Come join our awesome FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Connect with me: https://twitter.com/mikedotsaas/ and https://instagram.com/mikedotsaas/.

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