SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

1156 YC Alum Burning $110k/mo in Cash To Scope Projects and Place Dev Talent Using Machine Learning

23 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Iba Masood is the co-founder and CEO of TARA.ai. Iba is a YC Alum, and was part of YCombinator's Winter 2015 class. She was recently awarded Forbes 3...

1155 How He's Used Stories to Build a $20m+ SaaS Platform for Scaling Content

22 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Gerace is the founder and CEO of Skyword, the leading content marketing technology and services company. Skyword liberates brands from ineffectiv...

1154 How we hit net churn of -5% in Loyalty Program space

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Successful serial entrepreneur and investor, advisor, mentor to several startups. Currently the CEO of Zinrelo, a loyalty rewards and referral market...

1153 We just passed $4m in ARR, considering a raise for CPG CRM tool

20 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Allen Bonde is VP of marketing at Repsly, and an advisor to several start-ups. He also held executive roles at Placester, OpenText, and KANA, and was...

1152 How Screenful monopolized Trello marketplace to drive $15k in MRR

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Technologist & entrepreneur with a passion to product design, founder of Screenful (https://screenful.com). Before founding Screenful, I spent a deca...

1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo

18 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

David Rusenko is CEO and co-founder of Weebly. Created in his Penn State dorm room in 2006, Weebly now hosts 50 million entrepreneurs in 225 countrie...

1150 Detroit Based Referral Program software passes $600k in MRR

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Epstein is the founder and CEO of Ambassador (getambassador.com) a 40 person, venture-backed startup headquartered in metro Detroit. Ambassador ...

1149 My investors kicked me out of my company, now personality tool at $1m+ ARR

16 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Founder of Crystal for the past 3 1/2 years. Started multiple businesses before then, including an event software company (Attend.com), a pizza box a...

1148 We've passed $10m in ARR helping companies make sure their analytics are working

15 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Seolas co-founded ObservePoint in 2007, helping grow the company from a lean startup to the global leader in digital data quality, that today ser...

1147 We make $200k/mo helping people find financial products

14 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Miron Lulic is founder and CEO at SuperMoney, a leading financial services comparison platform. Millions of people trust SuperMoney to shop for finan...

1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Robert is President of Joomla and has been an expert in content management systems since 1996. Effective deployment and management of content using i...

1145 How Eero is Locking Down Distribution Channel for "Home Automation Wars" With $100m

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nick is the CEO and co-founder of eero. Prior to eero, Nick worked at McKinsey & Company and then Menlo Ventures, where he sourced investments in sta...

1144 Why I sold my profitable, bootstrapped $5.5m ARR company

11 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Elastic Grid enhances the partner experience by delivering a scalable, easy-to-use channel marketing platform backed by personal support. The result ...

1143 Eloqua Founders Launch New Relationship Tool, $600k ARR first 5 Months, $7m Raised

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Paul is the CEO and Co-founder of Nudge.ai, a relationship intelligence platform that helps businesses find and grow the right relationships to drive...

1142 Why went public, then sold to Vista for $564m on $100m in ARR

09 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

CEO of Xactly Corporation. Seasoned executive with more than two decades of successful senior management experience at both early-stage and public co...

1141 Not shopify, not stripe, $2b+ in transaction volume processed

08 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Full-time traveler and co-founder/product manager at Foxy.io. Back in 2005, Brett needed a way to add custom ecommerce to existing systems.Foxy.io wa...

1140 I only work 17 hours per week, don't trust Google, and make $1.7m+

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

John has helped thousands of entrepreneurs succeed in their business by doing outsourcing differently. He created and runs OnlineJobs.ph, the largest...

1139 We're about to close $5m round for our sales document tool

06 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

CTO & co-founder at TILKEE, Timothée has an engineering background. As the original founder of oXfoZ, he managed complex web-based projects. He was ...

1138 Goldman almost sold us for $12m, thankfully it failed

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I'm a life-long entrepreneur, and have been building software for over 20 years. I co-founded Shopper Approved In 2010. In 2016 we made the Inc. 500....

1137 David Skok Matrix Partners on Hubspot Pricing Axis, Category Leaders, $100b Softbank Fund

04 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

1136 Outreach.io CEO: "We'll hit $10m/quarter in 2018" with focus on ARPU expansion

03 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

CEO of Outreach, the #1 Sales Engagement Platform. Previously led GroupTalent, Microsoft's Windows phone Business Development team in Latin America ...

1135 This app lets you use real money to compete with your friends in crypto, stocks

02 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I describe myself as a recovering investment banker. I run a startup that is helping people invest together with those they know and trust. While I ...

1134 Ad Network Pivots to On Demand Video Generation

01 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Loren has spent the last 18 years involved in building consumer-facing applications, monetizing page views and working with publishers. He brings ext...

1133 How to slowly quit corporate, code your platform and land your first customer

31 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I am an entrepreneur at heart. I love creating things and finding new and innovative ways to improve the quality of our lives, the way we run our busi...

1132 How He Plans to Take on Moz, SEMRush, with 1500 customers, $180k MRR

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vaibhav Kakkar Co-Founded RankWatch, with an idea of making internet marketing an intelligent process. Apart from helping businesses succeed online a...

1131 We do $70m Annually in Buyer Data Space, 50% Gross Margin

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Habegger is the co-founder and CEO of ownerIQ. Jay is a pioneer in digital media and advertising having over 20 years experience. He has built Th...

1130 "We're way cheaper than Mailchimp", is that enough?

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Brick and mortar engineer living in the body of a tech company CEO. Banking technology in the past (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan), Marketing technology i...

1129 He Bought $70m Of ARR w/ Other Peoples Money, Kept 60%+ Equity for Common

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

H. John Oechsle joined small business CRM software provider Swiftpage in July 2012 and currently serves as chief executive officer. John came to Swif...

1128 New CEO with New Funding Grows SalesScout from $35k to $260k MRR

26 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After co-founding a large retail chain in Chicago in the late 70's, Chris was persuaded by one of his mentors to get into the data, predictive analyt...

1127 Why don't you sell SaaS Biz to Double Down on Agency?

25 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Beal is The Original Online Reputation Expert. The CEO of Reputation Refinery and Trackur, Beal is an online reputation management consultant, a...

1126 How Gong Hit $1m+ in ARR in 1st Year

24 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Amit Bendov is the co-founder and CEO of Gong.io, the # 1 conversation intelligence platform for sales. He brings more than 20 years of leadership ex...

1125 He's Sold $5m+ Of Magical Pad w/ 1,014 Needles Athletes Use to Kill Pain

23 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and President of BioWave, Brad Siff invented the signal technology behind BioWave's non-opioid, FDA-cleared, pain relief medical devices, whi...

1124 Why BrandWatch Acquired BuzzSumo, Past $50m ARR

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Giles Palmer is the founder and CEO of Brandwatch, a leading social intelligence company. Formerly of BSkyB, Giles started Brandwatch and since its l...

1123 Ecommerce Brands Pay Him $3m To Increase Average Cart Value 12%+

21 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Robin is the CEO and co-founder of award-winning and quickly expanding startup Loop54. He holds a Master degree in Industrial engineering and managem...

1122 Sales Tech CEO "We've Passed $30m in ARR", 70% yoy growth

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Showpad is the second company Pieterjan has founded. In 2010 he co-founded the mobile development agency, In The Pocket and still serves on its board...

1121 Webinar King? "We grew 180% yoy Bootstrapped to $7.1m in ARR"

19 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Omar Zenhom is the Co-founder and CEO of WebinarNinja, an all-inclusive, easy-to-use webinar platform that allows you to create a webinar in 10 secon...

1120 He Helped TED Community Connect, Now at $12m in ARR

18 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

introNetworks deployed the first social network for the 2003 TED Conference. Mark has successfully created hundreds of introNetwork Communities for g...

1119 "Channel partners gave us 200,000 customers, $40m ARR"

17 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I'm an entrepreneur and co-founder of SoloSEO, the leading provider of DIY Website Marketing and SEO Tools. I live in Washington state and enjoy raci...

1118 CEO: How I Bootstrapped to $3m in ARR

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Tradable Bits helps music and sports brands know their fans and market smarter. Their fan data platform is built one purpose: to create the best poss...

1117 $3m Agency to $20k MRR SaaS, Here's How

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I'm the founder and CEO at FunnelEnvy a startup solving B2B website and marketing optimization challenges with a SaaS platform. Arun and his team hav...

1116 CEO: "We're definitely too cheap"

14 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Donnelly is the CEO & Founder of Seventh Sense, which is a system that optimizes the timing and frequency of email for sales and marketing profe...

1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

13 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Todd Olson is CEO and Co-Founder of Pendo, a product experience platform that helps product managers deliver successful products. Before Pendo, Todd ...

1114 Personalized Video Adtech Company Hits $60m TTM Revenues

12 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Founder, CEO of Eyeview. Pioneer in video creative and advertising technology. Recognized leader, published in WSJ, Forbes more. Eyeview ranked 9th g...

1113 His Vegas Raceway Grossed $10m in Y1, Here's How

11 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron is successful entrepreneur who has founded, built and sold multiple successful organizations. In 2012, Aaron was awarded the "Entrepreneur...

1112 150 Pay Him $3m For Content Marketing at Scale

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Griffin is the CEO of ClearVoice, a content marketing platform and talent network that he co-founded in 2013. He has served in executive roles at...

1111 How She Cut Customer Base in Half, But Still Grew 100% YoY

09 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stacy Chapman is the CEO and co-founder of SwoopTalent. Stacy has been in the talent systems industry for decades, as a vendor, practitioner and impl...

1110 Why His $1.2m ARR SaaS Company Shut Down

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hank is an internet marketer who has built both B2B and B2C companies. He grew his marketing service Vytmn to $105k/mo in revenue in a little over a ...

1109 Latin America Content Marketing SaaS Company Breaks $12m in ARR

07 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Diego Gomes is the co founder of Rock Content, the leading content marketing platform in latin america. On my spare time I like to blog about SaaS at ...

1108 Minneapolis Sales Tech: "We're past $30m in ARR, will raise this year"

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Orrin is a serial entrepreneur passionate about applying technology to helping salespeople be more successful and engaged with their customers. His c...

1107 Activision Blizzard CEO: ICO's are Just Like Selling Digital Swords in Mortal Combat!

05 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Howard Marks is the co-founder and CEO at StartEngine Crowdfunding/Capital, the leader in Initial Coin Offerings and Online Public Offerings. Marks f...

1106 Fotoware CEO: We've moved 20% of our revenue from on prem to cloud

04 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Before joining FotoWare, Anne Gretland held the position as COO in Compello group. Gretland spent 17 years in Microsoft, and held several leadership ...

1105 Should you develop every customer request?

03 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Amit Kothari (CEO) spent a decade in London, at the cutting edge of collaboration technologies for the enterprise. His clients were the worlds' large...

1104 $3m+ Adtech CEO on Threats from Cypto, Ad Management going in House

02 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Before joining plista, Gagnon worked for PwC both in Canada and Germany. In his last role he served as Manager Strategy Consulting in Berlin advising...

1103 When should he quit his agency and go all in on software?

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stefan is co-founder of Userbrain and Simplease, and he started working with his other three co-founders, Andreas, Markus and Mathias, back in 2009 w...

1102 WebHose CEO on understanding unstructured data, passes $2.3m in ARR

31 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ran Geva is a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of hands-on experience in software development and leadership positions. After founding Omgil...

1101 Bloomreach CEO: We've turned down acquisition offers in $400m range

30 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Raj brought 10 years of enterprise and entrepreneurial experience with him when he co-founded BloomReach. Before launching the company, he was entrep...

1100 Why aren't more private equity firms paying him $12k/seat?

29 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Silverman, is CEO of Concentric, a software company that licenses Concentric Market, a simulator that improves your planning processes and forec...

1099 Salt Lake Event Management Company Breaks $4m in ARR, 30,000 Paid Events

28 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kreg is committed to creating extraordinary experiences. He is best known for founding SpinGo, a robust event platform powering 5,500 entertainment a...

1098 Website Redirect Service Launches, Hits $15k MRR Thanks to "Great Partners" Like Hubspot

27 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

William Richards is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in large enterprise systems design and development. A software architect by trade...

1097 CMS CEO: How to Move 1 Time License Model doing $1.5m Annually to SaaS

26 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Brandon is the head honcho at Craft CMS, the word's least worst content management system. He lives in outdoorsy Bend, Oregon despite his preference ...

1096 How TapClicks is Managaing 60% yoy Growth in Marketing Dashboard Space

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With over 20 years as a senior executive at Fortune 500, Silicon Valley tech companies specializing in software, hardware, internet and mobile apps, ...

1095 His First Move at Zenefits? 450 Laid Off. Now Eyeing Profitability and $100m in ARR

24 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jay is Chairman & CEO at Zenefits. He brings more than 20 years of experience in leading both public and private technology companies. Previously, Jay...

1094 How he bought 15 people off cap table, hit $9m in ARR in workflow space

23 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Reale is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to founding ProcessMaker Brian founded and later sold Unete Telecom, a long distance voice and data carri...

1093 If you're under 30, is agency/coaching a good way to make money?

22 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Being one of Forbes' & Influencive.com's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30, Jeremy C. Adams is not timid to climb the ladder of ultimate success. Armed w...

1092 Why Chef Creator Raised $30m to Replace Walkie Talkies

21 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

1091 Founded in 1999, How He's Managed a 20+ Year "Overnight Success"

20 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A serial entrepreneur, CEO and public company senior executive with 20 years of experience inInternet technology, VoIP, online marketing, eCommerce an...

1090 CEO Eating Own Dog Food for $25m Revenue, $5.5m Gross Profit, $3m Net

19 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Ingham Brooke is the founder and CEO of Pub Ocean, a venture-backed technology company that helps digital publishing become profitable. Our mis...

1089 Workato CEO: "We're Enterprise Version" of Zapier, Segment, Elastoic

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vijay has led the creation of market leading integration technologies for over 25 years. Prior to Workato, he was the CEO of Qik, a consumer video co...

1088 How Ex-Salesforce Leader Launched Video for Salespeople Growing 100% YoY

17 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sati is a seasoned entrepreneur who loves building product, growing people and delivering customer value. He has both enterprise and start-up experie...

1087 Yeah I'd sell (Live negotiation)

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Designer and entrepreneur who loves solving problems using technology.

1086 Sales outreach tool hits $1.2m ARR, would you sell for $4m? No!

15 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Atwood is the Founder & CEO of BuzzBuilder. He's also an author and keynote speaker who is focused on helping companies discover new ways to att...

1085 We're #1 In Salesforce for Call Routing, Tech with $10m+ in ARR

14 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Tillman began building DialSource in 2005, while studying at the University of California, Davis, to seal the gap between business and consume...

1084 Bulgarian company spends $45k of $65k MRR on paid spend, working!

13 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Murry founded Metrilo in 2014 to help eCommerce store owners grow their businesses. Other than spending lots of time with his customers and his team,...

1083 How she 2x ARR yoy in mobile testing space to $6m in ARR

12 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I'm the CEO of Apptimize! We're probably installed on your phone right now because we work with top 10 apps in every category in 100+ countries. Prio...

1082 Why Public Sizmek Went Private to Fuel Growth via M&A in Buy Side Programmatic Space

11 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Grether is CEO of Sizmek. He focuses on guiding the company, and accelerating the growth of the business. Before Sizmek, Mark was cofounder and ...

1081 With $2m in ARR and $16m Valuation for 7+ Years, Do You Feel Stuck?

10 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Frankel is an innovative business leader with a proven track record in both traditional media and new-and-emerging technologies. He is the CEO a...

1080 15,000 Customers at $35 ARPU is $500k+ in MRR right? "No"

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

1079 How He's Pivoted 3 Times Since 1996, Moving to Cloud Based SaaS w/ $10m in ARR

08 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

CEO & Co-Founder of CoreMedia. Recipient of the German Fairness Prize 2009. Co-Editor of eEnterprise 2.0 - The Art of Letting Go. Married, father of ...

1078 How agile content marketing solution Turtl hit $125k/mo

07 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

1077 We Bootstrapped Our Way to $2m in ARR, Now $10m ARR

06 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Collin Holmes, founder and CEO, started chatmeter in August, 2009. Prior to chatmeter, Mr. Holmes was VP of Product Management and Marketing at V-Ena...

1076 We pivoted to pure play SaaS, now $1m in ARR growing 100% yoy

05 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I'm CEO of SocialRep, providing social sales enablement to global brands since 2008. I ran a digital marketing agency in SF during the dotcom boom, t...

1075 LogicBay CEO: Love Venture Debt! Helped us pass $10m in ARR

04 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As CEO of LogicBay, John works with leading companies to develop and implement strategies for scaling indirect sales channels using a combination of ...

1074 I left Wall Street trenches to do Email Business Intelligence

03 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Johnston is founder of Notablist.com, a competitive intelligence platform for email marketers. Prior to Notablist, Michael was VP of Technolo...

1073 Are 5 Companies at Once Too Many?

02 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Foroutan is a parallel entrepreneur and philanthropist with over 30 years of experience in Information Technology, Software Design and Entertainm...

1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR"

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Benati is CEO and Co-founder of LeadGnome, the market-leading Reply Email Mining web service that generates account-specific contacts, enhances ...

1071 His AI Tool Tells You How To Price Realtime

30 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Adam is the CEO/founder of Arjuna Solutions, an artificial intelligence company. He invented and patented numerous AI technologies used today. At Arj...

1070 Navy Vet Makes Loads Via Lifetime Fitness, Now Digital Asset Management

29 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Mike is the founder, Chief Enthusiasm Officer and inventor of the patented FISION digital asset management/ sales enablement platform. He attributes ...

1069 Elastic CEO: We're A More Professional Zapier

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Co-Founder and CEO of elastic.io

1068 SiteCake: We Rely on Whitelabel Partners With Unique Kickback Structure

27 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I am an entrepreneur coming from the design and advertising background. I've build Sitecake, a WordPress for static websites. Blockchain enthusiast.

1067 Vero CEO: "We're API Driven Email Marketing" with $150k+ in MRR

26 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founder and CEO of Vero. We help companies collect and organise data so they can create better customer experiences and happier customers through ...

1066 Optimove CEO: "Conditions Were Right To Stop Bootstrapping w/ $20m Raise"

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pini Yakuel is founder and CEO of Optimove, provider of the science-first Relationship Marketing Hub. Pini's extensive experience in analytics-driven...

1065 He should sell for $300k. You agree?

24 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I've started as telecommunication engineer and switched to analytics quite fast. We were analyzing mobile network throughput, daily load, and other t...

1064 AirPR Says "Growing Fast" but won't share revenue #'s, are they?

23 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer is the Co-founder and CEO of AirPR, a technology solution to measure the impact of PR. He was an Entrepreneur in Residence at...

1063 How We Spent $7m To Spin Crunchbase Out of AOL

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Santi is a General Partner at Emergence Capital. Prior to joining Emergence, Santi founded, AXG Tecnonexo, a SaaS e-learning company in Latin America...

1062 I raised $5m to spin the company out of corporate

21 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

David brings a successful track record of executive leadership at growing both private and public venture-backed companies and has been a pioneer in ...

1061 We serve 2b impressions a day including MSN homepage

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Eric is the CEO and co-founder of TripleLift, the leading programmatic native ad platform. Previously, Eric was a leader at AppNexus and an attorney ...

1060 Why I Left Salesforce To Join VC Firm

19 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Scott brings over 20 years of deep product management, engineering, and SaaS expertise to his role as a partner on Norwest enterprise team. Scott mos...

1059 $100m In Audio Ad Spend Goes Through Our Platform

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Dougherty is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Jelli, the technology platform for the $40 billion global audio advertising market. H...

1058 How Screen 6 his $3.5m in ARR on $600k Raised

17 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As founder / partner of Screen, David has been closely involved in the development and innovation regarding the latest technologies for online market...

1057 Talend CEO: "IPO was right move"

16 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Prior to joining Talend as CEO, Mike was the CEO of Rapid7, a security software startup that provides one of the leading security assessment platform...