“How do you build a SaaS business for 13 years without ever needing investors?” This was one of the key questions I explored with Rex Kurzius, Founder of Asset Panda.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Fund development with customer revenue only:
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Having too much capital can kill your SaaS company's strategic clarity.
This was a key insight from my conversation with
Sid Masson, CEO and Co-founder of
Wokelo and former management consultant turned AI entrepreneur.
What struck me most? ...
"How do you become market leader in less than 2 years?" This was one of the key questions I explored with
Joao Marques, CEO of Oscar and the entrepreneur who became Portugal's home services market leader in just 2 years. ...
"The growth paradox: Why staying lean often beats raising capital for SaaS companies” This was a key insight from my
conversation with Trevor Francis.
He is the CEO of 46 Labs and architect of an $80M telecom transformation built without venture capital. ...
"The funding trap: How chasing investor money can derail your SaaS company"
This was a key insight from my
podcast interview with
Jan Bruce, CEO of
meQuilibrium and pioneer who built a profitable B2B SaaS company when others failed. ...
https://valueinspiration.com/book LinkedIn posts in the past few days gave me a bad taste of how some people think about "Bootstrapping." "Lower ambitions...," "Always poor...," "Not capable of growing fast," - that kind of stuff.
I've said it before - and I'll repeat it: ...
Last week, I had a Zoom call with a SaaS CEO from Boston, MA, and she asked me, 'I see you're talking more these days about Funding Freedom - what is that all about?'
And she's right - I have dropped that phrase more than once in the last two months. ...
It's an ongoing conversation amongst all the start- & scale-ups I work with: Funding.
And it's fascinating what it does with companies.
Some need funding to meet ends
Some need funding to accelerate growth and scale.
No matter the reason - the first thought is always "Done! ...
It's a question many B2B SaaS companies ponder.
In last week's SaaS CEO Mastermind, we dove into this question as we studied a successful bootstrapped SaaS business.
This question triggered me. Looking back at the past 11 years, was there a time when raising funds could have helped us reach our goals faster?' ...
What does it take to bootstrap your SaaS business to +$20 million? That's
a question I explore with Greg Blazewicz, CEO of SALESmanago.
In this interview, Greg shares his big lessons learned to build a business with staying power and how he found his own way of doing it instead of blindly following the advice and rules of people outside the company. ...