

The SaaS Revolution Show
The SaaS Revolution Show, Alex Theuma
The SaaS Revolution Show, hosted by Alex Theuma, brings you insights and tactics from the greatest SaaS minds in Europe and across the world. Revolutionary founders, executives, and investors openly share wisdom on attracting and keeping customers, growing companies in unlikely places, scaling globally, successfully reaching the SaaS high skies, and never giving up. The SaaS Revolution Show is brought to you by SaaStock, the only media, membership and events business that focuses on SaaS founders scaling to $10mill ARR.
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Sep 3, 2020 • 25min
Max Altschuler: Selling in the post COVID world: What to expect next
Max Altschuler is the CEO and Founder of Sales Hacker, the leading publication for B2B salespeople. In this episode of The SaaS Revolution Show he joins SaaStock’s Head of Sales Will Brightling to discuss the changes you can make to your sales process to iterate and show empathy in the face of a global pandemic, and what changes we can expect to see in SaaS sales motions in 2020 – and beyond.
The sales must go on. But in the face of COVID-19, everything has changed. So how do you approach sales during – and after – a global crisis?
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bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
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Aug 27, 2020 • 45min
Patrick Arippol: The global fundraising landscape is changing: Communicate the metrics that matter
Patrick Arippol (Founding Partner, Alexia Ventures) leads an informative conversation with Thomas Preuss (Partner, DTCP), Michiel Kotting (General Partner, Northzone) and Pascale Diaine (Principal, Storm Ventures). This talk was recorded at SaaStock Remote.
As more and more investors look into SaaS than ever before, especially in light of the current crisis, what are the steps you need to go through in order to prepare for your next fundraising round? What are the benchmarks to measure whether you’re being offered a fair price, and what is a 'fair' price in today's uncertain environment? How do you evaluate this to determine the validity of an offer? Should you hold in and cash out, or should you continue to retain control of your company and grow your businesses through alternative capital?
If you’re an early stage startup looking to secure your series A from the growing number of local investors eyeing SaaS, how do you secure an initial or another round of investment?
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🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Aug 20, 2020 • 26min
Mischa Rürup: The growth of privacy tech and the opportunity for Usercentrics
Mischa Rürup, CEO and founder of Usercentrics is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. He joins Alex Theuma to share his experience of building Usercentrics, the growth of privacy tech, and taking part in the SaaStock Remote Startup Pitch Competition earlier this year.
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe | Dublin, Ireland
Book tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/
🇺🇸 SaaStock USA | Austin, Texas
Book tickets: https://saastock-usa.com/
🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Aug 13, 2020 • 31min
Saravana Kumar - Bootstrapping a multi-product company to $10million ARR
Saravana Kumar, CEO of Kovai is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. He joins Alex Theuma to share his experience of bootstrapping Kovai - a multi-product company - to $10 million ARR. Kovai currently employs 160 people, with offices in India and the UK.
Listen on to learn:
- Why Kovai chose to bootstrap rather than take VC funding
- His experience of growing Kovai in the early years, and how that's different to one of their products, Document360, which is following a more typical SaaS growth curve
- How he approaches launching multiple products at scale
- And what are his biggest learnings from 10 years of running the business
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe | Dublin, Ireland
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🇺🇸 SaaStock USA | Austin, Texas
Book tickets: https://saastock-usa.com/
🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Aug 6, 2020 • 34min
Larry Gadea (Envoy): Building SaaS products for the post-COVID workplace
Larry Gadea, CEO and founder at Envoy is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. He founded Envoy in 2013 to start a 'revolution for the workplace'. Envoy is building smart tools to help offices run more smoothly - like welcoming visitors, receiving mail, and booking meeting rooms.
But a global pandemic that closes offices and drives people to work remotely isn't great for companies that sell software for the physical workplace. In this episode he shares his experiences of adapting and pivoting Envoy in response to the pandemic - including building and launching a new product to help businesses return to work safely.
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe | Dublin, Ireland
Book tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/
🇺🇸 SaaStock USA | Austin, Texas
Book tickets: https://saastock-usa.com/
🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Jul 30, 2020 • 26min
From East to West: Taking your SaaS Startup Global with Jeffrey Tiong, PatSnap Founder and CEO
Jeffrey Tiong, CEO and founder at PatSnap is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. He was recently named as EY Entrepreneur of the Year, and has grown PatSnap to over 700 employees and raised over $100M in funding.
In this episode he shares his experience of starting a SaaS company in Asia, and how he's approached scaling across global markets. Scaling a start up is the top priority of all founders, but scaling across global markets comes with an entirely different set of challenges. From attracting investors to navigating different cultural norms, Jeffrey shares his lessons learned from literally taking a business from one side of the world to another.
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe | Dublin, Ireland
Book tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/
🇺🇸 SaaStock USA | Austin, Texas
Book tickets: https://saastock-usa.com/
🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Jul 23, 2020 • 30min
MonYAY: Dismantling the myth of hustle culture with David Heinemeier Hansson
This week's episode of The SaaS Revolution Show is live from SaaStock Remote 2020. David Heinemeier Hansson, founder of Basecamp and Hey.com, talks to Christoph Janz about hustle culture in SaaS.
“Rest is for the weak”, “Rise and grind”, “You’ll sleep when you're dead”. Guess what, folks, this is what we call Toxic Work Culture. DHH is famous for advocating for a calm office culture. It’s only natural to be worried for the future of your business, but there’s better ways to steer the ship than with an iron fist. DHH is here to answer your critical questions on how to manage your business through a time of unprecedented anxiety, without the BS.
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
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🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Jul 16, 2020 • 31min
Designing for quiet - in product and in business with Mathilde Collin, Front
This extra-special episode of The SaaS Revolution Show comes straight from the online stage at SaaStock Remote.
Join Mathilde Collin, CEO and co-founder of Front, in conversation with Alyssa Newcomb, technology reporter for Today.com and NBC News, as they discuss designing for quiet in product and in business.
There's a huge amount of 'noise' in our working lives: emails, slack notifications, calendar reminders, social media alerts... With companies across the world working remotely, we've turned that digital volume up to 11 as we double down on team communication. But this always-on, noisy culture kills focus, eats away at our mental health, and ultimately prevents us from doing our most impactful work. As the background digital noise increases, what can we do - as product owners, as founders and as leaders - to help our users, our teams, and ultimately ourselves find some quiet again?
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe | Dublin, Ireland
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🇺🇸 SaaStock USA | Austin, Texas
Book tickets: https://saastock-usa.com/
🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Jul 9, 2020 • 30min
Expanding into Europe: lessons for US SaaS startups with Stephen McIntyre, Frontline Ventures
Stephen McIntyre, Partner at Frontline Ventures is this week’s guest on The SaaS Revolution Show.
Currently Partner at Frontline Ventures, Stephen was previously at Twitter and Google, before moving into VC. He was one of Twitter's first employees outside of the US, and joined Google during a period of hypergrowth.
He brings his experience as an operator and now as an investor to The SaaS Revolution Show, to talk about what US SaaS and tech startups need to consider when expanding into Europe.
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe | Dublin, Ireland
Book tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/
🇺🇸 SaaStock USA | Austin, Texas
Book tickets: https://saastock-usa.com/
🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)

Jul 2, 2020 • 28min
Finding Product-Market Fit in the New Normal, with Des Traynor, Intercom [SaaStock Remote]
This extra-special episode of The SaaS Revolution Show comes straight from the online stage at SaaStock Remote.
Join Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom, in conversation with SaaStock CEO Alex Theuma to learn what Coronavirus means for product-market fit. Uncover the differences between nice-to-have software and must-have software, what that means for total addressable markets, and what it means for very early stage startups
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe | Dublin, Ireland
Book tickets: https://saastock-europe.com/
🇺🇸 SaaStock USA | Austin, Texas
Book tickets: https://saastock-usa.com/
🤝 SaaStock Founder Membership: A private members group of B2B SaaS
founders between $100K - $10M ARR who are committed to growth and
helping others (https://www.saastock.com/founder-membership/)
🌎 SaaStock Local: Monthly meet-ups in cities all around the world,
bringing together SaaS enthusiasts and experts to discuss the most
pressing topics in SaaS (https://local.saastock.com/home)


