Posts by Emily Byford
An Introduction to Venture Debt with Donatella Callegaris, Flashpoint Venture Capital
Donatella Callegaris is managing partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital. She joins Alex Theuma on The SaaS Revolution Show to talk about venture debt – a topic that many first-time SaaS founders are unfamiliar with. Learn about: What is venture debt? When should a startup founder look at venture debt, compared with other types of fundraising?…
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SaaS marketing as you scale to $10M: Dave Gerhardt in conversation with Stephen Cummins
Dave Gerhardt is CMO at Privy, and former VP of Marketing at Drift. In this special episode of The SaaS Revolution Show he joins Stephen Cummins in an exclusive fireside chat. He shares his learnings on marketing organisation structure for companies scaling to $10M. This was recorded as part of an exclusive session for SaaStock Engage…
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Five ways to avoid burnout as a SaaS founder
Being a first-time startup founder can be a lonely journey, especially if long-time friends and peers have taken a more conventional career path. And 2020 has been particularly demanding: in May 2020 Blind found that 73% of surveyed tech workers are burnt out, thanks to a combination of working longer hours, working from home, not…
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Real SaaS Revolutionaries: Kristi Faltorusso and Jeff Breunsbach
We’re championing the Real SaaS Revolutionaries. The leaders and experts building the SaaS companies today that’ll shape our industry and community tomorrow. Each week we’ll be profiling some of the SaaS champions, nominated by their peers. Know someone who deserves the spotlight? They could be our next Revolutionary! Today we have two Real SaaS Revolutionaries:…
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8x Growth in 2020: Scaling at an Exponential Pace with Gilles Bertaux, Livestorm
Gilles Bertaux is the CEO and co-founder of Livestorm. Livestorm is a video conferencing software, and in November 2020 Gilles and the Livestorm team raised a $30M Series B round to create a video conferencing ecosystem. He joins Alex Theuma on The SaaS Revolution Show to talk about scaling a company at an exponential pace…
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Real SaaS Revolutionaries: Carole Mahoney and Philipp Wolf
We’re championing the Real SaaS Revolutionaries. The leaders and experts building the SaaS companies today that’ll shape our industry and community tomorrow. Each week we’ll be profiling some of the SaaS champions, nominated by their peers. Know someone who deserves the spotlight? They could be our next Revolutionary! Today we have two Real SaaS Revolutionaries:…
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The top mistakes first time founders make when scaling – and how to avoid them, with Shelley Perry, Scalelogix Ventures
Shelley Perry, Managing Director of Scalelogix Ventures, joins Alex Theuma on The SaaS Revolution Show. Shelley is an investor, board director, and advisor and specializes scale-up stage – a unique growth stage for any SaaS company. She joins The SaaS Revolution Show to share the top mistakes she sees first-time founders make when scaling their…
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How to build your SaaS sales process (without the founder)
In the early days of any SaaS business, the founder is the first (and only) salesperson. But as your startup grows, you’ll start to build out a dedicated sales team, and the founder will step away from front-line sales activities. According to Steli Efti, founder-driven sales is stage 1 of a 4-stage sales journey that…
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Real SaaS Revolutionaries: Scott Cowley and Ben Murray
We’re championing the Real SaaS Revolutionaries. The leaders and experts building the SaaS companies today that’ll shape our industry and community tomorrow. Each week we’ll be profiling some of the SaaS champions, nominated by their peers. Know someone who deserves the spotlight? They could be our next Revolutionary! Today we have two Real SaaS Revolutionaries:…
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How to raise your Seed funding round with Sarah Nöckel, Northzone
Sarah Nöckel, Seed Investment Manager at Northzone joins Alex Theuma on The SaaS Revolution Show. Sarah is responsible for Northzone’s Seed investments, and previously she was a B2B SaaS investor at Dawn Capital. She joins The SaaS Revolution Show to talk all things relating to Seed funding: how to reach out and build relationships with…
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