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Nathan Latka was 19 when he hit $1m in ARR at his first SaaS company (Heyo.com). Shortly after, VC’s made an offer to buy 20% of his company for $2m ($10m valuation). Latka accepted …. and then reality hit.
His company got an acquisition offer for $6.5m which his new VC’s blocked. He quickly learned: Selling equity to VC’s reduces your options. Why does everyone celebrate raising VC?
Eventually, he exited the company in 2015 and launched a podcast (google Latka Podcast) which features a new SaaS CEO every day. He has interviewed 3,584 of the world’s top SaaS founders over the last 5 years.
Today, he helps founders raise non-dilutive capital out of his $150m fund at Founderpath. To date, 200 founders have taken $100m in capital.
April Dunford is the world’s leading expert on product positioning. She has worked with hundreds of fast-growing technology companies to accelerate their growth through clear, compelling positioning. Previously April has run marketing and product teams at a series of seven successful technology startups. She is also a board member, investor, and advisor to dozens of high-growth businesses and is the author of the bestselling book Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get it, Buy it, Love it.
Victor Riparbelli is the Co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, the world’s leading AI video creation platform for enterprises, making video production simple and intuitive without the need for cameras or studios. After 10 years helping build tech companies, Victor started Synthesia in 2017 alongside Prof. Matthias Niessner, Prof. Lourdes Agapito, and Steffen Tjerril.
Tony Jamous is the CEO and Co-founder of Oyster, a global employment platform that aims to remove the barriers to remote work and distributed hiring. Shaped by his upbringing in Beirut, Lebanon during a violent civil war, Tony is passionate about empowering talented individuals from emerging economies through access to global career opportunities.
Lucie Buisson is Contentsquare’s Chief Product Officer. She joined the company in 2014 and today leads the product vision, strategy and co-leads go-to-market. Her team’s mission is to develop innovative products that empower businesses to make the digital world more human. Product addiction, autonomy, and uniqueness are key areas of focus for the product team, as they work on making Contentsquare the world’s leading customer experience optimization platform. Lucie moved to New York in September 2018 to help crack the American market and empower brands to stay ahead of tomorrow’s digital challenges.
Meghan Keaney Anderson is a marketing executive with twenty years of experience at the intersection of digital marketing, brand development, creative leadership, and product marketing. Her career spans nonprofits, startups and global publicly traded companies.
Amir is the chairman of analytics leader Sisense, and has been the CEO for eight years prior. Under his CEO leadership, Sisense revenue grew 17X to approximately $150M, transitioned to a native cloud SaaS offering, and achieved profitability. Sisense is serving thousands of customers such as GE, UiPath, ZoomInfo, Seismic, Nasdaq and others, and has been recognized as a Visionary/Leader by Gartner, G2 Crowd and Forrester.
Before Sisense, Orad was the CEO of NICE Actimize the financial crime analytics leader, monitoring billions of transactions for fraud and organized crime at the world’s top financial institutions. Orad led the company’s business 10x growth to a $200M revenue run rate, over 25% operating income, and the company transition to a SaaS / Subscription business.
Nathan Latka was 19 when he hit $1m in ARR at his first SaaS company (Heyo.com). Shortly after, VC’s made an offer to buy 20% of his company for $2m ($10m valuation). Latka accepted …. and then reality hit.
His company got an acquisition offer for $6.5m which his new VC’s blocked. He quickly learned: Selling equity to VC’s reduces your options. Why does everyone celebrate raising VC?
Eventually, he exited the company in 2015 and launched a podcast (google Latka Podcast) which features a new SaaS CEO every day. He has interviewed 3,584 of the world’s top SaaS founders over the last 5 years.
Today, he helps founders raise non-dilutive capital out of his $150m fund at Founderpath. To date, 200 founders have taken $100m in capital.
April Dunford is the world’s leading expert on product positioning. She has worked with hundreds of fast-growing technology companies to accelerate their growth through clear, compelling positioning. Previously April has run marketing and product teams at a series of seven successful technology startups. She is also a board member, investor, and advisor to dozens of high-growth businesses and is the author of the bestselling book Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get it, Buy it, Love it.
Victor Riparbelli is the Co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, the world’s leading AI video creation platform for enterprises, making video production simple and intuitive without the need for cameras or studios. After 10 years helping build tech companies, Victor started Synthesia in 2017 alongside Prof. Matthias Niessner, Prof. Lourdes Agapito, and Steffen Tjerril.
Tony Jamous is the CEO and Co-founder of Oyster, a global employment platform that aims to remove the barriers to remote work and distributed hiring. Shaped by his upbringing in Beirut, Lebanon during a violent civil war, Tony is passionate about empowering talented individuals from emerging economies through access to global career opportunities.
Lucie Buisson is Contentsquare’s Chief Product Officer. She joined the company in 2014 and today leads the product vision, strategy and co-leads go-to-market. Her team’s mission is to develop innovative products that empower businesses to make the digital world more human. Product addiction, autonomy, and uniqueness are key areas of focus for the product team, as they work on making Contentsquare the world’s leading customer experience optimization platform. Lucie moved to New York in September 2018 to help crack the American market and empower brands to stay ahead of tomorrow’s digital challenges.
Meghan Keaney Anderson is a marketing executive with twenty years of experience at the intersection of digital marketing, brand development, creative leadership, and product marketing. Her career spans nonprofits, startups and global publicly traded companies.
Amir is the chairman of analytics leader Sisense, and has been the CEO for eight years prior. Under his CEO leadership, Sisense revenue grew 17X to approximately $150M, transitioned to a native cloud SaaS offering, and achieved profitability. Sisense is serving thousands of customers such as GE, UiPath, ZoomInfo, Seismic, Nasdaq and others, and has been recognized as a Visionary/Leader by Gartner, G2 Crowd and Forrester.
Before Sisense, Orad was the CEO of NICE Actimize the financial crime analytics leader, monitoring billions of transactions for fraud and organized crime at the world’s top financial institutions. Orad led the company’s business 10x growth to a $200M revenue run rate, over 25% operating income, and the company transition to a SaaS / Subscription business.