SaaS Pirates

Today’s guest is Enzo, the founder of June - a tool to visualize and measure the metrics for subscription businesses. In this episode, we’ll discover how they’re growing 10% month-over-month and why you should monetize as quickly as you can. Sponsor of today's episode: Grain - Record, transcribe, clip, and share the most important moments from your video meetings: https://grain.com/saaspirates Join the FB community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES'). Named in this episode: Sergio Mattei (Founder of Makerlog), Slack, June, Pieter Levels (aka Levels io), Spotify, Intercom, Rework the book, Des Traynor.

Vedran is the founder of Treblle. In this episode, we’re talking about how they scaled their software, which makes it super easy to understand your product’s API, to 6k MRR and how they are growth hacking their marketing through smart content strategies. Join the FB community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Tim Leland is the founder of t.ly. And, in this episode we’re talking about how Tim scaled his business to now $5k MRR and some of the growth hacks he applied, such as building free separate tools to attract new leads! Join the FB community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Today’s guest is Farzad Rashidi, and he’s the founder of Respona. Farzad initially joined the Visme team as the first marketing hire, helping the company reach over 2M monthly organic traffic and surpass 13 million active users. That journey led to the creation of Respona, which was, what they called, “the secret weapon” of their marketing team. This awesome episode is brought to you by Upvoty - which are today’s sponsor. Upvoty is a user feedback tool which makes it really easy to collect and manage user feedback in order to decide what features to build next. If you want to give it a go, head over to https://upvoty.com and use the promo code PIRATES for a 10% discount. Favorites: Brands: Ahrefs Software: Ahrefs, Respona, Todoist Person: Noah Kagan Books: How Not To Be Wrong FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Today’s guest is Tadej, and he’s the founder of Cartboss. In this episode, you’re going to learn how they are scaling the business with a 150% month-over-month growth and how building and connecting with your audience upfront can actually benefit the launch of your new product. Favorites: Brands: Wheelio Software: Slack, HelpScout Person: Karlo Bradica Books: The Lean Startup FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Adam is the founder of Split Hero, and today, he’ll be sharing the story on how he bootstrapped his Wordpress plugin and how he’s leveraging the platform to acquire customers. NEW! Check out Mike's new podcast: https://foundermornings.com Favorites: Brands: Postmark Software: Upvoty, Spark Books: Rich Dad, Poor Dad (https://amzn.to/3o43svB) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Jane is the co-founder of Userlist, and today she’ll be sharing the story on how they launched their product, how they scaled their team, and how they’re using a mix of marketing channels to grow their user base. [DISCOUNT] Special discount for Userlist: Userlist.com/Pirates NEW! Check out Mike's new podcast: https://foundermornings.com Favorites: Brands: Postmark Person: - Software: Savvycal, Help Scout, Front Books: Start with Why (https://amzn.to/3HHX7NI) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

David is the founder of Hotglue, and today, he’ll be sharing the story of how he and his co-founder, as two college sophomores, dropped out of school to work full-time on our product. NEW! Check out Mike's new podcast: https://foundermornings.com Favorites: Brands: Zapier Person: Justin Kahn Software: Spark Books: Lean B2B (https://amzn.to/31hCDvk) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Guillaume is the Founder of Lemlist, and in this episode he’ll be sharing the story of how he and two co-founders grew Lemlist into 10 million dollars ARR in just 2,5 years. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Webflow Person: Russell Brunson Software: Notion, Slack. Books: Lost and Founder (https://amzn.to/2ZQvn9g) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

You've asked for it, so here it is. An interview with yours truly on how I built and scaled my SaaS business Upvoty into $17,000 MRR today. The interview was initially recorded for the Indie Bites podcast (https://indiebites.co/) So this is an interview with me, Mike, the founder of Upvoty and host of SaaS Pirates. Favorites: Book: Intercom on Starting Up (https://amzn.to/3BoOchq) Person: Arvid Kahl Podcast: Indie Bites! FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Iris is the founder of Oribi, a unique marketing analytics tool that captures every single event visitors perform on your website, all without using code. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Fullstory Person: Dave Gerhardt (Drift) Software: Fullstory, Slack Books: Shoe dog (https://amzn.to/3hkZVWa) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATES').

Jeroen Corthout, he is the co-founder & CEO of Salesflare, a simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B. In today’s episode we’ll learn how to gain market share in a highly competitive market and how they grew to over 2,000 customers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Zapier Software: Hubspot Books: Shoe dog (https://amzn.to/3hkZVWa) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Troy is the co-founder of Seller.tools, a full suite of tools leveraging Amazon data to take your business to new heights. In this episode, we’ll learn why Speed and execution are important and how Seller.tools scaled to 12,000 dollars MRR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Sponsor: Oribi - Google Analytics alternative to get better insights (20% off via https://oribi.io/saaspirates) Favorites: Brands: Notion, Gusto Software: Jira, Asana, Notion Person: Nathan Latka Books: Rework (https://amzn.to/3sI4wpz) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Thomas Evans is the founder of EmailOctopus, which is awesome email marketing software to help you get your message out to your customers. I this episode, we’re talking about how EmailOctopus is competing in a highly competitive market and how they managed to scale to 1.4 million dollars ARR. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Sponsor: Oribi - Google Analytics alternative to get better insights (20% off via https://oribi.io/saaspirates) Favorites: Brands: Squarespace Software: Zapier, Helpscout, Slack Books: Rework (https://amzn.to/3sI4wpz) Person: Peter Levels FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Peter is the CEO of Databox, software that pulls all your data into one place, so you can track performance and discover insights in real-time. In this episode, we’ll talk about the founding story of databox, how they’re working remotely, and how they grew to an amazing ARR of over 4 million dollars. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Sponsor: Synder (https://synder.com/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=mikesaas&utm_campaign=07.14.2021) Favorites: Brands: Hubspot Software: Upvoty, Intercom, Hubspot Books: Traction (https://amzn.to/3kfdjNJ) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Mike Korba is the CCO at User.com, a Marketing Automation platform that helps online SaaS businesses turn visitors into happy customers. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Figma Software: ClickUp, Figma Books: The Hard Thing About Hard Things (https://amzn.to/3AcPiwx) Person: Patrick Campbell (Profitwell), Natalie Luneva FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Dave is the founder of Reflection.app, the only digital journal that guides your personal growth each month.. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Stripe Software: Upvoty (user feedback), Slack, Klaviyo Books: Anything you want (https://amzn.to/2TI0Ozh) Person: Sahil (Gumroad), Jason Fried FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Rick is the founder of SiteGuru a full site audit that gives you a prioritized SEO report so you can work on an actionable list of search engine optimisations. He shares his story on how he build this side project while still working on another job. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Stripe Software: Smartlook Books: Getting real (https://amzn.to/34ZlRQ6) Person: Julian Shapiro FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Josh is the founder of Zencastr, which is amazing software to record your podcast (we ourselves record the SaaS Pirates Podcast in Zencastr as well!). Zencastr was the first Podcast Recording Software in the space and they managed to scale it to $2,000,000 MRR already. Listen and learn from its founder in this episode. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Baremetrics Software: Intercom, Baremetrics Books: Traction (https://amzn.to/3p6Ak6d) Person: Josh Pigford FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://instagram.com/mikestrives, https://youtube.com/@mikestrives, https://twitter.com/mikestrives, or Mike's blog at https://mikestrives.com. [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').

Victor is the founder of Webautomation.io, which is software to Extract Data instantly from any website in seconds without coding, to basically turn any Website into a Spreadsheet or API. 15% discount we offer https://webautomation.io/28/saaspirates/. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing! Favorites: Brands: Calendly Books: Zero to One (https://amzn.to/3uGdyUF) Person: Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saaspirates. Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeslaats/, https://instagram.com/mikeslaats, vlog https://youtube.com/mikedotsaas [DISCOUNT OFFER] User feedback tool: https://upvoty.com (10% off with code 'PIRATE').