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Top Founders

Nathan Latka
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What if you knew data behind the fastest growing SaaS companies today? Each morning join Nathan Latka as he spends 15 minutes interviewing SaaS founders. You'll learn how SaaS CEO's launched their startup and grew it into a real SaaS business. SaaS Founders range from bootstrapped to funded, MVP to 10,000 customers, pre revenue to pre IPO.

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How do you build a $15M revenue business by teaching autonomous drones to find missing sneakers in warehouses, and get customers to more than double their spend every single year?

Sankalp Arora is the founder and CEO of Gather AI, a physical AI co... more

How do you go from $10,000 left in the bank and a down round to $100 million in annual revenue — without ever seriously considering quitting?

Krenar Komoni is the founder and CEO of Tive, a hardware-plus-SaaS company that tracks shipments in real ... more

How do you build a $53M ARR software company, stay profitable for eight straight years, and give 60% of the cap table to your employees — without ever taking a venture check?

Mike Zisman is the founder and CEO of Golf Genius, the dominant tourname... more

How do you build a $100M SaaS company by charging apartment residents $5 a month to keep rats out of their bedroom?

Justin Clements is the co-founder and CEO of PestShare, an on-demand pest control platform embedded inside property management soft... more

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Mike Zisman
Founder and CEO of Golf Genius
Golf Genius
Episode: Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC — Mike Zisman
Justin Clements
Co-founder of PestShare, former D1 college football athlete
PestShare
Episode: $28M Series A at $100M Val: The Pest Control SaaS Nobody Saw Coming
Richard White
Founder and CEO of Fathom, AI meeting assistant
Fathom
Episode: He Lost $50/User to Build a $30M ARR AI Empire (Fathom)
Amanda Kahlow
Founder and CEO of 1Mind; former founder and CEO of 6sense
1Mind / 6sense
Episode: How 1Mind Hit $1M in 3 Months Selling $100k AI Sales Agents
Ahikam Kaufman
Founder of SafeBooks AI; former Shack co-founder; ex-HP and Mercury Interactive executive
SafeBooks AI
Episode: Selling Check for $400M, Now Building a $1.5M ARR AI Startup
Miles Beckett
Founder of Flossy, previously led multiple exits in healthtech
Flossy
Episode: How Flossy Reached $4M ARR With AI Dental Receptionists
Brian Schiff
Co-founder and CEO of Flip (formerly RedRoot)
Flip
Episode: Flip Reaches $12M ARR with AI Voice Support for 250 Brands
Dan Bladen
Co-founder and CEO of Kadence
Kadence
Episode: Kadence Reaches $15M ARR Managing Hybrid Work for Revolut & Boeing
Hmayak Tigranyan
CEO and founder of Buildern
Buildern
Episode: How Buildern Reached $2M Revenue With 300 Customers | Hmayak Tigranyan

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Nathan Latka
Host of SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders; prominent interviewer of SaaS founders and operators

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 1.1k ratings
  • Straight to the core

    I love how Nathan goes straight to the core of the business and digs deep on how the business works and makes revenue. That's not something you usually see in other podcasts.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    rihadavid
    United States23 days ago
  • Great inspiration from fellow entrepreneurs

    Love listening to this at the start of my day. Highly motivating to listen to the stories of fellow entrepreneurs

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ContentJay
    Netherlands3 months ago
  • Besf 15 mins in founder content

    Nathan gets founders to say the quiet part out loud - real ARR, real churn, real margins. No fluff, just data. I’ve benchmarked more from this podcast than most investor decks I’ve read.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    adibathla
    United States3 months ago
  • Gets right to the meat of a company’s story

    Nathan cuts through the fat and gets right to the meat of a company’s growth story. No fluff, no chit chat to skip through - he goes straight for the parts that investors and other entrepreneurs want to know.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Robyn555
    United States3 months ago
  • Nathan keeps it real

    Nathan doesn't let you hide. He pushes on the numbers and if you don't have them he'll call you out. I went on as a guest and walked away sharper because of it. If you're a founder building something real and you want to hear how other founders are actually doing, not the LinkedIn highlight reel, this is the one to listen to.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Giorgio Mihaila
    United States4 months ago

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He Lost $50/User to Build a $30M ARR AI Empire (Fathom)
Q: What was the fundraising strategy and why did you choose to involve so many different investors, including those connected to Zoom and sales software?
The strategy was to use fundraising as a currency to build a broad coalition. I deliberately raised from a wide range of actors, many connected to Zoom and sales, to ensure broad support and ecosystem alignment, and even allocated a portion of rounds specifically for early users to participate as investors.
Selling Check for $400M, Now Building a $1.5M ARR AI Startup
Q: What is the largest engagement you've had and what does that imply for pricing?
The largest engagement to date is around $300,000 per year, with the initial starter use case around $100,000 to $125,000; as customers adopt more use cases the value and ROI justify higher pricing.
Selling Check for $400M, Now Building a $1.5M ARR AI Startup
Q: What are you selling today?
We are selling the ability to understand, validate, and reconcile financial data across multiple enterprise systems, replacing manual data checks with AI-driven automation that closes the data loop end-to-end.
How 1Mind Hit $1M in 3 Months Selling $100k AI Sales Agents
Q: What's your growth trajectory and how quickly did you reach significant revenue milestones?
The platform has shown rapid growth, including breaking a million in contracted revenue within a few months of selling, with ongoing expansion to over 60 paying logos and multi-hundred-thousand-dollar ARR per customer.
How 1Mind Hit $1M in 3 Months Selling $100k AI Sales Agents
Q: How do you price these AI-driven agents and what should customers expect to pay?
Pricing is tied to the value created; it starts with a bucket of conversations or a per-role cost that scales with usage, but the goal is to align payment with outcomes and avoid rigid metering that hinders scalability.

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This show delivers fast, data-driven conversations with SaaS founders and leaders, typically focusing on real-world metrics around revenue, growth, churn, pricing, and go-to-market strategies. Episodes spotlight how founders bootstrap or fund their ventures, scale to multi-million ARR, and navigate strategic pivots, with a strong emphasis on actionable numbers and practical lessons for listeners building or scaling SaaS businesses. Noteworthy is the consistent cadence of 15-minute, no-fluff interviews that extract concrete details—often including ARR milestones, GTM experiments, and product-led growth tactics—that listeners can benchmark against their own ventures.

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Recent guests on Top Founders include:

1. Mike Zisman
2. Justin Clements
3. Richard White
4. Amanda Kahlow
5. Ahikam Kaufman
6. Miles Beckett
7. Brian Schiff
8. Dan Bladen

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