A fresh perspective on the stages of building a software as a service (SaaS) business.
In this podcast we hear from Josh Ho and Nate Bosscher, two founders in very different stages of their SaaS journey.
Josh is in the company building phase. While Nate struggles to start a profitable SaaS of his own.
Follow their journey as Josh helps Nate find his footing and they meander the world of SaaS.
Nate Bosscher
Nate is a software engineer and entrepreneur. When he isn’t consulting at Blue Giraffe, he’s working on his next startup idea.
He’s had a lot of failed attempts but each attempt is closer and closer to success.
Josh Ho
Josh is the founder of Referral Rock a SaaS business in the marketing technology space.
He’s an engineer by trade but now spends his time wherever the business needs him most.
He sometimes blogs at mojoho, but aspires to write more. You can also find him on LinkedIn but mostly Twitter.
Today, we talk about our methods and approach to competitive and technical research. Let’s dive in!
This is episode 113
Today on the show we talk about market positioning and the two archetypal marketing messages: Bags Fly Free and Soup is Good Food.
We also discuss the most urgent question your startup needs to answer: Why Buy Now?
This is episode 112
Links:
Bags Fly Free vs Soup is Good Food
https://kellblog.com/2018/06/13/the-two-archetypal-marketing-messages-bags-fly-free-and-soup-is-good-food/
Dave Kellogg Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Jozji543Svs2oj9x1wfPK
Ruben Gamez on Twitter
https://twitter.com/earthlingworks/status/1815165607144513572
Why Buy Now? The Most Urgent Question Your Startup Needs to Answer
https://medium.com/unusual-ventures/why-buy-now-the-most-urgent-question-your-startup-needs-to-answer-1492e1bc2ea0
Today we’re talking about personal strengths, weaknesses and where to focus your attention. Nate & Josh are pretty sure they’re uncommon approach works much better than the status quo.
This is episode 111
Today on the show we talk about patterns in prospects, co-workers and even our families that change how we approach sales, management and life. It’s a full bag of truisms that have impacted us in unexpected ways.
This is episode 110
Today we talk about a tool Nate’s been working on and who the target market is. Josh has some great insights on how to hone this idea for better growth.
This is episode 109
Today on the show we talk about the non-saas podcasts Josh has been listening to and how this has changed his perspective. All this learning has Josh thinking of a new app idea that he shares with us towards the end of the episode.
This is episode 108
Starting a SaaS business isn’t easy, but it’s definitely more fun with a friend to help you along the way. Since they launched this podcast in early 2021, the most downloaded episode is Episode 4 – Why, why why? Why start this podcast, Why SaaS, Why not other types of businesses?.
Josh and Nate are avid podcast listeners who listen and learn from the best SaaS podcasts and SaaS entrepreneurs such as:
But they truly drew inspiration from the the Software Social Podcast where their friends Colleen and Michele have created a fantastic dynamic between two SaaS founders at different stages of their business.
Legend has it that Josh say’s this exact quote to Nate: “What do you think about starting a podcast? I’ll be Michele, you can be Colleen”.
So far they’ve learned a lot about how they each approach ideation, market validation, and the mentality of building assets. They plan on covering more SaaS topics in the future like MRR, ARR, churn, onboarding, customer success, bootstrapping, co-founders, SaaS product, B2B SaaS, growth hacking, entrepreneurship, SaaS marketing, case studies, content marketing, SEO, growth strategies, being a serial entrepreneur, and marketing strategies. All with both actionable advice and actionable insights.
While both Nate and Josh are bootstrapped, this startup chat style podcast is not exclusively about bootstrapping.
Both Nate and Josh agree that the process of sharing our journey’s as in public as SaaS founders has been both rewarding and fun. Nate approaches this whole process with a beginner’s mindset, yet he’s far from a beginner. While Josh tries to stay open-minded and is careful not to give blanket advice.
Join the guys each week for new episodes wherever you listen to podcasts. (and yes there maybe some SaaS but mostly just josh-splaining)
