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EP62: Pete Caputa – CEO of Databox (Part 1)

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EP62: Pete Caputa - CEO of Databox (Part 1)

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November 22, 2022 No Comments

EP63: Pete Caputa – Databox’s New Moat (Part 2)

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EP63: Pete Caputa - Databox’s New Moat (Part 2)

00:00 / 25:28

November 22, 2022 No Comments

EP61: Would we buy any of these SaaS businesses?

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EP61: Would we buy any of these SaaS businesses?

00:00 / 28:09

Today, Josh and Nate look through 3 SaaS listings – would they buy them and turn them around or take a pass?

November 9, 2022 No Comments

EP60: Josh’s Unconventional Personal Knowledge Base

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EP60: Josh's Unconventional Personal Knowledge Base

00:00 / 26:56

Today Josh shares his methods for continued education and his how he keeps track of his ideas and learnings.

October 26, 2022 No Comments

EP59: Reprioritizing Nate’s Goals

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EP59: Reprioritizing Nate's Goals

00:00 / 36:53

Nate has goals for his saas, but he keeps discovering new requirements he has but didn’t realize. Today we dig into those requirements and how to prioritize them with the existing goals.

October 13, 2022 No Comments

EP58: Can’t we just solve deep tech problems?

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EP58: Can't we just solve deep tech problems?

00:00 / 28:27

Nate seems to been in his happy place with technical challenges, how can we use this to help him create a business out of it?

September 28, 2022 No Comments

EP57: The Idea Feed and Some Interesting Findings

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EP57: The Idea Feed and Some Interesting Findings

00:00 / 31:54

Today we catch up with Nate’s progress implementing the idea sources from last episode.

September 14, 2022 No Comments

EP56: Restarting Nate’s Search with Personal SaaS Requirements

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EP56: Restarting Nate's Search with Personal SaaS Requirements

00:00 / 34:57

Nate’s looking for SAAS ideas, Josh helps narrow the search with some clever questions any founder can use to hone their search.

August 31, 2022 No Comments

EP55: More Tech Layoffs + Crying CEO

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EP55: More Tech Layoffs + Crying CEO

00:00 / 33:08

August 17, 2022 No Comments

EP54: Product Led Growth and Other Ways to Grow

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EP54: Product Led Growth and Other Ways to Grow

00:00 / 34:48

Today Josh & Nate talk about product led growth and other ways to grow a company.

August 5, 2022 No Comments

EP53: Small bets vs Focus on one thing

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EP53: Small bets vs Focus on one thing

00:00 / 32:18

This week Nate and Josh debate about small bets and come to some unexpected conclusions.

July 20, 2022 No Comments

EP52: 7 years to 22MRR and Zombie Startups

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EP52: 7 years to 22MRR and Zombie Startups

00:00 / 33:03

Would you work on a startup for 7 years not knowing if it will succeed? Today Nate and Josh dive into the metal space of long bets and if they’re worth it.

July 6, 2022 No Comments

EP51: Status List feels stagnant, how can we fix that?

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EP51: Status List feels stagnant, how can we fix that?

00:00 / 33:05

Today we dive into Status List (Nate’s Uptime Monitoring service) and what strategies could be used to grow that business.

June 22, 2022 No Comments

EP50: A Game as Marketing for Product Sonar?

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EP50: A Game as Marketing for Product Sonar?

00:00 / 28:46

We’ve made it to #50!! This week we do a little reflection and look forwards at more things to be done for Product Sonar.

June 8, 2022 No Comments

EP49.5: Profitwell, Baremetrics, Chart Mogul, the 3 horse race of pricing analytics

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EP49.5: Profitwell, Baremetrics, Chart Mogul, the 3 horse race of pricing analytics

00:00 / 33:10

On this special .5 episode, we look into 3 startups: Baremetrics, Profitwell and Chart Mogul, they all were founded in the last ~5yrs, originally they did mostly the same thing, they were fierce competitors, and today 2 of them have been acquired. Today, an outsider’s view of the 3 horse race.

May 27, 2022 No Comments

EP49: Tech downturn and strategies we can use in a slower economy

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EP49: Tech downturn and strategies we can use in a slower economy

00:00 / 35:20

This week we talk about the tech slowdown and ways we can make the best of this as bootstrapped companies.

May 20, 2022 No Comments

EP48: Dashboarding, review scraping and Referral Rock ideas

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EP48: Dashboarding, review scraping and Referral Rock ideas

00:00 / 30:31

Josh has some ideas for Referral Rock that involve scraping and Nate wishes he could launch a company around dashboarding.

May 11, 2022 No Comments

EP47: Magazine Advertising for Product Sonar??

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EP47: Magazine Advertising for Product Sonar??

00:00 / 41:39

This week Nate & Josh talk about a strange opportunity for a print ad to reach Product Sonar’s audience.

April 27, 2022 No Comments

EP46: Contractor Newsletter and other pivots for Product Sonar

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EP46: Contractor Newsletter and other pivots for Product Sonar

00:00 / 32:04

This week Nate and Josh riff on possible pivots for Product Sonar. Go pro-sumer with the contractor market, to upstream with the developer market, so many possibilities!

April 13, 2022 No Comments

EP45: Josh tries to convince Nate to pivot

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EP45: Josh tries to convince Nate to pivot

00:00 / 32:20

Josh has some ideas for an new Product Sonar offering. Nate and Josh debate the efficacy of this new idea.

March 30, 2022 No Comments

EP44: Pricing Workshopping on Product Sonar

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EP44: Pricing Workshopping on Product Sonar

00:00 / 43:08

Nate and Josh dig through how to price Product Sonar (Nate’s SAAS) for that market.

March 16, 2022 No Comments

EP43: Josh and Nate reflect lessons podcasting after 1 year

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EP43: Josh and Nate reflect lessons podcasting after 1 year

00:00 / 31:27

This week we celebrate the ups and downs of our first year in podcasting. Things we liked, things we didn’t and where we’d like to head.

March 2, 2022 No Comments

EP42: Interview with Marc Thomas: Journalist to Founder to Growth Marketer

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EP42: Interview with Marc Thomas: Journalist to Founder to Growth Marketer

00:00 / 46:24

Marc shares his story being a journalist, stumbling into SaaS, customer signal problems, and finally running growth at Powered by Search.

February 16, 2022 No Comments

EP41: Are there moats in SaaS that keep competition at bay?

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EP41: Are there moats in SaaS that keep competition at bay?

00:00 / 43:04

Today Josh and Nate talk about classic company moats and defensible ways to grow our businesses.

February 2, 2022 No Comments

EP40: Josh and Nate discuss goal setting for their businesses

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EP40: Josh and Nate discuss goal setting for their businesses

00:00 / 37:34

Josh and Nate talk about their goals for 2022 and goal setting in general.

January 19, 2022 No Comments

EP39: James Doman-Pipe educates us on Product Marketing Managers

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EP39: James Doman-Pipe educates us on Product Marketing Managers

00:00 / 43:43

Josh and Nate interview James about the role of product marketing managers in B2B SaaS. What makes a good one and where they fit in various stages.

January 5, 2022 No Comments

EP38: The unique work culture at Referral Rock

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EP38: The unique work culture at Referral Rock

00:00 / 37:16

Today Josh shares the inside of Referral Rock’s remote work culture. Nate & Josh explore what’s worked what hasn’t.

December 22, 2021 No Comments

EP37: Nate talks about email outreach with Josh

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EP37: Nate talks about email outreach with Josh

00:00 / 37:09

Nate wants to reach customers via cold email outreach and talks to Josh about various approaches.

December 8, 2021 No Comments

EP36: Josh and Nate talk about approaches to events and trade shows

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EP36: Josh and Nate talk about approaches to events and trade shows

00:00 / 30:56

Nate talks through the an opportunity for him to reach ideal customers at an upcoming trade show.

November 17, 2021 No Comments

EP35: The challenge in creating an ideal buying experience

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EP35: The challenge in creating an ideal buying experience

00:00 / 34:49

Nate’s recent buying experience is frustrating. He just wants a SaaS to take his money. Josh sheds light on why it’s not so easy on the other side depending on the stage of the business.

November 3, 2021 No Comments

EP34: Benefits and Problems with Founder Communities

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EP34: Benefits and Problems with Founder Communities

00:00 / 30:38

Nate and Josh talk about the various founder communities they are in. They can see the great benefits as well as unique challenges of being involved in founder communities.

October 27, 2021 No Comments

EP33: In B2B SaaS: What comes first brand, story, or positioning?

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EP33: In B2B SaaS: What comes first brand, story, or positioning?

00:00 / 33:22

Nate and Josh debate their views on these well known marketing terms and how to make sense of it for B2B SaaS

October 20, 2021 No Comments

EP 32: Why it took 3+ years for Josh to fix obvious user problems

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EP 32: Why it took 3+ years for Josh to fix obvious user problems

00:00 / 37:12

Josh and Nate explore how Josh’s product had some serious onboarding problems, why it took so long to solve them, and the advantages services played in a optimum outcome.

October 13, 2021 No Comments

EP31: Nate and Josh talk about pricing for Nate’s project

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EP31: Nate and Josh talk about pricing for Nate's project

00:00 / 39:08

Nate is thinking through initial pricing and chats with Josh on how he has done it with his products.

October 6, 2021 No Comments

EP30: Review Sites a Necessary Evil + Hacks to get around them

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EP30: Review Sites a Necessary Evil + Hacks to get around them

00:00 / 31:06

Josh and Nate discuss software review sites and how they relate to lead gen and SEO. Josh was especially fired up and gives some hacks/tips to give the sites less power.

September 29, 2021 No Comments

EP29: Ryan Castillo on the switch from big corporate marketing

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EP29: Ryan Castillo on the switch from big corporate marketing

00:00 / 31:23

Ryan Castillo is a developer, marketer and analyst. He’s worked at a publicly traded, 1000+ employee company and he just jumped ship! Today we cover Ryan’s journey and what brought him to where he is today.

September 22, 2021 No Comments

EP28: SEO for SaaS Founders and Product Sonar (Nate’s Project)

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EP28: SEO for SaaS Founders and Product Sonar (Nate's Project)

00:00 / 58:43

This week Josh and Nate talk about SEO and how to get results with relatively little effort. We also get an update from Nate about his work on Product Sonar.

September 1, 2021 No Comments

EP27: B2B Case Study: Customer.io + Crowdfunding Round

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EP27: B2B Case Study: Customer.io + Crowdfunding Round

00:00 / 1:05:31

This week we take a deep look into customer.io as a B2B case study. We look at distribution, getting started and how they plan to win in their market.

August 25, 2021 No Comments

EP26: Nate’s secret project and Josh’s new/old feature

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EP26: Nate's secret project and Josh's new/old feature

00:00 / 42:00

Today Nate tells us about the journey that led him to start on an MVP and Josh tells us about the Referral Rock feature that was removed a while a go and just got re-introduced.

August 18, 2021 No Comments

EP25: Deploy Empathy with Michele Hansen from Geocodio

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EP25: Deploy Empathy with Michele Hansen from Geocodio

00:00 / 54:47

This week Michele Hansen from Geocodio tells us all about her startup journey and her new book Deploy Empathy. Join us for Michele’s journey and why she believes empathy is the way to build a better business.

August 11, 2021 No Comments

EP24: June Analytics SaaS from Idea to Seed and Enterprise SaaS “Fun”

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EP24: June Analytics SaaS from Idea to Seed and Enterprise SaaS "Fun"

00:00 / 35:18

Josh and Nate discuss two topics of interest. We dive into how June.so (the analytics company) went from idea to seed round and chat about all the fun Josh and his team are having with enterprise SaaS selling.

August 4, 2021 No Comments

EP23: Jane and Benedikt from Userlist

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EP23: Jane and Benedikt from Userlist

00:00 / 52:35

Today we bring you Jane & Benedikt, founders of Userlist. They share their story and the lessons they’ve learned on their way to a milestone.

July 28, 2021 No Comments

EP22: First hires at a startup, how Josh did it and questions from Nate

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EP22: First hires at a startup, how Josh did it and questions from Nate

00:00 / 39:55

What do you look for in your first hires? Today Nate asks Josh about his first 10 hires. What worked, what didn’t and how he thought about those decisions.

July 21, 2021 No Comments

EP21: Ramli John on why he wrote the book on product onboarding and the secrets to launching it

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EP21: Ramli John on why he wrote the book on product onboarding and the secrets to launching it

00:00 / 46:48

We had a great conversion with Ramli John author of Product Led Onboarding. We pick his brain on why he wrote the book, how he’s killed it with his book launch, and fun throwback conversations on freemium.

July 14, 2021 No Comments

EP20: How Josh and Nate learn

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EP20: How Josh and Nate learn

00:00 / 32:51

This week we chat about where we look for information and how we learn. Turns out we approach learning very differently depending on what category it is.

July 7, 2021 No Comments

EP19: Revisiting why we started, what we’ve learned, and what’s next for the podcast

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EP19: Revisiting why we started, what we've learned, and what's next for the podcast

00:00 / 28:32

We’re 18 episodes in and we get a little meta about the podcast so far. Revisiting the “why”, how we far we’ve come, and where we want to go next.

June 30, 2021 No Comments

EP18: Nate interviews Josh on his hiring process

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EP18: Nate interviews Josh on his hiring process

00:00 / 34:19

Hiring is a tricky business. Bringing in the wrong person can be incredibly expensive and even damaging to your team. Nate questions Josh on the hiring processes he and his company have developed to help get the right people on the team.

June 23, 2021 No Comments

EP17: How Nate and Josh got into software development

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EP17: How Nate and Josh got into software development

00:00 / 30:40

Both Nate and Josh have a development background. In this episode we find out how they got into software programming which is a bit of a trip down memory lane. We also hear updates on Josh’s 6-week sprint and Nate’s ad-spy idea.

June 16, 2021 No Comments

A small ask for a big impact to the podcast

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A small ask for a big impact to the podcast

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Whether you’ve only listened one episode or all of them, we need your help to make the podcast better. Please give us feedback using the link below.

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https://searchingforsaas.com/feedback/

June 14, 2021 No Comments

EP16: Author Arvid Kahl on the audience-first approach to starting a business

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EP16: Author Arvid Kahl on the audience-first approach to starting a business

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Arvid Kahl joins the show as our very first guest. We jump right into the advantages of an audience-first approach to getting a business off the ground [topic of his new book – The Embedded Entrepreneur] and dive into Arvid’s backstory where audience is THE source of inspiration for his projects and ideas.

June 9, 2021 No Comments

EP15: Customer interviews and another level of validation?

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EP15: Customer interviews and another level of validation?

00:00 / 31:41

Nate discusses his customer interviews with his new idea. Josh challenges Nate with a set of additional idea validation questions to think about based on challenges Josh has seen in churn and onboarding

June 2, 2021 No Comments

EP14: Nate the drop shipper!??

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EP14: Nate the drop shipper!??

00:00 / 36:35

This week we learn about Nate’s new idea and the steps he’s taking to validate it. We’ll go through the one page validation strategy and what he’s working on now.

May 26, 2021 No Comments

EP13: To build in public or not to build in public

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EP13: To build in public or not to build in public

00:00 / 20:30

This week we dive into the perils and positives of building in public. We talk to Nate about how much he’s going to share with listeners.

May 19, 2021 No Comments

EP12: 3 more ideas for our market-based validation

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EP12: 3 more ideas for our market-based validation

00:00 / 37:29

The last 3 ideas have some pitfalls and some interesting research. Josh and Nate jump into analyzing the last 3 of Nate’s homework ideas and discuss next steps.

May 12, 2021 No Comments

EP11: Nate’s market-based approach to ideation [First 2 homework ideas turned in]

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EP11: Nate's market-based approach to ideation [First 2 homework ideas turned in]

00:00 / 35:12

Looks like Nate’s ideation brain has been rewired a bit with this new approach to coming up with a new SaaS idea. Josh and Nate dive into the new process and assess 2 of out the 5 ideas Nate was challenged to come up with in 1 week

May 5, 2021 No Comments

EP10: Throw-down on approaches to finding a niche – Nate and Josh compare notes on research methods

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EP10: Throw-down on approaches to finding a niche - Nate and Josh compare notes on research methods

00:00 / 36:13

Nate and Josh compare their approaches to assessing markets and looking for niches. By the end, Josh’s throws down an unique 1 week challenge for Nate.

April 28, 2021 No Comments

EP9: Josh’s ARR quiz- Nate learns how far off his market size estimates are

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EP9: Josh's ARR quiz- Nate learns how far off his market size estimates are

00:00 / 28:40

Josh quizzes Nate on a game of “How much does that company make in ARR?” We find out how big some of these “niches” are and how to look at them differently.

April 21, 2021 No Comments

EP8: Our take on State of Independent SaaS 2021 – Part 2

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EP8: Our take on State of Independent SaaS 2021 - Part 2

00:00 / 30:24

Josh and Nate give their varying points of view on the State of Independent SaaS 2021 Report. Part 2 covers the remaining 3 sections of the report about SaaS Metrics, Marketing, and Growth.

April 14, 2021 No Comments

EP7: Our take on State of Independent SaaS 2021 – Part 1

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EP7: Our take on State of Independent SaaS 2021 - Part 1

00:00 / 38:12

Josh and Nate give their varying points of view on the State of Independent SaaS 2021 Report. Part 1 covers the first 3 sections of the report about the founders, companies, and pricing.

April 7, 2021 No Comments

EP6: Two ideas to validate and building a mentality of progress [Nate search update]

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EP6: Two ideas to validate and building a mentality of progress [Nate search update]

00:00 / 30:03

We get an update from Nate on his search as Josh asks about recent ideas and projects. Nate wonders when it will “happen for him” and Josh talks about building skills and assets that one takes with you on your journey.

March 31, 2021 No Comments

EP5: Minimal-MVP Validation | How low-code can you go?

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EP5: Minimal-MVP Validation | How low-code can you go?

00:00 / 34:04

Nate and Josh dig into their first listener question (woot!) regarding Josh’s use of low/no-code to validate product ideas

March 24, 2021 No Comments

EP4: Why, why why? Why start this podcast, Why SaaS, Why not other types of businesses?

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EP4: Why, why why? Why start this podcast, Why SaaS, Why not other types of businesses?

00:00 / 16:14

Today Josh and Nate get into a lot of whys. Why did they start this podcast? And why is SaaS for them and why not other indie types of businesses?

March 17, 2021 No Comments

EP3: Josh’s failed startup that started him on the SaaS path

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EP3: Josh's failed startup that started him on the SaaS path

00:00 / 18:04

Nate and Josh go back in the time machine to talk about UberNote and how Josh got his start in what wasn’t even called SaaS yet

March 10, 2021 No Comments

EP2: Continuing with Nate’s most recent SaaS ideas gone bad

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EP2: Continuing with Nate's most recent SaaS ideas gone bad

00:00 / 21:19

Josh and Nate continue their conversation around Nate’s SaaS ideas. Today we go deeper into the challenges of positioning in a competitive space.

March 3, 2021 No Comments

EP1: Meet the guys + Nate’s first attempts with a SaaS business

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EP1: Meet the guys + Nate's first attempts with a SaaS business

00:00 / 20:12

Can you believe it? Nate has more than 3 failed startup attempts! On today’s episode, Josh pulls out the story and some interesting nuggets on what works and what doesn’t.

February 20, 2021 No Comments

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