Building, Growing, and Leading A SaaS Company Through Tough Situations
Release Date: 06/16/2021
Understanding the Market and Setting Your Product for Success
Tales From The PROS
In today’s episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Marwan Forzley, who is CEO of Veem.com, a next-generation global B2B payment network that enables a quick and secure way of sending and receiving money. Since its founding in 2014, Veem is backed by Goldman Sachs, Google Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and many many others.
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Using Data to Overcome the Challenges of Growing A Company
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Dan McGaw, who is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker and CEO of McGaw.io, an analytics and marketing technology consultancy, and also the founder of a SaaS platform called UTM.io.
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Overcoming Challenges and Generating More Business Through LinkedIn
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Anthony Blatner, who is the founder of Speedwork Social, a top LinkedIn Advertising agency. He is known as one of the top LinkedIn ads experts in the industry, having managed millions in ad spend.
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Shifting the Paradigm of Members-only Social Clubs
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Rob Charles, who is a CEO and founder of Goldfingr, a vetted and exclusive social network of business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and influential thought leaders.
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What It Takes For A Company To Become SaaS Industry Leader
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Mike Welsh, who is a veteran leader in sales and revenue growth and has been named CEO of Uptime.com, a leader in website monitoring software.
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The Mistakes Businesses Make That Ultimately Lead to Failure
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Michelle Seiler Tucker, who is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. As a 20-year veteran in the Mergers & Acquisitions industry, she is regarded as the leading authority on buying, selling, fixing, and growing businesses.
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Discovering the Problems and Missing Pieces in Creative Content through Data
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Anastasia Leng, who is the Founder and CEO of CreativeX, a technology company that aims to advance creative expression through the clarity of data.
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Growing A Nutrition Food Business with Consumer Health in Mind
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Mark Samuel, who is the Founder and CEO of IWON Organics, a thriving health and wellness company that makes bold, flavor-infused snacks made from plant-based proteins.
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How Companies can Position Their People to Thrive in the Workforce
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Tim Salau, who is a CEO and Co-founder of Guide. Coming from humble beginnings, he is a business leader on the Future of Work, leadership, and innovation.He is internationally recognized as Mr. Future of Work.
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Building, Growing, and Leading A SaaS Company Through Tough Situations
Tales From The PROS
In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Beerud Sheth, who is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and Founder and CEO of Gupshup, the world's leading messaging and bot platform. Gupshup also developed Teamchat, a smart messaging app.
info_outlineIn today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Beerud Sheth, who is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and Founder and CEO of Gupshup, the world's leading messaging and bot platform. It is used by over 30K+ developers that handle nearly 4 billion messages per month.
Gupshup also developed Teamchat, a smart messaging app that introduced structured templates to messaging. Beerud also founded and led Elance, the pioneer of online freelancing and which is now known as UpWork and is a publicly-traded company.
In this episode, Beerud talks about his entrepreneurial journey, shares his experiences and challenges of building and scaling a SaaS company, how to acquire VC funding and what he is up to these days.
Don't Miss:
1. Beerud’s inspiration behind growing a startup to a publicly-traded company - 05:13
2. How to scale a SaaS company - 19:15
3. Overcoming the struggles of running a SaaS company - 29:25
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Topics We Discuss:
1. Beerud's inspiring story of how he got to where he is today
2. How Beerud grew eLance (UpWork) and why he started Gupshup
3. Beerud talks about what it’s like growing a SaaS company with some of the challenges and successes he’s had in scaling
4. What it’s like to acquire VC funding with its pros and cons
5. He describes his thoughts and advice on how to truly succeed as an entrepreneur
6. The common difficulties that entrepreneurs and business owners are going through and how to overcome them
7. Beerud defines his story in “one-word.”
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Website: https://www.gupshup.io/developer/about
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beerud
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beerud/
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