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SaaS Scaled - Interviews about SaaS Startups, Analytics, & Operations

2022-02-24 – 2025-11-25 Podcasts Visit website ↗

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SaaS Scaled is hosted by Arman Eshraghi, CEO and founder of Qrvey. In each episode, Arman will sit down with leaders and CEOs from the technology sector to discuss challenges, best practices, and what they’ve learned.

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The Importance of Humanizing Digital Experiences with Danny Tomsett

2025-11-25 Listen
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Danny Tomsett (UneeQ)

Today, we’re joined Danny Tomsett is CEO at UneeQ, the leader in digital human technology. We talk about:  The growth of AI brand ambassadorsThe greatest irony of professional corporate life: How we train Barriers to adopting digital human trainingHow simulations can help develop soft skills and dealing with high stress situationsThe problems that needed to be solved to create incredible human-like experiences

Great Products are Grounded in Deep Empathy with Chris Mchenry

2025-11-10 Listen
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Chris McHenry (Aviatrix)

Today, we’re joined by Chris McHenry, Chief Product Officer at Aviatrix, a cloud native network security company. We talk about:  Prerequisites to driving operational efficiency with agentic AIBridging the gap between security & engineering so organizations can go fast & be secure What’s required in order for agentic AI to create a magical momentWith cloud powering so much of our society, the need to get security right The security challenges introduced by agentic AI apps, including new attack vectors

Lessons Learned, Key Themes, and Surprises from 100 Episodes of SaaS Scaled 

2025-10-28 Listen
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Arman Eshraghi (Qrvey)

Today, we’re turning the tables and interviewing our host, Arman Eshraghi, Founding CEO at Qrvey, the only embedded analytics solution purpose-built for SaaS. Arman tells us about:

What inspired him to start the SaaS Scaled podcastHow the vision of the podcast has changed since its inception in 2021How the fundamental objective remains: unscripted discussions in which experts share their knowledgeGetting comfortable and having sincere, authentic, organic discussionsWhat makes SaaS Scaled stand out among other podcasts

AI Pricing Problems with Mark Walker

2025-10-07 Listen
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Mark Walker (Nue)

Today, we’re joined by Mark Walker, CEO of Nue, an easy-to-manage, omni-channel quote-to-revenue platform that meets the needs of businesses looking to innovate and manage their customer revenue lifecycles end-to-end. We talk about:

The best people to design software other than computer science gradsExpertise is dead, but experience isn't – and what impacts this hasThe deflationary impact of AI model improvementsPredictions for the pricing structure of AI modelsHow large AI companies will start taking a page out of Amazon's book

Co-Creating the Future & Uncovering Info Gaps with Thomas Scott

2025-09-23 Listen
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Thomas Scott (Wrike)

Today, we’re joined by Thomas Scott, CEO of Wrike, an intelligent work management platform where anyone can build, connect, automate, and scale workflows. We talk about:

How personalization is accelerating the pace of software adoptionCo-creating the future with early adoptersMeeting customers where they are, because AI is not monolithicIdentifying & understanding information gaps in order to deliver value to customersSetting a North Star for your role in the industry & staying focused on solving customer pains

The Challenges of GEO, Why CMS will Always Survive, & More with Mats Persson

2025-09-09 Listen
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Mats Persson (Umbraco)

Today, we’re joined by Mats Persson, CEO of Umbraco, provider of the world’s leading open-source CMS platform. We talk about: The impacts of AI in developing and managing contentWhy content management systems will always surviveThe pluses and minuses of open source and AI helping write codeRisks of being too enthusiastic about your own opportunity & productThe challenges of GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), considering there's not one standard system

The Tough Work of Outbound Sales & Where AI Fits with Marc Gonyea

2025-08-26 Listen
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Marc Gonyea (Blue Tusk Partners; memoryBlue (Cofounder + Board Member))

Today, we’re joined by Marc Gonyea, Cofounder + Managing Partner of Blue Tusk Partners, an incubator for aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as a Cofounder + Board Member of memoryBlue, provider of sales development services for B2B and B2G technology companies. We talk about:

The tough, tactical, and not sexy work of outbound salesWhat Marc & his cofounder did when faced with few things two knucklehead salespeople could do early in their careersWhere AI does – and does not- fit in the sales processHow memoryBlue helps make young professionals valuable to the marketplaceUsing AI tools to enrich data, build workflows, & automate emails. But then what??

Generating Messaging: Using AI Tools, Research, & Overcoming Inertia with Chris Silvestri

2025-08-12 Listen
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Chris Silvestri (Conversion Alchemy)

Today, we’re joined by  Chris Silvestri, Founder at Conversion Alchemy, an agency that combines copywriting, UX design, and psychology to help SaaS and eCommerce companies convert more visitors into customers. We talk about:  How failure to crystallize strategy results in messaging shortcomings & low conversionsTactics to get started with & accelerate messaging content, including use of AIImpacts of improving messaging to differentiate your SaaS offeringGrowth stages at which it’s most impactful to fine-tune messagingUse of AI models to act as prospects in order to gain insights, including use of real research to construct partially synthetic personas

Beginning with the End in Mind: Growing SaaS Companies through Challenges with Erik Huddleston

2025-07-29 Listen
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Erik Huddleston (Aprimo)

Today, we’re joined by Erik Huddleston, Chief Executive Officer of Aprimo, the #1 digital asset management and content operations platform.  We talk about: Automating content creation, plus scaling upstream & downstream processes with brand safety agentsFramework for CEOs to think through how to best apply AI more generallyThe importance of role clarity: understanding the core activities that impact the financial planHow SaaS vendors can survive tech consolidation by being strategically relevant to the budget ownerThe importance of a good personal knowledge management system

Selling AI & Scaling Companies with Marne Martin

2025-07-08 Listen
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Marne Martin (Emburse)

Today, we’re joined Marne Martin, the CEO of Emburse whose innovative travel and expense solutions power forward-thinking organizations. We talk about:  Building fast-moving & scalable businesses that can lastHow to finance and grow profitable companies to reach an exitThe challenges of finding a competitive edge as GenAI accelerates innovationTesting monetizing AI alongside conventional SaaS monetization

The Future of Ads: AI-Generated, Personalized, & Data-Driven with Hikari Senju

2025-06-24 Listen
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Hikari Senju (Omneky)

Today, we’re joined by Hikari Senju, Founder and CEO at Omneky, the generative AI platform built for performance advertising. We talk about:  Top 3 benefits of Gen AI in content marketingHow the market for digital ads is growing due to generative personalization & attribution capabilitiesAds taking on more of the sales functionThe need for thousands of variations of content to drive advertising results (& the dangers of serving the same ad repeatedly)Advertising to a world of digital users

Managing Armies of Digital Workers + The Value of Human Salespeople

2025-06-10 Listen
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Todd Olson (Pendo)

Today, we’re joined by Todd Olson, co-founder and CEO of Pendo, the world’s first software experience management platform. We talk about: Offloading work from employees to digital workersWhen most people will opt to chat with an AI agent over a humanThe need for SaaS apps to transform themselves into agentic appsAdvice for serial SaaS entrepreneurs, including a big cautionary tale for startupsAI-generated and AI-maintained code and the ease of prototyping

Philosophical Questions on AI & Ted Elliott’s Excitement About the Current State of Software

2025-05-26 Listen
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Ted Elliott (Copado)

Today, we’re joined by Ted Elliott, Chief Executive Officer of Copado, the leader in AI-powered DevOps for business applications. We talk about:  Impacts of AI agents over the next 5 yearsTed’s AI-generated Dr. Seuss book based on walks with his dogThe power of small data with AI, despite many believing more data is the answerThe challenge of being disciplined to enter only good dataGaming out SaaS company ideas with AI, such as a virtual venture capitalist

Sales & Speed in SaaS Growth with Tom Lavery

2025-05-12 Listen
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Tom Lavery (Jiminny)

Today, we’re joined by Tom Lavery, CEO and Founder of Jiminny, a conversation intelligence platform that captures and analyzes your critical go-to-market insights with AI. We talk about:  Getting value from unstructured dataHow quickly SaaS subscription businesses should push to be profitableTrade-offs between product-led and sales-led growthRacing to be the market leaderDangers of focusing strictly on the short-term

Will GenAI Replace Developers? with Nik Froehlich

2025-04-07 Listen
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Nik Froehlich (Saritasa)

Today, we’re joined by Nik Froehlich, founder and CEO of Saritasa, a technology solutions company that designs and develops custom, commercial-grade software systems. We talk about: Pro and cons of building vs. buying softwareThe challenges of low code/ no code solutionsThe high costs of code debtCoping with client requests for cheaply developed softwareWill GenAI eliminate the need for developers to write code?Current AI development use cases: documentation & automatic testing

Making GenAI More Reliable & Increasing Trust with Rahul Pangam

2025-03-17 Listen
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Rahul Pangam (RapidCanvas)

Today, we’re joined by Rahul Pangam, Co-Founder & CEO of RapidCanvas, a leader in delivering transformative AI-powered solutions that empower businesses to achieve faster and more impactful outcomes. We talk about: How to make GenAI more reliable: Understanding your business context & knowing why something is happeningMoving from planning based on the human gut to an AI-based setupThe coming paradigm shift from SaaS to service as a softwareInteracting with apps in plain language vs. remembering which of 56 dashboards to view

Keys to Repeatedly Building Successful SaaS Companies with Srikrishnan Ganesan

2025-03-03 Listen
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Srikrishnan Ganesan (Rocketlane)

Today, we’re joined by Srikrishnan Ganesan, Co-Founder & CEO of Rocketlane, the #1 customer onboarding, PSA, and project delivery software. We talk about:  Launching an incomplete product vs. going to market too late Determining the scope of an MVP & a full-featured, differentiated productUnique approaches to “Design Partners” during product development Best ways to build a communityMaintaining a sense of urgency once established & not getting too comfortable

Open-Source Device Management, AI, & Transparency with Zach Wasserman

2025-02-17 Listen
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Zach Wasserman (Fleet)

Today, we’re joined by Zach Wasserman, Co-Founder of Fleet, open-source device management for IT and security teams with thousands of laptops and servers. We talk about:  Best ways to build trust with usersImpacts of AI on open source, including using gen AI to describe human-created queriesCross-platform endpoint managementDetermining the scope of device management with BYOD & less traditional computing devicesDevice management surprises

Wrong Learning Paradigms & the Abysmal Difference When Training is an Afterthought with Luis Garcia

2025-02-03 Listen
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Luis Garcia (PETE)

Today, we’re joined by Luis Garcia, President of PETE, an Orlando-based tech startup that offers a suite of cost-effective and customizable solutions that enable organizations to deliver personalized workforce learning at scale. We talk about:

Tackling the challenges of digital learning: content development & learning assessmentThe role of AI in scaling workforce development & engaging learners one-on-oneCalculating the ROI of a learning management systemFlipping the normal training paradigm of fixed time with variable learningTraining topics that SaaS companies are most interested in

Building AI-Native Products & Overcoming Cognitive Dissonance with Mohan Rao

2025-01-20 Listen
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Mohan Rao (Knownwell)

Today, we’re joined by Mohan Rao, Chief Product & Technology Officer of Knownwell, an AIaaS platform company that synthesizes an organization's natural communications, enterprise data, and public information into actionable intelligence to minimize client churn, maximize client growth, and drive operational efficiency. We talk about:

The changing product development process with AI-native productsEliciting user feedback when the application output is unpredictableOvercoming the cognitive dissonance of using AI toolsSolving the challenges of scaling professional services relationshipsThe value of a ‘Digital Chief of Staff’

Battling Digital Marketing Fraud with Rich Kahn

2025-01-06 Listen
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Rich Kahn (Anura)

Today, we’re joined by Rich Kahn, Co-Founder and CEO of Anura, an ad fraud solution designed to improve campaign performance by accurately exposing bots, malware, and human fraud. We talk about:  Why digital marketing is a hot spot for fraudstersThe numerous benefits of reducing fraudHow to increase Return on Ad Spend (ROAS)Who is taking better advantage of AI: fraudsters or those battling fraud?

The Emergence of the Chief Product Officer Function with Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia

2024-12-09 Listen
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Today, we’re joined by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Founder and CEO of Product School, the global leader in product management training with a community of over two million product professionals. We talk about:

The evolution of the product management functionProduct-led growth: pros & cons, plus where it fits bestProduct management reporting to the CEO vs. marketing or engineeringDrawing lines between product strategy, product marketing, and product managementThink your product isn’t ready for AI? Think again.

Making Web Apps Scalable, Reliable, and Secure with Anurag Goel

2024-11-25 Listen
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Anurag Goel (Render)

Today, we’re joined by Anurag Goel, Founder and CEO of Render, the modern cloud provider for all your apps and websites. We talk about:  Why founders select a particular problem to solveWhat to focus on in each phase of growth, from product development to finance to peopleBarriers to entry to starting new cloud servicesThe importance of great customer service & building trust with users

The Science Behind Winning with Roee Hartuv

2024-11-12 Listen
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Roee Hartuv (Winning by Design)

Today, we’re joined by Roee Hartuv, Head of Revenue Architecture Practice at Winning by Design, a global B2B revenue consulting and training company. We talk about:  Revenue generation and go-to-market strategies at different stages of growth Considering each go-to-market motion, segment, & product as their own factory production lineShifting challenges in revenue generation as companies growThe impacts of pricing and packaging on building revenue architecture If AI will takeover sales and revenue consulting

Prerequisites to Unleashing the Power of GenAI with Vineet Jain

2024-10-22 Listen
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Vineet Jain (Egnyte)

Today, we’re joined by Vineet Jain, Co-Founder & CEO of Egnyte, the #1 cloud content governance platform. We talk about:  The generative AI hype cycleStartups focusing on creating value versus increasing their valuationBiggest challenges to implementing an enterprise content management systemHow to boost user adoption of a new content management systemWill on-prem infrastructure eventually disappear?