Practical Founders

Tune in to the Practical Founders Podcast for weekly in-depth interviews with founders who have built valuable software companies without big funding.

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"Every day I show up to work and I say, What is it that I need to do to unlock the business? Not to unlock the product. Product is just part of the business.” @wissamtabbara #practicalfounders

https://t.co/Be4V7abhNE

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@wshaw_9 There is some wisdom that shows up in kids' shows. And some not-so-wisdom too.

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https://t.co/b4D4HbONwY bootstrapped their growth to $10 million ARR before taking an investment that allowed cofounder @lloyedlobo to have a life-changing payout. Lloyed shares his struggles to find balance for the first time after his startup adventure.

https://t.co/nEEDq0MWe0

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Bootstrapped founder Ryan Goodman talks about the pivots and experiments they tried before deciding to shut down the SaaS startup and sunset their core product. #practicalfounders

https://t.co/SzIUbL9x1r

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This week I talked to Patrick Fingles, a savvy entrepreneur who has built two successful companies, including a SaaS company called Leap. @leaptodigital

https://t.co/KlCj92uFGX

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Practical founders can choose to create a great business AND a great life at the same time. It requires a deliberate and disciplined approach.

@jordanfleming is doing it right now. He tells his story on the Practical Founders Podcast this week.

https://t.co/QqS0HhsY1v

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@WavecrestGrowth Thanks for sharing your wisdom, Deepak!

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@GregShepard_ is a serial entrepreneur who has created and sold 12 companies. In 2016, he sold 2 of his bootstrapped software companies, AffiliateTraction and AdAssured to eBay.

https://t.co/e90xpiwidT

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Expert interview with Deepak Sindwani, B2B SaaS growth equity investor at @WavecrestGrowth Partners explaining what growth equity funding is and why it's different than traditional VC or PE, answers FAQs with no selling.

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https://t.co/NZlY65AJsI

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I interviewed Chris Kern on the Practical Founders Podcast to hear what he sees in the busy acquisition market for smaller SaaS companies.

Chris thinks there are 100X more exits under $50M exits than those billion $+ exits. @ChrisKern #practicalfounders

https://t.co/cOE45YdAAS

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Joshua and Sally Strebel intentionally built a valuable bootstrapped software company AND built a life with their families and interests at the same time.

They had a life-changing exit too, only their lives didn't change much. @strebel @Pagely

https://t.co/Akb39eU4H1

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Mortgage Coach was a growing and profitable software company with no outside investors when Dave Savage and his cofounder sold a majority of the company to a private equity investor in 2021. @dsavagemc

https://t.co/BHO5dNTBV3

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Rhami joins us as a speaker alongside @MattCretzman (Founder & CEO Stormbreaker Digital), @BettsCEO (Founder & CEO @BettsRecruiting), @Carle_Quinn (Chief People Officer @Workato), @GregHead (Founder @practicalfoundr) and more!

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Beth Sanders is CEO of @LifeBio, an agetech software that uses Reminiscence Therapy Method and storytelling in various media to help older people to capture and share their life stories.

LifeBio has grown to over $2M ARR in revenue without VC funding.

https://t.co/X4x932vl8c

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Josh Haynam is the CEO of Interact, the original lead-generation quiz plugin for websites. They persevered for 10 years to almost $3 million in ARR with 11 remote employees, without outside equity funding.
@JHaynam @tryinteract

https://t.co/K6tSbLO78Z

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Esben Friis-Jensen is the co-founder and CEO of Userflow, a no-code onboarding software. @esbenfj @getuserflow #PLG

With $3 million in ARR, 600 customers, and 3 employees, Userflow is a profitable and growing business with no outside funding.

https://t.co/7jTCdSNu2a

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Instead of thinking of investors as your first source of funding, look to your first customers. - @lukehohmann on the Practical Founders podcast.

https://t.co/CbMHGsGhds

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On the Practical Founders podcast this week, 2-time SaaS founder Steven Gelley explains EXACTLY how he and his co-founder did their exit math at his self-funded second SaaS venture called wemlo:

https://t.co/rtXs08lAMS

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