Synopsis
Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews!The Top is FOR YOU IF you are:A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at NathanLatka.com/TheTop
Episodes
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1332 We almost missed payroll 3 months ago as we reset 5 year old business
18/03/2019 Duration: 16minI’m a founder and CEO of Qlicket. We help enterprises and midsize businesses reduce turnover by giving frontline employees a voice. Before Qlicket, I worked at Blackstone in New York, and as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners. I graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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1331 How CloudFlare Broke $100m in ARR Securing The Internet, No $2.5B Amazon Acquisition
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1330 This Professor Quit Higher Ed For Learning Management Platform, $24m in ARR
16/03/2019 Duration: 16minMr. Claudio Erba is the Founder of Docebo S.p.A and has been its Chief Executive Officer since March 2005. He serves as a Director at Docebo S.p.A. Mr. Erba served as a Board Vice President of RYSTO srl from July 2013 to December 2014. He served as Project leader of MHP Srl from October 1999 to June 2001 and Product Manager of Selpress from 1996 to 1997. Mr. Erba is also engages in diving into the topics of AI, learning automation, and the future of online learning at DoceboInspire. Mr. Erba lectured at the University of Florence, before founding Docebo S.p.A in Milan in 2005. He regularly appears on thought leadership and "movers and shakers" lists in the learning technology industry. Mr. Erba was a Guest Lecturer - Content Management System at University of Florence from March 2001 to July 2005. He studied Laurea in Economy and Marketing at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore from 1995 to 2001.
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1329 His Product? A Daily Email, 172k Milennial Subscribers and $100k+ in Revenue
15/03/2019 Duration: 16minCase is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of PRSUIT - a top daily email focused exclusively on self development content. Named a top email newsletter by Entrepreneur Mag and features in Inc, Forbes, Chicago Tribune and more. 152K daily email subscribers and growing. Case is also the host of the New Mindset, Who Dis podcast, an iTunes top 50 podcast focused on real and no BS self development content.
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1328 Can AppDirect with $245m in Funding Actually Go Public?
14/03/2019 Duration: 20minDan is president and co-CEO of AppDirect, the only end-to-end cloud commerce platform for succeeding in the digital economy, which he co-founded in 2009 with Nicolas Desmarais. He and his co-founder dreamed to someday build a business worthy of the Inc. 500 list. Since starting his entrepreneurial journey, Dan and his co-founder officially launched their company in 2011, raised over $245 million in venture financing and reached a company valuation of more than $1B. The AppDirect ecosystem now powers millions of cloud subscriptions worldwide and connects channels, developers and customers to simplify the digital supply chain by enabling the onboarding and sale of products with third-party services, for any channel, on any device, with support.
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1327 Prague Based Translation Tool Passes $5m in ARR, Bootstrapped
13/03/2019 Duration: 22minDavid Canek is the founder and CEO of Memsource, a software company providing cloud-based translation technology headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. David, a graduate in Translation and Comparative Studies, received his education at Charles University in Prague, Humboldt University in Berlin as well as University of Vienna.
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1326 Can He Combine Mailchimp, Hubspot, Zenefits at $99/mo Price Point and Win SMB's Over?
12/03/2019 Duration: 17minGeoff Roberts is Co-founder of Outseta, a software platform that gives SaaS companies all the tools they need to launch and scale a subscription business.
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1325 Secrets Old Media Brands are using to compete with Facebook
11/03/2019 Duration: 21minElizabeth specializes in strategy, market and product development for media companies and brands navigating a changing media landscape. As head of revenue for LAKANA she oversees platform strategy, business development and go to market for a leading content management platform powering 150 + million unique users a month across 60 % of local markets. Her firm The Osder Group has worked with brands including AOL, Univision, Associated Press, Kimpton Hotels, Ogilvy Mather and Group M on critical strategies for related to digital transformation.
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1323 How FinTech Company Wave Is Deploying $100m in Capital, $25m+ in ARR
09/03/2019 Duration: 23minKirk is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Wave, which he has led to nearly 3.5 million small businesses registered, with $100 million in funding raised from investors around the world. Kirk believes in giving back to the tech community, as a mentor and angel investor.
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1322 How to Move from Service Business to Pure SaaS
08/03/2019 Duration: 16minConor Lee is the founder and CEO of HipLead. The company helps leading B2B companies scale their outbound sales with high quality lead generation outbound campaigns. Before founding HipLead, Conor founded several other companies including TellFi which was in the Y Combinator, Winter 2011 batch. Prior to that, he worked as a lobbyist in statewide political campaigns.
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1321 How he got his first $10k in MRR competing with Wistia
07/03/2019 Duration: 17minPatrick is a high school drop out turned serial entrepreneur. He’s started 8 companies and has been the CEO of a public one. He’s sold several million with video online but was frustrated with the existing video platforms; so he founded Vidaytics.com. Which is the highest converting video platform for online marketers. He also wakes up to Eye of the Tiger everyday. ;)
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1320 $14m in ARR on $2.9m Raised Inventing New Visual Way to Code Service 3000 Freelancers
06/03/2019 Duration: 19minVlad is the CEO of Webflow, which he co-founded with his brother and a close friend. While studying 3D animation (with dreams of working for Pixar) in art school, he fell in love with the power of programming. He lives near San Francisco with his wife and two daughters.
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Capitalistbook.com: My SaaS book LIVE today ($6.5m Error)
05/03/2019 Duration: 19minCapitalistbook.com: My new SaaS book on buying and selling companies, locking up distribution channels, launching with $5k side hustle
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Fast Trick: How Your Competitors Are Getting Customers
04/03/2019 Duration: 15minCapitalistbook.com: My new SaaS book on buying and selling companies, locking up distribution channels, launching with $5k side hustle
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1318 He's flat, cash flow positive, moving freemium, will his tests turn the ship?
04/03/2019 Duration: 29minFounder and CEO of Slidebean. TEDx Speaker. Graphic designer transformed into growth hacker. Frequent flyer miles hoarder.
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1317 He Left Eventbrite to Launch This, Growing Via API Partnerships
03/03/2019 Duration: 14minFounder/CEO at Join It -- a platform that helps nonprofits and organizations manage their memberships. Previously at Eventbrite for 6 years, where I worked on the API and Developer platform.
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Why You Should Buy and Sell SaaS Companies
02/03/2019 Duration: 21minCapitalistbook.com: My new SaaS book on buying and selling companies, locking up distribution channels, launching with $5k side hustle
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1316 3000 Hotels Pay Him $4.3m in ARR to Help With Website Bookings
02/03/2019 Duration: 16min3rd time entrepreneur, now on my first Saas. Spaniard between Barcelona and San Francisco. Trained in business, always worked with technology.
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1315 Her Best Friend Died From Terminal Cancer, She Launches MedTech SaaS Raising $2.5m on $10m Pre
01/03/2019 Duration: 15minKim started her 3rd company, Trials.ai after her best friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given five months to live. What began as a passion project has turned into a mission-driven, venture-backed startup that is turning the clinical trials ecosystem on its head.