This week we sit down with Walid Amarir, Co-founder and CEO of WaLead, the LinkedIn automation platform helping B2B companies scale their outbound sales. You'll hear about making the leap from running a LinkedIn marketing agency to building the solution yourself, why the "comment-first" approach beats direct outreach, how to optimize your LinkedIn profile for conversion, and the metrics that actually matter when measuring LinkedIn sales success.

This week we sit down with Sachin Jain, Co-founder and CEO of Requestly. You'll hear about turning a 30-minute hack into a YC-backed developer tool, why he chose the open core model over pure monetization, how Stack Overflow and GitHub became their entire GTM strategy, and the acquisition framework that prioritizes the right buyer over the right price.

This week we sit down with David Zitoun, Co-founder and CEO of Submagic. You'll hear about aggressive pricing experimentation strategies, building a lean 10-person team to $8M in revenue, why hiring customers as your first 5 employees changes everything, and the radical self-serve model that eliminates the need for a sales team entirely.

This week, Luke sat down with Thomas Griffin, Co-founder of OptinMonster, the conversion optimization platform powering millions websites globally. You'll hear about identifying a massive problem before the market did, the infrastructure crash that forced a 3-week WordPress pivot, why coining "exit intent" helped dominate an undefined category, and the "10-minute onboarding rule" that reveals where churn really happens.

This week, Luke chats with Chase Taake, Co-founder of KAT Custom Rings. You'll hear about his unconventional path from owning a mini-golf course at 16 to building a bootstrapped e-commerce jewelry business, why "making the world more fun" as a north star guides every business decision, how to turn TikTok virality into sustainable revenue, and the power of doing things that don't scale when finding product-market fit.

This week we sit down with Stevee Danielle, CEO of FiveCRM and BeePurple. You'll hear about her unconventional journey from wedding hair and makeup artist to leading two SaaS companies, why the "problem-solution framework" changed how she manages teams, how BeePurple transforms traditional CRM into life-changing recovery software, and the emotional side of B2B sales when your buyers are heroes in their communities.

This week Luke Marshall, CEO of Baremetrics, sat down with Justin Hammond, B2B SaaS growth strategist with 10+ years scaling high-growth companies. You'll hear about why competitors sign up for trials just to study your onboarding flows, how to identify the "golden pathway" actions that predict conversion, why trigger-based emails beat time-based drips, and the concierge onboarding strategy that dramatically reduces churn.

This week we sit down with Jonni Lundy, Co-founder and COO of Resend. You'll hear about navigating the shift from Seed to Series A funding, why they track ARR per head instead of burn rate, how inverting retention graphs revealed hidden product insights, and the mental shift from individual contributor to founder that no one talks about.

This week we talk with Bijan Moallemi, co-founder of Mosaic Finance. You’ll hear about the importance of creating accurate financial models, how to approach forecasting as an iterative process, how to adjusting forecasts to your team, and more!

In this week’s episode of Founder Chats, we talk to Will Peng from Northstar about his journey from the VC world to founding a startup, finding the right career direction through intuition and self-driven learning, combating the culture of shame around personal finance and more!

In this week’s episode, we talk to Kinsta COO Jon Penland about creating a positive company culture, hiring for mentality over experience, and re-allocating tasks in a growing team.

In this week’s episode, we talk to Douwe Mann about his journey building Meltano, the benefits of open source platforms, and embracing user collaboration.

This week we talk with Bryan Clayton, founder @GreenPal. You’ll hear about: How to reduce wasted time and resources Hiring the right number of employees for your business Triaging & resolving problems in order of importance And more!

This week we talk with Aran Khanna, founder of Archera about how to develop the product your customers actually need, understanding the net societal impact of your product, the future of automation in the cloud and more!

This week, we talk with Empire Flippers Founder and CMO Justin Cooke about how to bounce back after a business fails, working with a remote team based all around the world, fetching the best price for your SaaS business & more!

We talk with Taia Translations cofounder Matija Kovač about growing from 2 to 30+ team members, pivoting from a translation service business to SaaS, how to prioritize dev resources with shareholder feedback and more!

We talk with Sytych cofounder Reed McGinley-Stempel about the unique challenges of building an API company, addressing a pain point felt by both customers and developers, how the framework of "go slow to go fast" helped Reed build a strong foundation for his team + infrastructure, and more!

In this episode, we talk with Mode Analytics cofounder Benn Stancil about his journey from a government think tank to Mode, balancing data with other instincts, why leaders should use data to make decisions, not consensus, and more!

In this episode, we talk with Rewind co-founder Mike Potter about growing his team from 2 to 110 people, handling price increases, why so many SaaS founders underprice their products and more!

This week, we talk with Jeff Solomon, founder of Makeup Hero and six other startups. We discuss the power of convincing others, the right way to approach customer development for startups, his start working at Ultra PRO & more!