Leaders of Growth
Leaders of Growth is the first podcast that helps B2B SaaS companies scale to $25M ARR and beyond. Arthur Nobel from Knight Capital brings insights from SaaS thought leaders, founders, and experts from fast-growing software companies to help you grow your business. Each episode covers different startup challenges, such as scaling teams, Go-to-Market, and the changing role of the founder in a growing organization. Leaders of Growth is brought to you by Knight Capital.๐๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ 4-6 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.For more information, visit our website at knight.capital
Episodes
58 episodes
#58 How to Build a Replicable Sales Model, with Maurits Stuyver (Founder, Vondel Venture Development)
In this insightful episode, we sit down with Maurits Stuyver, the founder of Vondel Venture Development.Maurits has spent over a decade guiding tech companies to master international expansion and commercial acceleration. He brings his e...
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50:15
#57 The Art of Efficient Growth: Balancing Flexibility and Processes in Sendcloud's Scaling with Bas Smeulders (Co-Founder & CFO)
In today's episode, we embark on the journey of scaling a startup to an international company with Bas Smeulders, the Co-Founder and CFO of SendCloud. Bas shares invaluable insights from his decade-long experience transforming a ga...
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33:37
#56 From Bootstrapping to Hyperscale: The Journey of Pieterjan Bouten (Co-Founder & Chairman, Showpad)
In today's episode, we delve into the world of scaling a business from a service to a product model with Pieterjan Bouten, the Co-founder and chairman of Showpad.PJ shares insights from his entrepreneurial journey, starting from his init...
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41:32
#55 Getting Acquired, with Sahin Boydas (CEO, RemoteTeam - a Gusto Company)
In this episode of "Leaders of Growth", we engage in an in-depth conversation with Sahin Boydas, the entrepreneur behind RemoteTeam, which was acquired by Gusto, a $10 billion company that focuses on providing payroll, benefits, and human resou...
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46:09
#54 Behind the Numbers: Exploring SaaS Company Valuations and M&A Trends, with Marcin Majewski (Founder, Aventis Advisors)
Our latest episode features Marcin Majewski, Founder and Managing Director of Aventis Advisors, an M&A advisory firm focusing on technology and growth companies, who shares his insights and experiences from the front lines of technology mer...
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41:05
#53 Unlocking Growth Opportunities: Strategy, Execution, and Performance Management with Asia Orangio (Founder, DemandMaven)
In today's episode, we dive into strategy, execution, and performance management for scaling your business with Asia Orangio, the CEO and founder of DemandMaven, where she helps early-stage startups and technology companies define their go-to-m...
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45:47
#52 Barbra Gago (Founder @ Pando & Former CMO @ Miro) on Marketing and Unlocking Employeeย Progression
In this episode, we had an insightful conversation with Barbara Gago, founder and CEO of Pando and former CMO of Miro.We discussed:โข The significance of aligning marketing and sales teams and experimenting with different channels....
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41:13
#51 How to Optimize Go-to-market with Scott Stouffer (Co-founder, scaleMatters)
In this episode of Leaders of Growth, Arthur Nobel from Knight Capital interviews Scott Stouffer, CEO and co-founder of Scale Matters. Scott shares valuable insights on optimizing go-to-market for early and growth-stage B2B compani...
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35:58
#50 Breaking the Mold: Lessons From a Category Creation Expert, with Joe Sawyer (CMO, Mirakl)
In this episode, Arthur delves into Category Creation with his guest, Joe Sawyer, the Chief Marketing Officer of Mirakl, a renowned enterprise marketplace SaaS platform that has become one of the most valuable private software companies in Euro...
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34:10
#49 Navigating the M&A Process, with Lowell Ricklefs (Founder, Traction Advising)
In this episode, Arthur speaks with Lowell Ricklefs, the Founder and Managing Partner of Traction Advising, a B2B SaaS-focused M&A firm. The conversation delves into the topi...
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38:18
#48 From Campus to Unicorn: How Research Led to a $5B Business, with Johanna Smรฅros (Founder & CMO, Relex Solutions)
In this episode of Leaders of Growth, Arthur Nobel sits down with Johanna Smรฅros, Founder and CMO of the unicorn software company Relex Solutions, a supply chain & retail planning platform.They discuss:โข How Relex Solutions w...
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44:37
#47 Managing Your Board and M&A as a Startup, with Brian Requarth (Founder @ Latitud)
Today, we had Brian Requarth on the show. Brian is the Co-Founder of Latitud, a company that provides community, infrastructure, and capital to tech companies. Additionally, he founded and exited VivaReal for $550m+. Brian is the author of the ...
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17:46
#46 The Road to $100M ARR: New Markets & New Channels, with Arun Mani (CRO at Pleo)
In this episode, Arthur Nobel, Principal at Knight Capital, chatted with Arun Mani, CRO of Pleo, a ...
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40:29
#45 Building your Sales Organization, with Jacco van der Kooij (Founder, Winning by Design)
In this episode, Arthur sat down with Jacco Van Der Kooij, Founder and Co-CEO at Winning by Design, which was the second-fastest-growing priv...
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34:50
#44 Scaling Moss to >400 FTE 2.5 Years After Launching, with Ante Spittler (Co-Founder and CEO)
Ante Spittler is the Co-Founder and CEO at Moss, an all-in-one spend management solution with headquarters in Berlin, Germany.Moss a...
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23:42
#43 How to Price and Package your SaaS Product, with Dan Balcauski (Founder of Product Tranquility)
Dan Balcauski is the founder of Product Tranquility, a consulting that helps B2B SaaS companies define pricing and packaging for new products...
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41:42
#42 PR for SaaS companies 101, with Matรญas Rodsevich (Founder of PRLab)
In today's episode, we sat down with Matรญas Rodsevich, Founder & CEO of PRLab. This award-winning PR agency serves both tech startups and corporates and is one of th...
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36:08
#41 Rebranding Learnings from Unicorn Nord Security, with Marija Dzemionaite
Marija Dzemionaite is the Head Of Brand Communications at NordLayer (Nord Security.)Nord Security is an internet privacy and security provider for individuals and businesses t...
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28:27
#40 Scaling Across Series B, with Thomas Inhelder (Co-Founder & CFO, Yokoy)
Thomas Inhelder is the Co-Founder and CFO of Yokoy; an AI-based spend management platform for medium and large enterprise...
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30:06
#39 The Challenge of Tripling Your Team in a Year, with Christopher May (Co-CEO, Finoa)
Christopher May is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Finoa, a regulated custodian for crypto-assets, that offers custody and staking services to institutional investors and corpor...
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38:38
#38 Founders' Mental Health 101, with Dr. Michael Freeman
72% of entrepreneurs are directly or indirectly affected by mental health issues according to a study by Dr. Michael Freeman (UC Berkley).Thereโs no doubt that founders' mental health matters for startups. Thatโs why in this mental heal...
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38:25
#37 Revenue-based Financing 101, with Henrik Grim (Capchase)
Henrik Grim is a General Manager of Capchase (Europe). Capchase is a revenue-based financial provider for recurring revenue businesses. Capchase has raised $549...
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36:48
#36 Scaling The Engineering Team, with Steffen Vollert (COO, volt.io)
In this episode, our host Arthur Nobel sat down with Steffen Vollert, COO of Volt.io.Volt.io is an open payments gateway that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of point-of-sale tra...
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