zsah SaaS Leadership Stories: Recent Episodes
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From zero to money, we unveil the trials and successes saas business founders have faced when starting their own businesses. Stay tuned to learn from the ideas that can inspire and change you. Enjoyed the show? Don’t forget to subscribe so you won’t miss our new episodes. If you’re interested in learning more about zsah’s managed technology services, come visit us at zsah.net.
Check out our 14th episode of SaaS Leadership Stories with Charles Radclyffe, CEO at Ethics Grade. Ethics Grade helps Chief Sustainability Officers save time on answering ESG disclosure requests with a SaaS solution that generates answers learning from public disclosure as well as non-public sources and learning from previous answers.
Charles is no stranger to zsah, he has spoken to us about Blockchain technology and Data Ethics in the age of digital transformation in the past.
In this podcast Amir puts Charles in the hot seat, we get some great answers and advice first hand in this interesting and engaging podcast.
- How hiring and retaining the right people makes or breaks a business
- The most important factors to consider when looking at funding options
- Why change and adaptation are the most important factors when it comes to tech
- The worst business decision Charles made was actually starting a business, hear how he turned this into a positive - brilliant advice
- Find out what vintage electronics Charles owns!
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Check out our 13th episode of SaaS Leadership Stories with Priti Padhy, co-founder and CEO at Cognino.AI. Cognino is an Artificial Intelligence first organisation with a clear purpose to democratise AI. They have innovated a unique explainable AI engine that adapts, learns, and explains outcomes from a vast amount of data and creates contextual knowledge and intelligence. Since the breakthrough in Cognino.ai’s technology in 2019, Cognino.ai is extremely proud to be mentioned by Forbes as one of the ‘Top 25 AI Startup to watch out for in 2021.’ Cognino.ai is one of 3 Uk based startups to make that list.
Listen in to hear what Priti has to say on;
- The impact and possibilities in the future of AI
- How risk taking, and mistakes, is key to innovation
- The importance of clarity of purpose in your business
Check out our 12th episode of SaaS Leadership Stories and join our talk with Alberto Rizzoli, CEO and Co-Founder at V7. V7 is a training data platform serving hundreds of AI companies in structuring the information that powers their neural networks. By adding images or video on the V7, the system learns how to re-identify the images in future cases, automating itself little by little.
Expect to learn:
- Do little but do it well: Stick to one main differentiated feature to win bigger.
- Key matrixes to focus on for start-up businesses: Industry trends, Competitors’ updates, Features launch per month, and so on.
- Don’t internalize everything: Leverage services from other SaaS companies to avoid developing things that are not your core products.
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We are delighted to invite Moshe Demri, General Manager and VP Revenue at Optimove to join zsah’s 11th episode of SaaS Leadership Stories. Leveraging AI, Optimove is the leading CRM Marketing Hub that empowers marketing teams to autonomously surface valuable customer engagement opportunities and manage large-scale, customer-led journeys.
Key insights of the talk:
- Do less, focus more: Make sure to focus on the core business.
- Be agile, plan for the long term, and move quickly, especially when scaling up the organisation.
- Don’t afraid of making a difficult decision: Be brave to stop when things go wrong, and focus on other businesses.
Listen to the podcast now and learn more tips from Moshe!
Join our talk with Zandra Moore, CEO and Co-Founder at Panintelligence to explore the keys to building up a successful company and the top three matrices when evaluating your business performances. Listen to Zandra’s pro tips around starting a SaaS business:
- Always understand the priorities of your business. Focus first on the most urgent and important affairs in the business.
- Stay in tune with the latest market trends. Constantly check the customer needs to ensure your products are updated.
- Failing fast is fine, but always be innovative and willing to take risks and introduce new technology.
To find more insights, listen to the 10th episode of zsah’s SaaS Leadership Stories now!
We are glad to invite Tim Dunn, CEO and Founder at eSpyder, to join the 9th episode of SaaS Leadership Stories to share his thoughts around how a “customer first” mindset could be one of the keys leading to success.
Top 3 tips from Tim:
- Proactively engage with your customers. Ensuring your clients derive value from your offering is critical to the health of your key metrics such as ARR, retention and spend per customer.
- Have a clear aspiration for the company culture and ethos. Always hire individuals that fit your company culture without compromise.
- Don’t be afraid to hire people that are more talented than you and create a safe environment where it’s okay to make mistakes - as long as you learn to address them as a team.
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We are pleased to invite Nicolas Speeckaert, the Founder and Managing partner at Skeeled.com to share his industrial experiences about developing a Saas startup and the effectiveness of the innovative Recruiting Software assist in the recruiting process.
Key highlights:
- The top tips to grow a successful startup company in a competitive market
- The top three metrics to evaluate the performances of the business
- The future trends at Skeeled.com and in the tech industry
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Join our talk with Will Read, Founder & CEO at Sideways 6, to explore how firms could build better businesses through employee ideas. A sneak peek of this episode:
- What is idea management? Why employee ideas matter to you?
- How does Sideways 6 integrate with Microsoft Yammer to analyse employees ideas?
- Stand on the shoulders of giants, but don't just look for the advice - keep exploring new ideas that might inspire you.
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Are you scared of staring your own SaaS business because you're not familiar with the tech industry?
Emily Forbes, CEO at Seenit, joins our 6th episode to discuss how she founded Seenit, a video crowdsourcing platform, without a technical background. Expect to learn
- Don’t just rely on your sales team to grow your business. Think about this - if you remove your sales team, can your business still grow?
- Bespoke products can sometimes prohibit your business from scaling up. Why you should consider having a sustainable and agile platform with high scalability?
- Why you should offer your clients value-based pricing? Why is it important to ensure your pricing model reflects the value to your clients instead of just focusing on the sales figure?
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We are delighted to invite James Gill, CEO of GoSquared, a growth platform for converting website visitors into customers, to the 5th episode of zsah SaaS Leadership Stories. Wondering how James started GoSquared when he was still a kid preparing for his GCSE exam? Let’s look at James’ top 3 tips:
- Don’t just look at numbers - it’s crucial to listen to and learn from your customers’ feedbacks
- Be crystal clear on the ownership and responsibility - make your employees feel like they’re the CEO of their own part of the business
- Hire for proactiveness - someone who doesn’t wait to be told what to do at work
Listen to our episode now to learn from James’ secrets to running a sustainable and dynamic SaaS business.
- Do you see the values in bringing onboard the right people and improving employee satisfaction?
- Ever wonder how to measure customer satisfaction?
- Have you seen the impact of new technologies, such as machine learning and VR, on CSR activities?
Listen to zsah SaaS Leadership Stories' 4th episode to explore these topics with Ejaz Rashid, CEO & Founder at GivingForce. Happy listening!
In zsah SaaS Leadership Stories third episode, Christopher Lier, Co-Founder & CMO at LeadGen App, a web app helping marketers and B2B brands create online forms for better success in lead generation, shares his tips on running a SaaS company. Listen to Chris explains his perspectives around:
- The importance of finding the right business partner.
- What is working for LeadGen App’s sales and marketing?
- What metrics should you use to keep on the pulse of LeadGen App?
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Listen to Roger Beadle, CEO at Limitless, a GigCX (gig customer service) platform, combining crowdsourcing and AI to help global businesses address their biggest customer service challenges, shares great tips on running a SaaS company. Join our in-depth discussions around
- How to avoid key people dependency?
- Which KPIs should you focus on to track marketing and sales activities?
- How to identify your unique selling proposition?
And more ideas to be explored. Enjoy the show hosted by zsah!
- What metrics should you track to achieve desired business outcomes?
- Should you adopt cloud technology for your company?
- How productisation benefits your organisation?
Listen to zsah's podcast to learn from Ian Moyse, #1 rated Cloud Influencer and EMEA Sales Director at Natterbox, on how to build a successful and sustainable SaaS company.