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#120: Practical Founder Exits for $300 Million Cash with Identity Verification Platform – Bill Spruill

#119: Growing His Third Side Gig SaaS Venture After Selling His First Two – Troy Munson

#118: The Silent PLG Killers: Why Smart Founders Fail at Product-Led Growth - Wes Bush

#117: Bootstrapped to 9 Figure Exit in Online Education for Real Estate - Michael McAllister

#116: The Do's and Don'ts of Adding Offshore Software Development Talent – Matt Watson

#115: The SaaS Startup Success Where "Build It And They Will Come" Actually Worked – Quickli

#114: Practical Founder Plays to Win Among Giant Partners and Competitors – Guy Rubin

#113: Grew and Sold a Simulation Learning Platform for Higher Education - Stu Draper

#111: Bootstrapped Then Raised VC Funding Before Selling to Salesforce for $250 Million

#110: Created a Fast-Growing SaaS Business Out of His Services Businesses – Landon Taylor

#109: Helping SaaS Startups Grow with Practical Funding and Operational Services – Kyle York

#108: He Grew His Vertical SaaS Business for 5 Years and Sold It for a Big Prize – Mike Kovarik

#107: Brothers Sold Their Bootstrapped Software Company for $40 Million – David and Chris Sinkinson

#106: SaaS Pricing Expert Shares Useful Strategies for Practical Founders – Dan Balcauski

#105: Husband and Wife Team Built Popular Software for Wedding Planner Pros - Rob Farrow

#104: Turning VC-Funded Startups Into Profitable, Thriving SaaS Companies – Krista Morgan

#103: Healthcare Software Startup Sold to VC-Funded Competitor During COVID Era – Ian Manners

#102: Practical VC Shares Advice for SaaS Founders From Over 2000 Investments – Dave Lambert

#101: Bootstrapped SaaS Founder Has No Intention of Selling Even as They Grow Big – Todd Watson

#100: She Scaled Her Software App as a Successful Franchised Service Business – Erin Fletter

#99: What VCs Don't Tell Founders About Raising Funding (Part 2 of 2) – Greg Head

#98: What VCs Don't Tell Founders About Raising Big Funding (Part 1 of 2) – Greg Head

#97: Bootstrapped Auto Dealer Software and Sold to Private Equity Buyer – Mike Trasatti

#96: Expert Explains Payments Monetization For Your SaaS Business - Brian Abernethy

#95: Bootstrapped, Scaled, and Sold a SaaS-like Tech-Enabled Services Business

#94: Practical M&A Advisor Explains SaaS Valuations and Acquisition Trends – Adam Haynes

#93: SaaS Sales Coach Shares How to Improve Your Demo Close Rate – Matt Wolach

#92: Bootstrapped Integration Platform Growing Faster by Niching In and Doubling Down – Charlie Alsmiller

#91: How AI Is (and Isn't) Changing the Game for Practical SaaS Founders – David Evans

#90: Why Growth Equity is Practical Funding for Founders Who Are Scaling Up Efficiently – Phil Dur

#89: Scrappy Bootstrappers Grew Up to Be the Enterprise Leader in Their Market - Joe McMenemon

#88: Persevered to Find a Scalable Niche in a Crowded Software Market – Jeromy Wilson

#87: Created Software for Their Own Business that is Now Changing the Industry – Paul Van Metre

#86: Growing Profitably and Getting Big with Happy Founders After 18 Years – Chris Savage

#85: Moz Founder Rand Fishkin Reveals the Pains of VC Funding and an Alternative Funding Approach

#84: Scaled and Sold a Marketplace of Pre-Vetted Freelancers – Nathan Hirsch

#83: Second-time founder grows Amazon affiliate marketing platform to $3M ARR in one year – Ian Brodie

#82: Former SaaS Founder Launches Seed Fund for Capital-Efficient Growers in Phoenix – Gregg Scoresby

#81: Bootstrapped Founder Sells His Profitable SaaS Company with $4 Million ARR – Esben Friis-Jensen

#80: Second-Time Founder Wins Bigger with Bootstrapped SaaS Company – Antony Ceravolo

#79: Practical Founder with 3 Exits Explains How SEO Can Drive Efficient Growth – Raj Khera

#78: Fast-Growing K-12 Education Software Company Will Be Profitable This Year – Justin Hewett

#77: Bootstrapped and Winning in Season Ticket Management Software – Morgan Katz

#76: Real Estate Investor Built Her Own CRM Solution and Created a Market Leader – Stephanie Betters

#75: Bootstrapped Their Digital Health Platform to Global Scale with 200 Employees – Shameem Hameed

#74: Practical Holding Company Acquires Profitable SaaS Companies – Kevin McArdle

#73: Bootstrapped to successful $67 million exit with medical billing solutions – Harry Hopkins

#72: Serial entrepreneur funded his biggest idea yet from other businesses – Hamed Mazrouei

#71: Bootstrapped the core software that runs complex manufacturing plants – Subramanyam Kasibhat

#70: Bootstrapped to $3M and Raised a VC Round Before a $200M PE Transaction – Jafar Owainati

#69: Bootstrapped a Fintech Payments Platform to $10M ARR in 3 Years – Miles Schwartz

#68: Bootstrapped and Sold a Successful Startup in Latin America – Bernardo Carvalho Wertheim

#67: Grew and Sold a Profitable Healthcare Software Company – Patrick Randolph

#66: Serial SaaS Founder Had Three Successful Exits in Three Different Ways – Raj Khera

#65: The Bootstrapped Rocket-Ride Success Story of HighLevel – Robin Alex

#64: Bootstrapped, very profitable and still having fun after 18 years – Mike Roberts

#63: Successfully Scaling Up a Bootstrapped Vertical SaaS Business – Raution Jaiswal

#62: She Quit Her CPA Job to Create This Fast-Growing SaaS Startup – Kelly Mann

#61: Sold His Bootstrapped SaaS Company for 16X Revenues - Praveen Ghanta

#60: Created a Practical Venture Studio After Selling His SaaS Company – Oliver Low

#59: Using Royalty-Based Financing for Non-Dilutive SaaS Funding – Vik Thapar

#58: Bootstrapped a successful lawncare services marketplace – Bryan Clayton

#57: Finance, Accounting, and SaaS Metrics Basics for Practical Founders - Ben Murray

#56: Technical founder shares deep learnings from his many startups – Wissam Tabbara

#55: Bootstrapped to $10M ARR with community-led growth and services – Lloyed Lobo

#54: Wound down a bootstrapped $1M SaaS startup when the market changed – Ryan Goodman

#53: Insights and lessons from the first year of the Practical Founders Podcast – Greg Head

#52: Successful roofing contractor creates fast-growing $20M vertical SaaS business – Patrick Fingles

#51: Scaling his bootstrapped SaaS company with happy founders and happy employees – Jordan Fleming

#50: Serial bootstrapper sold two companies to eBay and won very big – Gregory Shepard

#49: Practical investor explains the growth equity funding game - Deepak Sindwani

#48 – Built, grew, sold, and kept growing a construction software company – Sam Knight

#47 – How to win big when selling your SaaS company for under $50 million – Chris Kern

#46 – Founding couple creates valuable company, big exit, and family life too

#45 – Bootstrapped founder still creating big industry impact 30 years in – Dave Savage

#44 – Helping seniors tell their stories and fight loneliness with easy apps – Beth Sanders

#43 – A tenacious bootstrapper's journey to a profitable and sustainable SaaS business

#42: Second-time founder scaling up with product-led growth and 3 employees

#41: A Product Feature Experiment Turns into a Valuable Standalone SaaS Company – Massimo Arrigoni

#40: How SaaS Startups Can Grow Sales Successfully With SDRs and BDRs - Christine Rogers

#39: Former VC and funded CEO helps founders grow lasting companies without VC funding – Dave Whorton

#38: Spinout SaaS platform for real estate brokerages reaches $50 million – York Baur

#37: Bootstrapped for 10 years and sold ProfitWell for $200 million – Patrick Campbell

#36: His first company had big VC funding, but not his second software company – Jon Nordmark

#35: From website designer to industry SaaS platform to a successful acquisition – Perry Rosenbloom

#34: Sold his tech services company to invest in big vision for his BI analytics products – Gopal Krishnamurthy

#33: Bootstrapped a leading CRM for auto dealers that sold for $150 million – Matt Watson

#32: From her kitchen table to global HR employee relations SaaS leader – Deb Muller

#31: Bootstrapped to $30 million and still growing their survey tool and research platform - Vivek Bhaskaran

#30: Bootstrapped IT mgt. software to over $10 million in annual sales before being acquired - Scott McCausland

#29: Mobile app developer created a software platform to grow faster – Oliver Palmer

#28: Bootstrapped B2B SaaS company in India serving IT services companies – Sandeep Kumar

#27: Bootstrapped to over $3M ARR with software for SaaS product managers – Sarah Hum

#26: His SaaS business is scaling fast by helping other businesses to grow – Mark Abbott

#25: Bootstrapped a global SaaS business in Scotland for a "massive niche" market

#24: Bootstrapped event registration platform for triathlons and running races – Jeff Matlow

#23: Creating massive impact with a specialized school fundraising platform – Howard Gottlieb

#22: Grew a niche vertical startup into a global industry leader – Scott Pickard

#21: Bootstrapped in Australia then moved to the US to grow much bigger – Josh Cameron

#20: Grew on-demand marketplace out of a search marketing agency – Joe Griffin