Sinopsis
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
Episodios
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13 Lessons I Learned Bootstrapping to $20m in Revenues
16/05/2024 Duración: 22minTimeDoctor CEO Liam Martin has used his community to bootstrap his SaaS to $20m. He'll show you how he grew 202% in 2020 and continues to grow profitably. Can they hit $25m by Dec 2024?
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How I hit $15m ARR using 4 new growth playbooks
14/05/2024 Duración: 18minMetadata CEO Gil Allouche almost killed his company in April 2020 when he only had $500k cash left in the bank and less than 2 months of runway. He used 4 growth tactics to turn things around, hitting $15m in ARR last week. Can he break $20m before Dec 2024?
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We hit $100m in revenue: 9 Lessons I Learned the hard way
09/05/2024 Duración: 22minFounder of Brightedge Jim Yu teaches us the 3 weekly candences he ran to hit $20m, how he set up his org chart from $20m to $100m, and 3 non-standard metrics he tracks. Will they break $150m ARR this year?
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We hit 4 Scaling Crisis between $0 and $70m ARR, here's how I solved them
07/05/2024 Duración: 23min -
3 Growth Tactics we Used to grow SEMRush to $330m ARR and Why Shares dropped 20% on IPO day
02/05/2024 Duración: 25minEugene Levin joined SEMRush at $3m ARR after the founders wouldn't let him invest. As president, he's grown the business to 100,000 paying customers 850k free users, $2,500 ACV and 25% YoY revenue growth. Will they break $350m ARR this year?
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Was my $22m ARR bootstrapped good enough? I felt pressure to be a unicorn, tried, and failed miserably
30/04/2024 Duración: 21minAdam Robinson had a 6 person team doing $10m in ARR. Then he went all in on linkedin, pivoted to B2B, and broke $20m in ARR. He did $1,858,399 MRR in Jan 2024 and profited $509,984. Can he break $5m in profits this year?
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We just hit $400m in revenues. Here are 9 org chart, people moves I had to make to scale
23/04/2024 Duración: 27minJason Cohen founded WPEngine in 2010 and broke $20m within 4 years. Today, the company does $400m+ in Revenues. In this podcast Cohen teaches 9 rules he used to change his org chart, optimize roles, and replace himself as CEO as he scaled. Will they break $500m revenue this year?
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27 year old Founder exited for $169m at $50m ARR. How much cash did he take home at exit?
18/04/2024 Duración: 20minRyan Allis launched iContact when he was 18. He made $15m cash when he exited in 2011 for $169m. He shares his negotiation with Salesforce Marc Benioff, how he found 10 profitable acquisition channels, 70,000 customers, and broke $50m in revenues. Will he buy it back for $1 one day?
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This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem
16/04/2024 Duración: 22minLMS365 raised $20m in 2023 at a $100m valuation - a 5x multiple on $20m of ARR. As of April 2024, they do $30m in ARR. Their 200 person team is focused on building software for the Microsoft ecosystem. Can they hit $40m ARR this year?
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How Younium Hit 200 Customers Paying $30k ACV For its Billing and Revenue Analytics tool
11/04/2024 Duración: 19min -
Genius SaaS Pricing Page Generated $3m in Revenue Last Year
04/04/2024 Duración: 16minThey hit $3m ARR fast using MTU tiers on their pricing page. Raised $7m in 2023 at a $35m post money valuation and are burning $30k per month today. Focus is profitability before Q2 2025, will they hit it?
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39 Year Old Made $21m Last Year Selling Surprising Software
02/04/2024 Duración: 31minRural mom and pop shops love him. 13,000 have purchased his POS and software system processing over $1.85 billion in GMV in 2023 across 35m transactions. Can he crack $2b GMV in 2024?
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How Bootstrapper Made $6m Last year Using New Self-Funding Method
28/03/2024 Duración: 22minCompanies like Samsung are sourcing college talent using Scholarship Owl. The firm hit $6m in 2023 revenue, bootstrapped. 150,000 college students join the platform monthly increasing the size and quality of the talent pool the company’s B2B customers can pay to access. Can he hit $10m this year?
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How to turn your sales playbook into a revenue machine that adds $Xm in new ARR per quarter
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Miami Based Fintech did $70m in 2023 Revenue - What about Gross Margin?
21/03/2024 Duración: 33minCEO Alex Shvarts shared a default rate of 15%, charge off rate of 6.8%, along with significant expenses related to acquisition costs, and interest expenses. The firm is targeting $300m in capital deployed in 2024. If it hits its target, does this FinTech SMB factoring company have enough margin to survive long term?
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This Software for Doctors hit $51m revenue last year (100% growth). $5m profit.
14/03/2024 Duración: 28minReveeler grew ARR 100% from $25m to $51m in 2023 and took $5m to the bottom line as profits. What interest rate do they pay Hercules on their new $65m debt facility for acquisitions? How does CEO Jay Ackerman plan to hit $100m in revenue this year (2024)? Who will they acquire next?
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20 year old wins $3m playing Poker, launches $4m bootstrapped SaaS
07/03/2024 Duración: 24min20 year old wins $3m playing poker, launches SaaS. He raised $18.2m. After 7 years and dilution down to under 50% he left to launch his new bootstrapped company. Whippy helps lawyers run their operations and hit $4m ARR this month. Can he hit $10m bootstrapped?
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51 year old dad raises $31.5m to help companies do meter based billing
05/03/2024 Duración: 26minCEO Griff Parry launched m3ter in 2020 after selling his first company Gamesparks to AWS. Today 10-100 customers pay him platform fee's and usage fee's to use his usage based billing API tool. He doesn't code but across his team of 56, more than 25 are engineers. Can they scale into their last round valuation?