The SaaS Revolution Show
The SaaS Revolution Show, hosted by Alex Theuma, brings you insights and tactics from the greatest SaaS minds in Europe and across the world. Revolutionary founders, executives, and investors openly share wisdom on attracting and keeping customers, growing companies in unlikely places, scaling globally, successfully reaching the SaaS high skies, and never giving up. The SaaS Revolution Show is brought to you by SaaStock, the only media, membership and events business that focuses on SaaS founders scaling to $10mill ARR.
Episodes
July 30, 2025 • 35 mins
Host Alex Theuma is joined by DuploCloud Founder and CEO Venkat Thiruvengadam.
Venkat shares his journey from Microsoft Azure to building a $50M-funded DevSecOps platform. He discusses bootstrapping the company for the first three years, through to leading the company through what he calls an “existential moment” for all SaaS businesses: the shift to AI-native operations.
Guest links:
Website: https://duplocloud.com/
LinkedI...
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July 23, 2025 • 30 mins
Dan Hobbs, CEO & Co-Founder of Protex AI, joins SaaStock’s Alex Theuma to break down how his startup is transforming factory safety using AI and how they scaled to triple-digit growth with an enterprise-first GTM motion.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How Protex AI went from YC to 300% YoY growth
- Why they moved fast into the U.S. (and why you should too)
- The AI tools Dan actually uses to drive team efficiency
- How to close...
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July 16, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, Alex Theuma talks to Koen Köppen, CEO of Mollie and ex-CTO of Klarna.
Koen shares how Mollie is expanding from 6 to 31 markets by 2026, why they prioritise operational efficiency over growth hacks, and how AI reduced their customer contact rate by 3x. Plus: essential lessons for SaaS founders on market expansion, avoiding premature scaling, and embedded finance.
Guest links:
LinkedIn...
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July 9, 2025 • 37 mins
This week, Alex speaks with Yext CEO Mike Walrath about his journey in the software industry, the challenges faced by SaaS companies, and the impact of AI on the market.
Mike shares insights on leadership, the importance of judgment in decision-making, and how AI is reshaping marketing and SEO strategies. They also discuss the evolving SaaS landscape and the necessity for companies to adapt to new technologies and customer expect...
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July 2, 2025 • 35 mins
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, host Alex Theuma speaks with Joe Hyrkin, CEO of Care Grit Learning and former CEO of Issuu. They discuss Joe's journey in the tech industry, focusing on his experiences with Issuu, its acquisition, and the importance of profitability and growth strategies. Joe shares insights on navigating debt, the challenges of being a CEO, and the significance of coaching SaaS founders. The conversati...
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June 26, 2025 • 39 mins
In this re-run episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, originally recorded in 2022, our host Alex Theuma is joined by Ross Andrew Paquette, Chairman and CEO at Maropost, to talk about bootstrapping a B2C CRM to $100MM and a $1.7B valuation.
Ross shares:
🚀 Maropost's founding story
🚀 The big moves that took the company to $26MM in just 28 months (and the strategy to reach $100MM!)
🚀 How Maropost achieved a $1.7B valuation
🚀 What h...
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June 19, 2025 • 39 mins
After a huge year of growth, Abacum just raised a $60M Series B.
In this episode, Co-founder and COO Jorge Lluch joins Alex to discuss how they did it, including: tripling revenue without growing headcount, staying laser-focused on efficiency, and delivering a great product.
They discuss:
- Abacum’s early stages, including the decision to take time and invest heavily in the product early on.
- How Jorge’s frustrations as a CFO ...
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June 11, 2025 • 36 mins
This is a re-run of a 2022 episode with ClickUp CEO and Founder, Zeb Evans.
This is a re-run of a 2022 episode with ClickUp CEO and Founder, Zeb Evans. ClickUp is now doing over $200M in revenue but this popular episode is a look back at the early days. Zeb joins host Alex Theuma to discuss how the company reached $10M ARR in just two years, including.
- How ClickUp got its first customers.
- Why Zeb chose the VC route and how di...
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June 4, 2025 • 34 mins
This is a special episode from SaaStock Europe 2024. Ryan Floyd (Founding MD at Storm Ventures) and Joaquim Lecha (Former Typeform CEO) discuss pivotal stages and learnings from Typeforms’s journey to $80M ARR and 150,000 customers.
Check out the other ways SaaStock is helping SaaS founders move their
business forward:
🇮🇪 SaaStock Europe: 14-15 October 2025 | Dublin, Ireland
Book you tickets: https://saastock-europe.com...
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May 28, 2025 • 35 mins
This episode is a re-run of one of our top episodes from 2023. Host Alex Theuma is joined by Marie Martens, Co-Founder of Tally, who shares how the company bootstrapped to 60K MRR with a team of five.
Marie shares:
- The choice to bootstrap Tally.
- Generational expectations for how to 'set yourself up for success' vs reality.
- How Tally is positioned against its competition in the form building space.
- The journey from idea to...
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May 22, 2025 • 16 mins
This episode comes to you live from SaaStock USA. Fresh off the Founderpath Center Stage, Savneet Singh joined Alex Theuma to discuss how he took PAR from having just weeks of cash left to the billion dollar public company it is today.
Tune in to hear Savneet’s candid take on what it really takes to lead under pressure and scale with purpose, including:
- Stepping into the CEO role with only a few weeks of runway.
- The urgent a...
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May 14, 2025 • 20 mins
In this episode of the SaaS Revolution Show, Alex Theuma sits down with Marcus Ryu - Co-founder of Guidewire and now a Partner at Battery Ventures - for an honest conversation about the highs, lows, and hard lessons of building and backing SaaS companies.
Marcus shares how he went from pursuing a career in academia to leading a billion-dollar business, what it felt like to face years of rejection, and why he believes true founders...
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May 7, 2025 • 32 mins
Host Alex Theuma is joined by Neha Sampat, Founder and CEO of Contentstack. In the episode, Neha shares:
- Her journey as a serial entrepreneur - From New Kids on the Block fan club to Founder and CEO of Contentstack.
- The Contentstack story: Scaling to 600 employees and raising $169M
- The difference between being a bootstrapped vs VC funded founder
- Life as a female entrepreneur: Giving back to the community, supporting women...
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April 30, 2025 • 36 mins
This week, we’re running it back to one of our most popular episodes from 2023. Host Alex Theuma is joined by Mike Tessler, Managing Partner at True North Advisory and founding CEO at BroadSoft.
Mike shares:
- The BroadSoft journey: from its founding in 1998 , to going public on Nasdaq in 2010, and being acquired by Cisco in 2018 for +$1.8B
- The process behind the decision to sell BroadSoft to Cisco
- Three key lessons from scal...
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April 23, 2025 • 35 mins
Rahul Vohra (Founder and CEO at Superhuman) joins SaaStock's Alex Theuma to discuss how Superhuman stayed ahead of the generative AI wave, how they’re shaping the future of productivity with autonomous email agents, and why great products that delights users — not flashy marketing — are the key to viral growth. Rahul also opens up about the loneliness of being a CEO, his meditation practices, and the game design principles behind S...
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April 16, 2025 • 34 mins
Matt Mullenweg on scaling Automattic to $500M ARR.
In this episode of The SaaS Revolution Show, host Alex Theuma sits down with Matt Mullenweg, Co-founder of WordPress and Founder and CEO of Automattic — the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Beeper, and more.
Matt shares the mindset, strategies, and lessons that helped him build one of the most impactful open-source businesses in the world — now generating over $...
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April 9, 2025 • 23 mins
This week, we're running it back to one of our most popular episodes. Recorded live at SaaStock USA 2023, host Alex Theuma is joined by Jason Cohen, Founder of WP Engine.
In the episode, Jason reflects on his multi-decade journey as a serial entrepreneur, and shares his lessons from building and scaling WP Engine into a SaaS giant, including:
- His journey as a serial entrepreneur.
- The science behind why your startup really is...
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April 2, 2025 • 32 mins
Host Alex Theuma is joined by Max Greenwald, Co-founder and CEO at Warmly. During the chat, Max shares candid learnings about his journey as a Co-founder and CEO and insights into how he's scaling Warmly. Tune in to hear:
- How Max went from Google PM to building a high-growth SaaS startup.
- The pivots that shaped Warmly’s product-market fit (and what it meant for fundraising).
- His approach to blitzscaling Warmly into a future...
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March 26, 2025 • 35 mins
Host Alex Theuma is joined by Go Nimbly CEO (and SaaStock USA Speaker) Jen Igartua for this episode packed with practical advice on making your GTM processes more efficient, including:
- Why GTM efficiency is now critical for SaaS growth.
- How AI and automation are transforming sales workflows.
- The biggest mistakes SaaS companies make with their tech stack.
- The tools that top RevOps leaders are using to drive revenue.
- Why h...
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March 19, 2025 • 33 mins
Host Alex Theuma is joined by Sendspark Co-founder and CEO (and SaaStock USA speaker) Bethany Stachenfeld.
In this 30 minute episode, Beth shares:
- Her journey from Marketer to SaaS founder and CEO.
- The Sendspark founding story and journey so far.
- How Sendspark approaches differentiation.
- Advice for founders differentiating their product at scale.
- How to stay relevant in a fast-moving product space.
And more!
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