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Justin Mares talks about acquiring (and changing the name of) his latest venture, the Shopify app, Fomo. He talks about taking what growth looks like from here. SPONSOR: Prezi Business. If you're tired of selling to your customers using the same old deck slides, try Prezi Business -- the engaging, interactive presentation platform that features built-in analytics, cloud-based collaboration tools, and the unique ability to adapt with the flow of conversation. Perhaps it's time to update your marketing-and your professional reputation-with presentations customers will actually enjoy and remember. Get your slides prezi-fied on http://www.prezi.com/rocketship

Today on the show we look into two main concepts of growth, the guiding light and your products magic moment. We hear from Alex Shultz, Tim Draper, & Andrew Chen. Michael Sacca and Mike Belsito also discuss some of the growth efforts they've been experimenting with lately at Crew and Industry Conference respectively. Clips from: Startup Class: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec06/ Tim Draper on Hotmail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4i2-OCATM Andrew Chen: http://rocketship.fm/episodes/ep-233-andrew-chen/ SPONSOR: Prezi Business. If you're tired of selling to your customers using the same old deck slides, try Prezi Business -- the engaging, interactive presentation platform that features built-in analytics, cloud-based collaboration tools, and the unique ability to adapt with the flow of conversation. Perhaps it's time to update your marketing-and your professional reputation-with presentations customers will actually enjoy and remember. Get your slides prezi-fied on http://www.prezi.com/rocketship

In the first episode of our Growth series we dive into the history of Growth and Growth Hacking with clips from Sean Ellis (who coined the phrase) and Andrew Chen (who wrote one of the seminal articles on the topic). We'll break down the term Growth Hacking to better understand the origins of the phrase and dive into some of the basics you need to understand about Growth and how it differs from Marketing. SPONSOR: Prezi Business. If you're tired of selling to your customers using the same old deck slides, try Prezi Business -- the engaging, interactive presentation platform that features built-in analytics, cloud-based collaboration tools, and the unique ability to adapt with the flow of conversation. Perhaps it's time to update your marketing-and your professional reputation-with presentations customers will actually enjoy and remember. Get your slides prezi-fied on http://www.prezi.com/rocketship

Andrew Chen, who wrote one of the seminal articles on growth, "Growth in the new VP of Marketing," talks with us about the early days of the growth community, what he's currently focused on and measuring at Uber and some of the important metrics you need to be tracking to measure your companies ability to scale over time. SPONSOR: Prezi Business. If you're tired of selling to your customers using the same old deck slides, try Prezi Business -- the engaging, interactive presentation platform that features built-in analytics, cloud-based collaboration tools, and the unique ability to adapt with the flow of conversation. Perhaps it's time to update your marketing-and your professional reputation-with presentations customers will actually enjoy and remember. Get your slides prezi-fied on http://www.prezi.com/rocketship

John Warrillow, founder of the Value Builder System, talks with us about the optimizations companies need to make in order to maximize their value and get the best multiples when they try to sell their businesses. We discuss LTV to CAC ratio, the importance of onboarding on LTV, finding strategic buyers, and much more. This episode is brought to you by Chargebee, the easiest way to setup your subscription billing. Go to http://www.chargebee.com/rocketship to find out more.

Today Mike Belsito talks with Kyle Poyar about SaaS Pricing and his simple framework for determining your product pricing. Kyle is a market strategies for OpenView Venture Partners and put together this simple framework based on his observations of the marketing. This podcast is brought to you by Chargebee. Go to http://chargebee.com/rocketship to streamline your subscription billing

In our fifth and final episode we dive into scaling a SaaS business with clips from talks by Jason Cohen of WPEngine and Gail Goodman of Constant Contact. We'll discuss the emotional side of scaling and managing a team as well as methods to not get tricked by your data as your grow. This episode is brought to you by ChargeBee, the easiest way to manage your subscription billing. Go to Chargebee.com/rocketship today. For more from Jason Cohen and Gail Goodman check out http://businessofsoftware.org/

Ed Shelley of ChartMogul talks with us about different aspects of SaaS pricing, and what the current trends in the industry look like. Ed discusses the benefits of having a free demo version of your product, common thoughts behind different pricing models, and some psychological tactics that are commonly employed by SaaS companies to discover key pricing points.

On today's episode we talk about what it takes to win the market, and what it takes might not be what you think. We dive into hiring a diverse team, retaining that team and empowering them to do amazing work - without having to micromanage every decision. How do you do that as a leader? Listen to find out. Interviews with: Author Bobby Martin, Laura Roeder of Edgar, Joelle Emerson of Paradigm, Marti Wolf of MailChimp, Gregg Parise of Events.com and clips from Steve Jobs.

Bobby Martin, author of The Hockey Stick Principles, talks with us about the 4 stages of growth. He gets real with what you really should expect at each phase, and shares some real-life examples. The big lesson: stick with it. Our expectation of speed is often skewed, and people tend to give up too early.

We take a look at SaaS metrics that actually matter. LTV, ARR, CPA, CPC, CAC and help you break them down so you know what to focus on. We have clips from Dave Mclure's famous talk on "Pirate Metrics" as well as our interview with "Built to Sell" author John Warrilow on the metrics you need to focus on to raise money, and even sell, your SaaS business.

Clay Collins, founder of Leadpages, talks with us about the pricing journey that his company has gone through. He talks about the importance of nailing down the right pricing model for your company, and shares how his company approaches their own pricing.

In the second episode of our SaaS series, we discuss the ever evolving topic of SaaS pricing. Now we know it happens recurring, monthly or yearly generally, but how do you determine the value of your product and what metric or features do you based your billing plans on. These can be a source of frustration for SaaS founders everywhere BUT we've put together seven questions you can ask yourself that will help you determine the right billing model for you - plus we interview some founders on how their business model has evolved over the years (no one gets it right the first time). Featuring interviews with Clay Collins of Lead Pages, Kyle Poyar of OpenView Ventures and Ed Shelly of ChartMogul (who recently acquired Drip). We'd also like to welcome Mike Belsito (twitter.com/belsito) as a new contributor to Rocketshp.fm!

In the first episode of this SaaS series we talk about the history of SaaS, and how it evolved from ASP's ashes to become one of the largest and most profitable business formats. We talk with SaaS expert Rick Chapman as he discusses the history and keys to why the SaaS framework became (and remains) so successful. We also talk to Krish Subramanian from Chargebee about how his company found pain points in the market and was able to build a new product to fit the gap.

Laura Roeder, founder of Edgar, talks with us about what it's like to build a product-driven company. She discusses the strategies her team uses to build a simple, clear road map that focuses on saturating a core market before looking broader. She also shares the key factors she attributes Edgar's exponential growth to, especially while being inside such a crowded space.