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A podcast offering conversations with a diverse group of SaaS leaders from around the world who share lessons they learned at various stages of their business. You’ll hear stories from bootstrapped and VC-funded founders, c-suite executives, and developers that will inspire new growth strategies in your own business. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, ...
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Startup Life Show with Ande Lyons

Startup Life Show - Ande Lyons

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Are you curious about how a business is born – why someone was compelled to leave a paycheck and benefits behind to head off into the wild blue yonder, without a safety net, navigating high levels of uncertainty, and risking financial ruin? Entrepreneurship is an adventure, and you will love hearing these phenomenal founders share their nail-biting moments and their uplifting wins – often occurring within hours of each other in any given day! As a 4x Founder I easily resonate with each guest ...
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World Class

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We are all born with heroic potential... The question is, how do you execute on it? Hosted by tech investor & entrepreneur Chris Vasquez, World Class is a personal development show on a mission to humanize greatness and equip anyone with the mindset & tools to achieve extraordinary success in all aspects of life. Chris Vasquez, a highly successful tech entrepreneur, knows firsthand the challenges that come with pursuing greatness. From overcoming personal struggles to scaling businesses, he’ ...
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In this episode of World Class with Chris Vasquez, we dive into the mind of one of Silicon Valley’s most influential entrepreneurs and investors, Keith Rabois. Keith, a founding member of PayPal and an early investor in companies like LinkedIn, Square, and Yelp, shares his profound insights on scaling world-class companies, leadership, and what it …
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In this insightful episode of “World Class with Chris Vasquez,” Chris is joined by Ed Sim, the #1 seed investor in the world, to share his invaluable lessons from 28+ years of venture capital investing. We cover the best startup funding lessons from 28+ years of investing and the exciting world of AI & VC trends in the next 12 months. Ed breaks dow…
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Myles Shear also known as Manager Myles, a pioneer in the music industry who manages some of the world’s biggest electronic artists like Kygo, Thomas Jack, Gryffin and Sam Feldt. Myles is the Co-Founder of Palm Tree Crew, an entertainment and hospitality empire spanning music, live events, consumer brands & investments. Whether you’re an aspiring a…
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Conversation with FastSpring Senior Account Executive Jay Jia about expanding a digital goods company in Asia. If your business is based in the APAC region and you’re focused on expanding into new areas, there are a lot of common challenges to face and questions to ask about the best way to do that. On this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Jay…
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In this episode, we're joined by the legendary Brent Saunders. Brent Saunders is a world-renowned Fortune 500 CEO who has completed more than $300 billion in mergers & acquisitions throughout his career. He is the CEO of Bausch + Lomb, Chairman of Roam, and former CEO of Allergan, which he sold to AbbVie for $83 billion. He is a pioneer in the heal…
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Today I sat down with entrepreneur, investor & author, Sahil Bloom, one of the world’s most successful writers & content creators who’s amassed millions of followers in just the last few years. He’s a former Private equity investor turned full-time creator on a mission to help a billion people live healthy, wealthy & high performance lives. After p…
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Conversation with Sr. Product Marketing Manager Braden Steel of FastSpring. Is your product marketing team struggling to coordinate marketing resources to support an endless stream of product launches, with vague release dates and a chorus of product managers demanding tons of marketing attention for each release? What if there were a better way? I…
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Conversation with Gamesight Founder and CEO Adam Lieb about developing a winning KPI strategy for video game marketing. With so many marketing channels to manage to promote your game, combined with the complexity of monetizing your games on multiple platforms, in PC marketplaces, or even D2C via your own webshop, your head might be spinning keeping…
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Today we sit down with Ben Ling, the founder and managing partner at Bling Capital, an early stage technology focused venture capital firm. Ben has invested in 18 unicorn companies, including Lift, Square, Air Table, and Rippling. He was recently named the number 5 seed investor in the 2024 Forbes Midas list. Prior to that he was a managing partner…
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Conversation with Sahil Patel, CEO of Spiralyze, about B2B CRO and A/B testing. The most common examples of successful CRO tactics provided at many conferences tend to focus on B2C ecommerce, but what are the proven winning tactics you can use in your B2B CRO strategy? In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Sahil Patel of Spiralyze about his…
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Dive into the inspiring journey of Kamal Hotchandani, founder of Haute Media Group, as he shares his path from immigrant to luxury media mogul. Learn how he built a world-class network, partnered with A-list celebrities, and created an iconic brand in the luxury space. Discover valuable insights on building successful businesses, cultivating gratit…
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Description: Sometimes not getting what you want paves the way to a better story. Niki Leondakis is the CEO of the largest yoga studio brand in the US, and her journey has been characterized by learning from challenges time and time again. She joins us to share how she has found opportunity in adversity, honed her listening skills as a leader, and …
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Description: In this episode of Stairway to CEO, you’ll learn all about Puneet Mehta's captivating entrepreneurial journey, from his upbringing in India and fulfilling his childhood dream of living in Silicon Valley to spearheading AI advancements at Netomi. He tells us how his parents inspired him to embrace daunting challenges, what he learned fr…
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Today we sit down with Zeb Evans, the cofounder and CEO of ClickUp, a productivity software startup that he built from nothing, into a $4 billion company in under five years. In this conversation, we talk about how exactly Zeb went from three near-death experiences to building one of the fastest software companies in the world. We talk about everyt…
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Conversation with Adam Riemer, President of Adam Riemer Marketing, about advanced affiliate marketing and SEO. Affiliate marketing can be a great growth lever to scale your digital product business, but how can you drive meaningful growth with the right affiliates without losing out to fraud or shady attribution schemes? In this episode of Growth S…
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Description: What does it look like to bring innovation to a static industry? A lifelong love for entrepreneurship and the food and beverage industry led Ben Lewis to take a massive risk to disrupt the baby food industry, and with $90 million raised to date, it certainly paid off! In this episode of Stairway to CEO, Ben shares the story of continui…
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In this episode, we talk with Matteo Franceschetti, the cofounder and CEO of Eight Sleep which is a revolutionary sleep fitness technology company. Eight Sleep is used by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world and endorsed by people like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Andrew Huberman. In this conversation we dive deep into Matto‘s jour…
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Conversation with Podia Senior Growth Marketer Marc Thomas about how to de-risk trying new, more innovative marketing strategies. Traditional marketing playbooks are falling short in the SaaS world, but while many marketers privately acknowledge the ineffectiveness of these playbooks, they are still hesitant to discuss it publicly. Far too often, t…
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In this episode we sit down with one of the most inspiring entrepreneurs ever. Elliot Bisnow is the cofounder of Summit Series, an iconic global events company for entrepreneurs, visionaries, and world leaders with attendees including Sergey Brin. Richard Branson, Sam Altman, and Jeff Bezos. He's also a prolific investor and an early investor in co…
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Today we have a conversation with Luke Schoenfelder, the founder and former CEO of Latch, a security technology company in which he took public in 2021. In this episode we dive into Luke’s journey from growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania all the way to building a multi-billion dollar technology company. We have a vulnerable discussion about how to…
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On this episode of the World Class Podcast, we sit down with one of the most ambitious entrepreneurs of our generation and the world‘s first "space drug dealer”. Delian Asparouhov is a partner at Founders Fund, as well as the cofounder and chairman of Varda, a revolutionary company building pharmaceuticals infrastructure in outer-space to advance h…
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Today’s conversation is with the legendary Executive & Crypto pioneer, Brad Garlinghouse. Brad is currently the CEO of Ripple, a leading blockchain based payment solutions company with a current valuation of $11B. Prior to Ripple, Brad was the CEO of Hightail, President at AOL, and Sr. Executive at Yahoo. In this conversation, we really dive into h…
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Description: Today, Hudson Davis-Ross joins the show to share about Co-Founding a mission-driven company that truly helps people with their health needs. From being diagnosed with ADHD in middle school to undergoing spinal surgery, Hudson has faced his fair share of health challenges. Tune in to learn all about his captivating entrepreneurial journ…
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This week we sit down with Jan Bednar is an immigrant from the Czech Republic, who moved to the US at 16 years old to pursue his American Dream. In 2014, he Founded Shipmonk, with a vision to revolutionize the way e-commerce companies manage their supply chains & ship products to their customers. In less than a decade, he built Shipmonk into a $1B …
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Conversation with Fred Linfjärd, Director of Growth at Planday, about switching from a one-time fees model to a subscription billing model. If you're selling your software, plugin, add-on, or other digital product for a one-time fee, you’re likely thinking about switching to a recurring subscription model. While the financial reasons are strong to …
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Howard Lerman is a visionary entrepreneur and pioneer. He is the Founder & CEO of Yext, a data technology company he took public in 2017 that reached more than $3B in Market Cap at its peak. Howard ran Yext as a Public CEO for 22 quarters, before returning back to his roots as startup founder. After experimenting with a number of ideas, Howard stum…
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In today’s episode I sit down with my friend Steven Galanis. Steve is the Co Founder and CEO of Cameo, in my opinion one of the coolest technology companies in the world that he built to a $Billion Dollar Business in just 5 years. Cameo is a platform that allows fans to purchase personalized videos from their favorite celebrities. It’s my go to gif…
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Today’s conversation is with my friend, Jack Abraham. Jack is a legendary entrepreneur, investor & pioneer in the technology space. He’s co-founded over a dozen companies, including Replicant, OpenStore and Hims & Hers which became one of the fastest multi billion dollar public companies in history. Jack is the Founder & Managing Partner of Atomic,…
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Today’s episode is with legendary executive and operator, Emil Michael. Emil was the former SVP at Tellme Networks, a company that he helped sell for over $600 million in the early 2000s. Shortly after, Emil joined Uber as the Chief Business Officer alongside Travis Kalanick, and helped this startup grow into one of the greatest tech juggernauts in…
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You might be familiar with the great promise of Product Led Growth (PLG). As the story goes, PLG is based on the notion that the value a product delivers and how easy it is to adopt and share will lead to self-sustaining increases in product adoption and less reliance on human intervention to get the deal done. The expected result is more new reven…
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Description: Joining the show today is Allegra Moet Brantley, the Founder and CEO of Factora. This women-led personal finances company is on a mission to lead one million women to $1 million in wealth. Today she shares her journey from building her first company to becoming a salary negotiation coach to leading partnerships and marketing at Financi…
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Game marketplaces on platforms like Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam are great ways to earn attention and attract new players to play your game, but with stiff competition and limited real estate in marketplace interfaces such as recommended game views and category pages, game developers are often left wondering, “How can I effectively market my game o…
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If you're operating a SaaS, software, or digital product business, you're likely optimizing your Customer Success strategy for things like ticket response times, NPS scores, and any number of KPI and tactics that help you move your business forward. But what if you could zoom out and see what customer success really means in your business? What if …
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Description: Mary van Praag joins us today to talk about how she became Global CEO of Milani Cosmetics, a 20-year-old company built on the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to own and enjoy luxury beauty. From her entrepreneurial pursuits in high school to her first CEO role at Perricone MD, Mary tells us about her remarkable career …
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Description: Today’s guest fell into entrepreneurship when she started to create experiences with her own needs in mind. Julie Rice is the Co-Founder and CEO of Peoplehood, where she facilitates deep conversation and connection to develop ‘relationship fitness’. During this episode, she shares her childhood passion for theatre, talks about the star…
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Description: Nathan Kondamuri didn’t know that he wanted to start a business until the pieces fell together, and he co-founded the highly customizable Pair Eyewear, where he now acts as CEO. He joins us today to share the story of how his little brother inspired him to start Pair, how he scaled his customer experience team to over 100 members, and …
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Description: Joining us today to share her entrepreneurial story is Courtney Toll, co-founder and CEO of Nori, an innovative company in the ironing and steaming market. Tuning in, you’ll hear about her remarkable journey, from coming up with the idea for Nori (which is iron spelled backward!) in her cramped New York apartment to raising money in th…
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Description: Joining the show today is Fiona Chan, the Founder and CEO of Youthforia, a beauty brand creating innovative makeup that acts as a part of your skincare routine. Join us as she shares her story of starting a business during the pandemic, self-funding before finding Shark Tank support, and much more! Exclusive Deals from Our Sponsors: AW…
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Description: As an entrepreneur, it can be tempting to try to master every aspect of the business, but today’s guest is proof that playing to your strengths and finding a partner with complementary skills is a winning formula. Jake Karls is the Co-Founder and Chief Rainmaker of Mid-Day Squares, a chocolate company geared to revolutionizing the snac…
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