#157: Seven Years In Survival Mode: A VC-funded Founder’s Warning – Zvi Band
by PE Support | Aug 14, 2025
Zvi Band is co-founder and former CEO of Contactually, which was CRM software for real estate and other relationship-oriented professionals. Contactually was founded in 2011 with initial funding and support from 500 Startups in Silicon Valley. In the next...
#156: Bootstrapper Built Vertical CRM to $10M ARR with Co-founder Dad – Shoanak (Sean) Mallapurkar
by PE Support | Aug 7, 2025
Shoanak (Sean) Mallapurkar is the founder and CEO of Recruit CRM, a complete CRM and business management system for global staffing companies and recruiting agencies. He started the company in 2017 with his father, a technical expert who had experience as a...
#155: SaaS Founder’s Crazy Ride: Boom, Bust, Strategic Sale – Jesse Burrell
by PE Support | Jul 31, 2025
Jesse Burrell is the CEO and co-founder of BatchService, now known as BatchData, a real-time data and API platform designed for prop-tech startups and enterprises requiring massive and current housing data. Jesse was a real estate investor who needed better...
#154: 2nd-Generation CEO Modernizes Mom’s Legacy Software Business – Brian Forbis
by PE Support | Jul 24, 2025
Brian Forbis is the CEO and President of Blood Bank Computer Systems, Inc. (BBCS), a business his mother created in the 1980s to serve the non-profit blood bank industry in the U.S. Brian started in sales, then transitioned to run development, and then became...