#123: How Practical Founders Are Winning Big with Growth Equity Funding – Growth Street Partners

by shawn | Dec 19, 2024

Nate Grossman and Steve Wolfe are co-founders at Growth Street Partners, a growth equity firm focused on investing in early-stage B2B SaaS companies between $2M-$6M in ARR. They discuss how growth equity funding works for SaaS founders and how it allows entrepreneurs...

#122: Going Long With Profitable Embedded Accounting Software After 13 Years – Raj Bhaskar

by shawn | Dec 12, 2024

Raj Bhaskar is a successful two-time practical software founder with one exit. In 2000, he started his first software company, VisualHOMES, to provide comprehensive financial management software to public housing agencies. With no outside funding, the business grew to...

#120: Practical Founder Exits for $300 Million Cash with Identity Verification Platform – Bill Spruill

by shawn | Nov 28, 2024

Bill Spruill had a successful sales and executive career with two exits before he and his cofounder struck out on their own in the location verification market serving financial and e-commerce companies. Sales grew slowly for several years as they scraped by and kept...

#119: Growing His Third Side Gig SaaS Venture After Selling His First Two – Troy Munson

by shawn | Nov 21, 2024

Troy Munson has been a successful enterprise SaaS sales rep for several years, but he wanted more control over his life—and eventual financial independence. So he launched his own small startup on the side. He learned a lot and sold it before launching his second side...

#117: Bootstrapped to 9 Figure Exit in Online Education for Real Estate – Michael McAllister

by shawn | Nov 7, 2024

 Michael McAllister is the founder and former CEO of The CE Shop, the leading provider of pre-licensing and continuing education for real estate professionals in the U.S. Michael started The CE Shop in 2005 by distributing existing training materials from a...