Startup Growth Podcast
Startup Growth Podcast
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Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. Get your books closed, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS.
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Covers startup growth, entrepreneurship, and personal development, with specific episodes detailing the revolutionary income share agreements in education, effective sales strategies from cold emailing to acquisition, and lessons in navigating startup transitions and scaling challenges.
Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. Get your books closed, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS.
Nathan Latka is the founder and CEO of Founderpath, a fintech platform that has deployed nearly $200 million in non-dilutive capital to 500+ software companies. He’s also the creator of GetLatka, a massive SaaS database built off the back of his top-ranked Latka podcast, where he’s interviewed thousands of founders. Nathan’s entrepreneurial journey began at 18 with the launch of Heyo, a Facebook fan page SaaS tool he bootstrapped to $2M in ARR before raising venture capital and eventually exiting.
In this conversation, Nathan shares hard-earned lessons from building and exiting companies, explains why most founders don’t understand the true cost of raising VC, and offers a compelling case for why debt and secondaries can be a smarter option. We also explore:
- How he bootstrapped Heyo to $2M ARR before raising VC
- The $6.5M exit offer he had to turn down (and regrets)
- What most founders misunderstand about venture capital
- How GetLatka became the #1 ranked SaaS benchmarking database
- Why the future belongs to tiny teams with huge revenue
- The three AI trends shaping SaaS company formation
- How FounderPath prices startup equity daily—instantly enabling secondaries
- Why hooks and attention matter more than ever
- And much more
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Where to Find Nathan Latka
- X:https://x.com/NathanLatka
- Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/nathanlatka/
- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlatka/
- Podcast:Latka Podcast
- SaaS Database:https://getlatka.com
- Book:How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital
Where to Find David Phillips
In This Episode, We Cover
- (00:00) Intro to Nathan and FounderPath
- (01:30) The story behind Heyo and bootstrapping to $2M ARR
- (03:50) Raising venture and losing optionality
- (05:30) The $6.5M offer and why his board said no
- (07:10) Lessons from a slow death and how to move on
- (08:15) Why Nathan started the Latka podcast
- (09:30) Building GetLatka to 3,000+ daily organic clicks
- (11:00) The power of hooks and attention in modern SaaS
- (12:45) Inside FounderPath: non-dilutive capital for SaaS
- (14:30) How venture debt differs from traditional VC
- (16:15) Why secondaries are healthy, not harmful
- (18:00) How FounderPath prices startup equity daily
- (20:10) Big trends: tiny teams, chat-based dashboards, attention > tech
Referenced
- GetLatka – https://getlatka.com
- FounderPath – https://founderpath.com
- Heyo (archived) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heyo
- How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital (Book) – https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Capitalist-Without-Capital/dp/0525534440
- ZoomInfo – https://www.zoominfo.com
- Techstars – https://www.techstars.com
- G2 Crowd – https://www.g2.com
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