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S4E8 What SaaS Founders Get Wrong About Growth and Funding - A Candid Conversation With Greg Head of Practical Founders
In this episode, Melissa Widner sits down with Greg Head, founder of Practical Founders, to explore a different path to building successful software companies—one that doesn’t rely on venture capital…
S4E7 AI, Venture Capital, and the Future of SaaS: What Startup Founders Need to Know
What does AI really mean for SaaS companies and startup founders? And why has venture capital suddenly cooled on SaaS funding?In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, Melissa Widner speaks…
S4E6 From Cash Flow to Exit: How Sharon Nouh Bootstrapped ProSpend to a Successful Acquisition
In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, we sit down with Sharon Nouh, founder and CEO of ProSpend and Lighter Capital’s first-ever Grit & Growth Award. Sharon shares how she built and…
S4E5 The Market Is Open: Fundraising, Efficiency & the Future of SaaS
In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, Lighter Capital CEO Melissa Widner sits down with Sammy Abdullah, Co-Founder and Chair of Blossom Street Ventures, for a candid, contrarian, and…
S4E4 Essential Metrics: 9 SaaS Metrics Every Founder Should Track
Are you a SaaS founder wondering if your startup is truly on the path to success? In this episode of Bootstrapped, The Lighter Side, Melissa Widner, CEO of Lighter Capital, breaks down the nine most…
S4E3 Funding Strategies: Combining Non-Dilutive Funding With VC
In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, host Melissa Widner—CEO of Lighter Capital —dives into the powerful strategy of combining non-dilutive funding with venture capital. Discover how…
S4E2 Is Now the Right Time to Sell Your SaaS Company? Insights on Valuation, Buyers, and the M&A Process
In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, host Melissa is joined by Gaurav Bhasin (Managing Director, Allied Advisers) and Colin McNeil (M&A Tech Lead Partner, EY) to discuss one of the…
S4E1 From Call Center to CEO: Steve Monterroso on Scaling Sales & Culture
From call center to CEO: In this episode of Bootstrapped, The Lighter Side, Steve Monterroso, CEO of ShareVault, shares his journey into tech, lessons on founder-led sales, making the right first…
S3E7 Tariffs, Tech, and Turbulence: Insights from SVB's former Chief Risk Officer
In this special episode, Melissa Widner sits down with Marc Verissimo, Chairman of Lighter Capital and former Chief Risk Officer at Silicon Valley Bank, to unpack how tariffs, market turbulence,…
S3E6 Bootstrapping to VC Funding: When is the right time to take the leap?
This week on Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, we celebrate International Women’s Month with a special guest—Kylie Troy-West, Co-Founder and COO of Factor House. Kylie shares her journey as a female…
S3E5 Full-Time vs. Fractional CFO: When should a founder hire one?
This week on Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, we sit down with Scott Sehon, founder of Mod4 Finance—an outsourced accounting and CFO consultancy for B2B tech companies. With over 20 years of…
S3E4 What you should know before borrowing capital to grow a startup. (Part 2 of 2)
In this part two of a two part series of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, Patrick Philley, Lighter Capital’s Head of Underwriting, and Tanner Kovacevich, Lighter’s VP of Sales, discuss the hidden…
S3E3 What you should know before borrowing capital to grow a startup. (Part 1 of 2)
In this part one of a two part series of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, Patrick Philley, Lighter Capital’s Head of Underwriting, and Tanner Kovacevich, Lighter’s VP of Sales, discuss the hidden…
S3E2 Interloop Data, a father and son run startup gives their take on what's required for success
Tony and Jordan Berry, the father-and-son founders of Interloop Data, share their origin story and the rules of the road for managing a startup with a family member. They share insights on how they…
S3E1 Former Silicon Valley Bank CEO gives a Masterclass on leadership skills & the importance of culture
Ken Wilcox, who spent 20 years at Silicon Valley Bank, shares his strategies for making good decisions, hiring, and keeping everyone in the loop. He also discusses highlights from his book, "Leading…
S2E7 CEO Wes Smith talks about taking this small Siemens spin-off from semiconductors to microchips
Galaxy Semiconductor isn't a new company, but it is a startup. Founded in 1998, Galaxy was bootstrapped for many years before it was acquired by Siemens in 2016. Four years later, Siemens divested…
S2E6 Jive's founding CEO Dave Hersh explains why he's "anti-too-much-VC" and how he gets startups unstuck
Dave Hersh mostly bootstrapped a small open-source communications project into an IPO-ready SaaS business that you might have heard of called Jive Software. More than a decade later, he's using his…
S2E5 Rupert Mayer's journey from bootstrapper to angel investor has a lesson for every SaaS entrepreneur
Rupert Mayer founded his first product company, IPfolio, in 2012. Before making a successful exit and launching a new chapter of his career as an angel investor nearly a decade later, Rupert…
S2E4 What business problem are you solving? Tracy Davis, Founder/CEO of Trax Analytics, shares why it’s crucial.
Tracy Davis and Melissa have an engaging conversation on why solving a business problem is crucial for a startup's success. Tracy shares how she uncovered the business problem for Trax Analytics and…
S2E3 How important is a co-founder? Chris Fellows, Founder and CEO of Bold Street, discusses the importance of a good co-founder.
We all have knowledge gaps and blindspots; getting different perspectives often unlocks needed insights. Chris Fellows and Melissa dive into why having a good co-founder and CEO group can uncover…
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