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Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side shares fresh ideas ambitious B2B SaaS founders can use to build and scale their businesses while maintaining ownership and control. We explore essential topics like growth strategies, runway management, and innovative capital-raising methods. We also have timely discussions on current events impacting startups and provide insights from in-depth conversations with successful bootstrapped entrepreneurs.
Unknown Host hosts Bootstrapped : The Lighter Side - The Podcast For B2B SaaS Founders, a technology show with 37 episodes published.
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 or “grow fast or die
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 with Marc Verissimo,
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 scaled a SaaS company wit
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 refreshingly practical c
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 important metrics eve
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 founders are using this
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 most pressing questions f
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 sales hire, and scaling
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, and a shifting economic
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 founder, from bootstrap
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 experience, Scott offers valua
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 costs and hidden risks th
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 costs and hidden risks th
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 scaled their startup,
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 Through Culture," and
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 the company in a manage
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 expertise to help turn
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 experienced many ups and down
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 why their solution is
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 insights and help founde
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