In this insightful episode, we sit down with Maurits Stuyver, the founder of Vondel Venture Development.Maurits has spent over a decade guiding tech companies to master international expansion and commercial acceleration. He brings his extensiv

#57 The Art of Efficient Growth: Balancing Flexibility and Processes in Sendcloud's Scaling with Bas Smeulders (Co-Founder & CFO)

Jul 20th, 2023 33m 37s

In today's episode, we embark on the journey of scaling a startup to an international company with Bas Smeulders, the Co-Founder and CFO of SendCloud. Bas shares invaluable insights from his decade-long experience transforming a garage-based st

#56 From Bootstrapping to Hyperscale: The Journey of Pieterjan Bouten (Co-Founder & Chairman, Showpad)

Jul 13th, 2023 41m 32s

In today's episode, we delve into the world of scaling a business from a service to a product model with Pieterjan Bouten, the Co-founder and chairman of Showpad.PJ shares insights from his entrepreneurial journey, starting from his initial con

#55 Getting Acquired, with Sahin Boydas (CEO, RemoteTeam - a Gusto Company)

Jul 5th, 2023 46m 9s

In this episode of "Leaders of Growth", we engage in an in-depth conversation with Sahin Boydas, the entrepreneur behind RemoteTeam, which was acquired by Gusto, a $10 billion company that focuses on providing payroll, benefits, and human resou

#54 Behind the Numbers: Exploring SaaS Company Valuations and M&A Trends, with Marcin Majewski (Founder, Aventis Advisors)

May 11th, 2023 41m 5s

Our latest episode features Marcin Majewski, Founder and Managing Director of Aventis Advisors, an M&A advisory firm focusing on technology and growth companies, who shares his insights and experiences from the front lines of technology mergers

#53 Unlocking Growth Opportunities: Strategy, Execution, and Performance Management with Asia Orangio (Founder, DemandMaven)

May 4th, 2023 45m 47s

In today's episode, we dive into strategy, execution, and performance management for scaling your business with Asia Orangio, the CEO and founder of DemandMaven, where she helps early-stage startups and technology companies define their go-to-m

#52 Barbra Gago (Founder @ Pando & Former CMO @ Miro) on Marketing and Unlocking Employee Progression

Apr 13th, 2023 41m 13s

In this episode, we had an insightful conversation with Barbara Gago, founder and CEO of Pando and former CMO of Miro.We discussed:• The significance of aligning marketing and sales teams and experimenting with different channels.• Why you shou

#51 How to Optimize Go-to-market with Scott Stouffer (Co-founder, scaleMatters)

Mar 22nd, 2023 35m 58s

In this episode of Leaders of Growth, Arthur Nobel from Knight Capital interviews Scott Stouffer, CEO and co-founder of Scale Matters. Scott shares valuable insights on optimizing go-to-market for early and growth-stage B2B companies.Scott and

#50 Breaking the Mold: Lessons From a Category Creation Expert, with Joe Sawyer (CMO, Mirakl)

Mar 1st, 2023 34m 10s

In this episode, Arthur delves into Category Creation with his guest, Joe Sawyer, the Chief Marketing Officer of Mirakl, a renowned enterprise marketplace SaaS platform that has become one of the most valuable private software companies in Euro

#49 Navigating the M&A Process, with Lowell Ricklefs (Founder, Traction Advising)

Feb 9th, 2023 38m 18s

In this episode, Arthur speaks with Lowell Ricklefs, the Founder and Managing Partner of Traction Advising, a B2B SaaS-focused M&A firm. The conversation delves into the topic of Acquisitions, touching upon the following points:- Scaling challe

#48 From Campus to Unicorn: How Research Led to a $5B Business, with Johanna Småros (Founder & CMO, Relex Solutions)

Jan 19th, 2023 44m 37s

In this episode of Leaders of Growth, Arthur Nobel sits down with Johanna Småros, Founder and CMO of the unicorn software company Relex Solutions, a supply chain & retail planning platform.They discuss:• How Relex Solutions was born and the com

#47 Managing Your Board and M&A as a Startup, with Brian Requarth (Founder @ Latitud)

Dec 7th, 2022 17m 46s

Today, we had Brian Requarth on the show. Brian is the Co-Founder of Latitud, a company that provides community, infrastructure, and capital to tech companies. Additionally, he founded and exited VivaReal for $550m+. Brian is the author of the

#46 The Road to $100M ARR: New Markets & New Channels, with Arun Mani (CRO at Pleo)

Oct 13th, 2022 40m 29s

In this episode, Arthur Nobel, Principal at Knight Capital, chatted with Arun Mani, CRO of Pleo, a spending management solution that offers smart payment cards for employees to buy work-related products while keeping the company in control of s

#45 Building your Sales Organization, with Jacco van der Kooij (Founder, Winning by Design)

Jul 15th, 2022 34m 50s

In this episode, Arthur sat down with Jacco Van Der Kooij, Founder and Co-CEO at Winning by Design, which was the second-fastest-growing private company in Silicon Valley in 2021.They discussed:How the go-to-market strategy aligns with the pric

#44 Scaling Moss to >400 FTE 2.5 Years After Launching, with Ante Spittler (Co-Founder and CEO)

Jul 6th, 2022 23m 42s

Ante Spittler is the Co-Founder and CEO at Moss, an all-in-one spend management solution with headquarters in Berlin, Germany.Moss allows companies to pay all business expenses with virtual and physical credit cards, keep track of employee expe

#43 How to Price and Package your SaaS Product, with Dan Balcauski (Founder of Product Tranquility)

Jun 30th, 2022 41m 42s

Dan Balcauski is the founder of Product Tranquility, a consulting that helps B2B SaaS companies define pricing and packaging for new products.Dan has 15 years of experience managing multiple products throughout their life cycles, from startups

#42 PR for SaaS companies 101, with Matías Rodsevich (Founder of PRLab)

Jun 23rd, 2022 36m 8s

In today's episode, we sat down with Matías Rodsevich, Founder & CEO of PRLab. This award-winning PR agency serves both tech startups and corporates and is one of the top five PR agencies in The Netherlands.Matías is also the author of The PR P

#41 Rebranding Learnings from Unicorn Nord Security, with Marija Dzemionaite

Jun 15th, 2022 28m 27s

Marija Dzemionaite is the Head Of Brand Communications at NordLayer (Nord Security.)Nord Security is an internet privacy and security provider for individuals and businesses that raised over $100M in funds and reached the unicorn status in Apri

#40 Scaling Across Series B, with Thomas Inhelder (Co-Founder & CFO, Yokoy)

Jun 8th, 2022 30m 6s

Thomas Inhelder is the Co-Founder and CFO of Yokoy; an AI-based spend management platform for medium and large enterprises.Yokoy has raised over $100 M in funding and is at its Series B stage.In this episode, Thomas and Arthur from Knight Capit

#39 The Challenge of Tripling Your Team in a Year, with Christopher May (Co-CEO, Finoa)

Jun 1st, 2022 38m 38s

Christopher May is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Finoa, a regulated custodian for crypto-assets, that offers custody and staking services to institutional investors and corporations.After working for over 4 years as a consultant at McKinsey, he fo

#38 Founders' Mental Health 101, with Dr. Michael Freeman

May 25th, 2022 38m 25s

72% of entrepreneurs are directly or indirectly affected by mental health issues according to a study by Dr. Michael Freeman (UC Berkley).There’s no doubt that founders' mental health matters for startups. That’s why in this mental health month

#37 Revenue-based Financing 101, with Henrik Grim (Capchase)

May 12th, 2022 36m 48s

Henrik Grim is a General Manager of Capchase (Europe). Capchase is a revenue-based financial provider for recurring revenue businesses. Capchase has raised $549.6M in funding over 7 rounds and achieved unicorn status. In this episode, we delve

#36 Scaling The Engineering Team, with Steffen Vollert (COO, volt.io)

May 6th, 2022 40m 25s

In this episode, our host Arthur Nobel sat down with Steffen Vollert, COO of Volt.io.Volt.io is an open payments gateway that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of point-of-sale transactions. Volt acts as a global Open Banking payments aggr

#35 Do's and Don'ts When Selling and Acquiring SaaS Companies, with Thomas Smale

Apr 27th, 2022 40m 10s

In today’s episode, Arthur discusses M&A with Thomas Smale. Thomas is the CEO of FE International, an award-winning global M&A advisor of SaaS, e-commerce, and content businesses that has completed over 1000 acquisitions. Thomas began building

#34 What’s the Difference Between a CPO and a VP of Product? With Gijo Mathew (CPO at VTS)

Apr 21st, 2022 39m 57s

In this episode, Arthur Nobel discusses the role of the CPO with Gijo Mathew, Chief Product Officer at VTS, a real estate CRM software company. VTS has raised over $330M in funding over 9 rounds, and its currently in its Series D. Gijo has bee