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EP26: What is the SaaS Black Hole?

EP26: What is the SaaS Black Hole?

As a new SaaS founder, you’re about to embark on one of the most challenging yet rewarding journeys: bringing your product or service to market. You’ve put in tireless months of research and development, coded feature after feature, and finally have a minimum viable...

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EP25: 5 Growth Opportunities for SaaS Startups

EP25: 5 Growth Opportunities for SaaS Startups

Founding a SaaS startup is a challenging task. And when it comes to actually growing your startup, many founders turn to marketing and customer acquisition first. While marketing and acquisition may help your business grow, we’ve found that other critical areas can...

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EP24: Painkiller vs. Vitamin: Which one is Your Startup?

EP24: Painkiller vs. Vitamin: Which one is Your Startup?

Painkillers vs. vitamins is a marketing concept. As a SaaS startup, you can use these terms to categorize the products and services your business offers and more effectively position your business on the market and across your marketing efforts. Just like reaching for...

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EP22: Unaware Audiences

EP22: Unaware Audiences

Image courtesy Regis F from Unsplash.co. At DemandMaven, we work with early-stage SaaS companies to help them reach their first growth milestones. Recently, I was on a discovery call with a company founder and was surprised by their view on the market. They said they...

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EP20: Hiring a Marketing Team

EP20: Hiring a Marketing Team

  Hey founders 👋 Today I’m writing about the most common question that I get asked!  How do I build my marketing team?  It’s so common that we’ve actually built documentation around this and we're starting to share it with clients. It’s a very understandable...

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EP19: Four Traits of High-Performing CEOs

EP19: Four Traits of High-Performing CEOs

  Welcome to the In Demand Podcast where we talk about how to reach your first $1 million ARR. I'm your host, Asia Orangio, founder of DemandMaven, where we work with early stage SaaS companies on reaching their very first growth milestones. Let's do this. Today...

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EP18: How to Transition From Founder to CEO

EP18: How to Transition From Founder to CEO

Hi founders 👋 I'm Asia Orangio, the host of the InDemand podcast and founder of DemandMaven, where we work with early stage SaaS companies on reaching their very first growth milestones. If you're new here, here's a quick recap of our goal: We're here to discuss what...

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Creating a Marketing Plan for your SaaS

Creating a Marketing Plan for your SaaS

First, let’s define the difference between a marketing strategy and marketing plan. For your best shot at success creating a strategy, we’ve gotta do what every strategist does before defining anything: data-gathering. We’re going to need information first and to take...

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How to get the most value from an advisor or mentor

How to get the most value from an advisor or mentor

I've been a mentor and an advisor now for quite a few SaaS accelerators, incubators, communities, and VC funds — from Atlanta Tech Village and TechStars to TinySeed and GrowthMentor (and more recently MentorPass). After running hundreds of calls for both early-stage...

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