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ResourceAuthority Branding Secrets (3 Easy Steps to Building Authority Brands)
Dan Martell, serial entrepreneur, investor and creator of SaaS Academy, shares how to create an authority brand. He says he has …
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ResourceMaster Enterprise-Level SaaS Growth with Justin Shimoon @ AffinityClick - Escape Velocity Show #48
Dan Martell interviews Justin of AffinityClick, maker of Hushed, a mobile over-the-top (OTT) telephony app for disposable and …
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ResourceHow To Raise Successful Kids To Be Winners
Dan Martell shares how he and his wife try to raise their two young boys - seven and eight at the time - to be winners, drawing on …
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ResourceWhat Is SaaS? Software As A Service Explained (In 9 Minutes)
Martell, who says he has been building SaaS companies for 23 years and created SaaS Academy, explains what SaaS means after his …
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ResourceHow To Retain Loyal Customers with Wes Bush @ Product-Led - Escape Velocity Show #47
Dan Martell interviews Wes Bush, author of Product-Led Growth, on letting users experience software before they buy, as with trying …
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ResourceHow To Unlock Your Millionaire Mindset (The 5 Money Beliefs of The Wealthy)
Martell shares five money beliefs he says separate wealthy people, based on his own path: his first two companies were failures from …
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Resource5 Mental Shifts From Doing #75Hard Challenge (NOTE: It’s Not Physical)
Martell recounts doing 75 Hard, the 75-day mental toughness programme created by Andy Frisella: two 45-minute workouts a day (one …
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ResourceFrom Ballet Dancer to Lead Investor with Emily Walsh @ Georgian Partners - Escape Velocity Show #46
In this Escape Velocity interview, Emily Walsh, a principal at Georgian Partners — introduced as having raised $1.2 billion across …
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Resource5 Tips To Build an Epic Marriage And Avoid Divorce
Dan Martell speaks personally about marriage, recounting that in his mid-20s a previous engagement fell apart about two months …
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ResourceFinding Your North Star Metric (Examples from the Best SaaS Companies)
Dan Martell teaches how to find a North Star Metric, a concept he says he learned from Sean Ellis, creator of the term GrowthHackers …
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ResourceHow To Scale a Remote Business with Liam Martin @ Time Doctor - Escape Velocity Show #45
Dan Martell interviews Liam Martin of Time Doctor in a wide-ranging conversation that mixes remote-work strategy with mindset, …
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Resource5 Tips To IMPROVE Public Speaking For Beginners
Dan Martell recounts learning public speaking after moving to San Francisco in 2008, overcoming sweaty hands and a neck that turned …
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ResourceStartup Funding Rounds EXPLAINED (The #1 Key To Get Funding FAST)
Dan Martell demystifies startup funding rounds, giving typical sizes and valuations as plus-or-minus reference points rather than …
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ResourceThe 3 Types of CEOs with Mike McDerment @ Freshbooks - Escape Velocity Show #44
An Escape Velocity interview with Mike McDerment of FreshBooks, which Dan says he launched around 2004 (getting more serious around …
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ResourceHow To Overcome The Ups & Downs as an Entrepreneur TODAY
Martell outlines five ways to overcome the entrepreneurial roller coaster, drawn from an hour-long conversation with a friend whose …
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ResourceDeferred Revenue VS Accrued Revenue (How to Set Your SaaS Company Up for Success)
Martell, stressing he is not an accountant, explains SaaS accounting from a founder's perspective and urges moving from cash to …
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ResourceInvesting in 250+ SaaS Startups with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups - Escape Velocity Show #43
Escape Velocity interview with Marvin Liao, a partner at 500 Startups who says he had been there nearly six years after 10.5 years …
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ResourceFinding a Co-Founder | How to Find The Perfect Partner & Split Equity Fairly
Dan Martell uses his advisee Marcel's search for a technical co-founder for his company Parakito — eventually recruiting Ben as …
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ResourceAngel Investors VS Venture Capitalists - Which One Is Right For You?
Dan Martell compares angel investors and venture capitalists across five dimensions, drawing on his own experience raising about …
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ResourcePerfecting Onboarding & Activation with Aaron Krall @ SaaS Growth Hacks - Escape Velocity Show #42
Dan Martell interviews Aaron Krall, founder of the SaaS Growth Hacks Facebook group and a trial-conversion and onboarding …
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ResourceHow To Increase Your Average Revenue Per User (6 Tips)
Dan Martell explains ARPU — average revenue per user — which he says he first heard from mentor Dharmesh Shah, co-founder of …
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ResourceSaaS Organization & Example SaaS Org Charts (NEW Scalable Model)
Dan Martell explains how to design a SaaS org or accountability chart as a company grows. He frames a business as six core functions …
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ResourceInvesting In SaaS Enabled Marketplaces with Christoph @ PointNine.com - Escape Velocity Show #41
An Escape Velocity interview with Christoph Janz of Point Nine Capital, an investor whose portfolio mentions include Typeform, …
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ResourceWhat is Accrual Accounting? (See The #1 Decision Startups Need to Make TODAY)
Dan Martell, who says he is not an accountant but has reviewed many SaaS financial statements, argues accrual accounting is a must …
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