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ResourceBuilding The Right Product & Pricing with Des Traynor @ Intercom.com - Escape Velocity Show #32
Dan Martell interviews Intercom co-founder Des Traynor about how Intercom grew out of Exceptional, a Ruby on Rails error tracker …
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ResourceGrowth Hacking - How To Become a World-Class Growth Hacker
Dan Martell teaches how to become a world-class growth hacker, drawing on 20 years of experience. He says he moved to San Francisco …
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ResourceTeam Building: How To Build a Strong Team That Grows Your SaaS Faster
Martell outlines how to build a strong SaaS team so founders work less on low-leverage work. He contrasts starting Spheric at 24 — …
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ResourceConquering a $120B Industry with Greg @ Alyce.com - Escape Velocity Show #31
Escape Velocity interview with Greg, founder of Alyce, a corporate gifting platform for sales and marketing. He describes using AI …
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ResourceGet More SaaS Product Reviews (Easy Way)
Martell argues for a show-don't-tell approach: let customers tell the market how good a SaaS product is through reviews on sites …
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ResourceHow to Go Up Market With Your SaaS
Dan explains how to move upmarket in a B2B software business without falling flat, drawing on coaching founders and a conversation …
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ResourceMistakes To Avoid on Product Demos with Steli @ Close.com - Escape Velocity Show #30
An Escape Velocity interview with Steli Efti of Close (formerly Close.io, now Close.com). Much of the conversation is biographical: …
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ResourceHow To Plan Your Year
Dan Martell explains his 'preloaded year' method for fitting business, family and personal commitments onto one page, a process he …
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ResourceBuild Your SaaS Customer Support System
Dan Martell shares five strategies for world-class SaaS customer support, saying he personally did support for two years at his …
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ResourceGetting People To Hate You with Nathan Latka (Creator of The Top Podcast) - Escape Velocity Show #29
In this Escape Velocity interview, Nathan Latka explains his polarizing media and finance playbook. He says The Top podcast was …
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ResourceHow to Maximize Sleep as an Entrepreneur
Dan Martell explains how he gets high sleep scores — he says 93 to 94 on his Oura Ring — after ignoring sleep while building earlier …
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ResourceHow to Raise Money for Your SaaS
Dan Martell outlines how to fund a SaaS business without giving up the business, stressing that equity is the most valuable thing a …
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ResourceFrom Freemium to Premium with Matthew @ Yesware.com - Escape Velocity Show #28
Dan Martell interviews Matthew Bellows, founder of Yesware and now of BodesWell, described as his third greenfield startup. Bellows …
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ResourceHow to Build a Challenge Funnel
Martell presents the Challenge Funnel as a paid, time-boxed challenge that packages a desired customer outcome, drives product …
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ResourceHow to Work With an Agency
Dan Martell shares how to manage an agency without wasting money, via a framework a client named Noah dubbed the 'Agency Amplifier.' …
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ResourceChanging State Laws with Patrick @ Notarize.com - Escape Velocity Show #27
In this Escape Velocity interview, Patrick, founder of Notarize, tells Dan Martell how he built an online notarization company after …
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ResourceCome Up With Better Business Idea
Dan Martell describes entrepreneurship as a problem-seeking muscle that is both a gift and a curse: entrepreneurs constantly notice …
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ResourceWho Should You Hire Next
Dan Martell gives a framework for deciding who to hire next, framed as buying back time rather than simply adding headcount. First, …
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ResourceMaster The 4-Day Workweek with Natalie @ WildBit.com - Escape Velocity Show #26
Dan Martell interviews Natalie, co-founder and CEO of Wildbit, maker of Beanstalk, Postmark, and Conveyor, with her husband Chris as …
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ResourceHow Elon Musk Runs His Businesses
Dan Martell distils five strategies he says he extracted from studying Elon Musk. 1) Vector alignment, from a story told by HubSpot …
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ResourceThe Millionaire Morning Routine
Martell shares the eight-step morning routine he says he and wealthy friends use, rooted in his own overwhelm at age 26 while …
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ResourceForge High-Impact Sellers with David @ CerebralSelling.com - Escape Velocity Show #25
Dan Martell interviews David from Cerebral Selling about his book Sell the Way You Buy. David traces his path from employee number …
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ResourcePosition Your SaaS So It Sells Itself
Dan Martell explains product positioning using April Dunford's book 'Obviously Awesome,' which he says supplies all of the framework …
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ResourceGet a Your Sales Reps Closing Deals
Dan Martell shares four strategies to ramp a new salesperson to quota faster. First, filter before hiring: check motivation and …
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