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Growth Stage by FastSpring

A podcast offering conversations with a diverse group of SaaS leaders from around the world who share lessons they learned at various stages of their business. You’ll hear stories from bootstrapped and VC-funded founders, c-suite executives, and developers that will inspire new growth strategies in your own business. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

  1. MAR 6

    How oeksound Took Their Audio Plugins Business Global With Hannes Andersson

    Conversation with oeksound CEO Hannes Andersson about taking an audio plugins business global. When the first oeksound plugin, Soothe, was created in 2016, creator Olli Keskinen and his friend Hannes Andersson were studying music technology to become recording engineers. And as Hannes puts it, they weren’t in the plugin industry or experienced with software ecommerce when Olli’s plugin quickly became popular, thanks to a simple post on a popular online audio forum.  Today, oeksound is a global software company in the audio and video space, with their plugins used by some hugely recognizable names in the music industry. To learn more about how they did it, listen for the full insights into: How oeksound’s pricing and trial options make their products more accessible to more users.Why the user experience and user feedback is so important for improving and marketing plugins.Why a frictionless purchase process is such a key focus for oeksound to continue expanding their sales.To hear all this and more about oeksound’s experience with taking their plugin business global, listen now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    47 min

  2. FEB 6

    How SMB Digital Brands Can Win the Best Talent With Lizzie Mintus of Here’s Waldo Recruiting

    Conversation with Here’s Waldo Recruiting’s Founder and CEO Lizzie Mintus about how to compete with large brands to recruit the best talent. If you're running a smaller digital business, you may find it challenging to hire great talent. Larger technology companies can pay more, offer more benefits, and provide a more marketable brand on a candidate's resume. So how are smaller companies supposed to compete with large brands for the best talent? In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Lizzie Mintus — Founder and CEO of Here's Waldo Recruiting and host of The Here’s Waldo Podcast — about her thoughts on: The most effective recruiting strategies for SMBs.How to leverage community involvement and content to punch above your weight.Insights on why the best candidates say “YES!” to working for smaller brands.If you're facing challenges winning the best candidates for your roles, or if you have a small number of roles and every hire really matters, then don't miss this episode of Growth Stage. Listen now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    29 min

  3. JAN 23

    Scaling Success: Digital Entrepreneurship and SaaS Exits With Blake Hutchison of Flippa

    Conversation with Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison about Flippa and selling a SaaS or digital product business. If you own a SaaS or other digital product business — such as a Slack plugin, Chrome extension, online publishing business, mobile app, or even a blog — and you’re looking to exit, you may have a lot of questions about how best to go about it. In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison about how Flippa works, as well as insights on what you should know if you're a digital business owner looking to sell your business. Listen for the full insights into: How Flippa.com works to connect for-sale businesses with buyers while managing the complexities of valuation and seller expectations.Advice on how SaaS or digital product company owners can prepare for a successful exit, including financial hygiene and knowing what the right time to sell looks like for themselves.How selling an investment business is very different from getting VC funding.If it’s time to sell your SaaS, app, or other digital product business, listen to this episode of Growth Stage now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    37 min

  4. JAN 9

    Can Mobile Games Really Achieve >50% of Revenue From D2C With Justin Sacks of Nexus

    Conversation with Nexus CEO Justin Sacks about earning 50% or more of your game’s revenue via D2C sales. With changes to legislation in the EU and lawsuits in the U.S., the future of monetizing your game direct to consumer looks brighter than ever. That said, you might be wondering what strategies work within the confines of today's rules and if it's even possible to earn 50% or more of your game's revenue through D2C. In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview gaming D2C and creator marketing expert Justin Sacks of Nexus about his thoughts on: What winning strategies AAA and AA publishers use for D2C in mobile.Why these strategies actually can result in >50% revenue coming from D2C.How you can pursue these strategies to drive more profitability for your games, while developing a more meaningful relationship with your players.If you're wondering how to exponentially grow your profits and deliver a better experience for your players, listen to this episode of Growth Stage now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    36 min

  5. 11/14/2024

    Unlock Global Growth With Targeted Payment Methods With Sudipto Manna of FastSpring

    Conversation with FastSpring Product Manager Sudipto Manna about using targeted payment methods to achieve global growth. As you work to expand your SaaS, software, mobile games, or other digital product business worldwide, having the right payment methods available to global customers is key to ensuring they all feel comfortable purchasing. But just knowing which payment methods you need to offer in each region can get really complicated really quickly, let alone how to implement them.  In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Sudipto Manna of FastSpring about:  How to unlock global growth by leveraging payment methods.Some of the payment methods that are important for key geographies, and why those payment methods are so important to local shoppers.How FastSpring is supporting digital product and gaming companies with these methods.If you want to offer more payment methods around the world, don’t miss this episode of Growth Stage. Listen now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    34 min

  6. 09/12/2024

    Growing a Digital Goods Company in Asia: Challenges, Opportunities, and Insights With Jay Jia of FastSpring

    Conversation with FastSpring Senior Account Executive Jay Jia about expanding a digital goods company in Asia. If your business is based in the APAC region and you’re focused on expanding into new areas, there are a lot of common challenges to face and questions to ask about the best way to do that.  On this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Jay Jia, FastSpring Senior Account Executive, about his insights into: Tips on expanding a digital goods company in Asia.Current market trends in Asia that can affect expansion and the challenges associated with those market trends.The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. If you’re not sure how to kickstart growth for your digital products or software business in Asia, listen now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    25 min

  7. 08/08/2024

    Product Marketing Is Broken — Fix It With Thematic Product Launches, With Braden Steel

    Conversation with Sr. Product Marketing Manager Braden Steel of FastSpring. Is your product marketing team struggling to coordinate marketing resources to support an endless stream of product launches, with vague release dates and a chorus of product managers demanding tons of marketing attention for each release? What if there were a better way? In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Braden Steel, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at FastSpring, to discuss his thoughts on what is wrong with traditional product marketing and how FastSpring is using quarterly thematic product launches to: Give the best best attention to all product releases.Tell an overarching product story where the whole is more valuable than the sum of its parts.Help marketing be planful and thoughtful so they can provide their best work for product releases.If you’re running yourself ragged with over-active product roadmaps, endless “t-shirt” sizing for agile project estimations, slipping product release dates, or being worried about letting your product managers down, it may be time to consider thematic product releases. Learn how in this episode of Growth Stage. Listen now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    24 min

  8. 07/26/2024

    Develop a Winning KPI Strategy for Your Game Marketing With Adam Lieb of Gamesight

    Conversation with Gamesight Founder and CEO Adam Lieb about developing a winning KPI strategy for video game marketing. With so many marketing channels to manage to promote your game, combined with the complexity of monetizing your games on multiple platforms, in PC marketplaces, or even D2C via your own webshop, your head might be spinning keeping up with where to focus your efforts. In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Adam Lieb of Gamesight about his thoughts on: Why video game marketing is so complex.What KPI can help you cut through the noise.Key strategies for interpreting your KPI over time.If you're wondering how to focus your team where it matters the most, don't miss this episode of Growth Stage. Listen now! Transcript available on the FastSpring blog. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally, allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

    34 min
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A podcast offering conversations with a diverse group of SaaS leaders from around the world who share lessons they learned at various stages of their business. You’ll hear stories from bootstrapped and VC-funded founders, c-suite executives, and developers that will inspire new growth strategies in your own business. This podcast is brought to you by FastSpring. As the leading merchant of record payment platform for SaaS and software, FastSpring lets you reduce your payments, subscriptions, entitlements, fulfillment, and tax management stack down to one. We manage all the hard parts of transacting globally allowing you to focus on moving your business farther, faster.

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  • Creator
    FastSpring
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 FastSpring

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