
Hustling a 100k domain, the pitfalls of funding and running a remote team on trust - With Dennis @Convert.com
07/10/20 • 71 min
On this first episode, we chat with founder of Convert.com, Dennis van der Heijden about his 10-year journey from securing Silicon Valley funding to leading a fully remote team on trust.
What else we cover:
- why funding can be helpful but also hurtful when you're starting a business
- how to encode autonomy and purpose alignment into your company's DNA
- why his current title is Head of Global Happines
Links >>
Upraw media: https://uprawmedia.com/
Episode transcript: https://uprawmedia.com/blog/trust-convert-com
If you are keen to know more about Upraw Media or be a Masters of SaaS guest speaker, visit uprawmedia.com or DM us on LinkedIn. We are also on Youtube if you'd like to put a face to the names and voices of the best in SaaS. Thanks for tuning in!
On this first episode, we chat with founder of Convert.com, Dennis van der Heijden about his 10-year journey from securing Silicon Valley funding to leading a fully remote team on trust.
What else we cover:
- why funding can be helpful but also hurtful when you're starting a business
- how to encode autonomy and purpose alignment into your company's DNA
- why his current title is Head of Global Happines
Links >>
Upraw media: https://uprawmedia.com/
Episode transcript: https://uprawmedia.com/blog/trust-convert-com
If you are keen to know more about Upraw Media or be a Masters of SaaS guest speaker, visit uprawmedia.com or DM us on LinkedIn. We are also on Youtube if you'd like to put a face to the names and voices of the best in SaaS. Thanks for tuning in!
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Upraw media: https://uprawmedia.com/
Episode transcript: https://uprawmedia.com/blog/seo-ahrefs
If you are keen to know more about Upraw Media or be a Masters of SaaS guest speaker, visit uprawmedia.com or DM us on LinkedIn. We are also on Youtube if you'd like to put a face to the names and voices of the best in SaaS. Thanks for tuning in!
Masters of SaaS - Hustling a 100k domain, the pitfalls of funding and running a remote team on trust - With Dennis @Convert.com
Transcript
Todd: Hey guys, welcome to the masters of Saas podcast brought to you by Upraw media – a growth marketing agency for SaaS, specialising in paid media content and conversion rate optimisation. I’ll be your host, Todd Chambers.
I have the absolute pleasure of chatting with really smart people from the SaaS industry. The goal is to extract as much value as possible. What are their strategies, the tactics, the failures, funny stories, key learnings? All of this can then
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