Founder Views is a podcast for SaaS builders who want real conversations, not recycled playbooks.Hosted by Kosta Panagoulias, a 2x SaaS founder, the show features in-the-trenches conversations with SaaS CEOs, operators, and experts. Each episode digs into the decisions, strategies, wins, and struggles that shape real companies - practical insights from people actively building, not theorizing.While the core focus is SaaS growth, leadership, and execution, the podcast also leaves room for broader discussions that help founders think better - whether that’s economics, technology, markets, or other big-picture business topics.If you want raw, easy-to-follow conversations with people who've actually built something, you’ll feel right at home.
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Founder Views - SaaS, Business, and Beyond is a business podcast hosted by Kosta Panagoulias, with 104 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
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Episode #104
Lou Shipley: Founder-Led Sales, Product-Market Fit, and the Go-To-Market Playbook Behind a $565M Exit
Jun 1, 202659 minS0
<p>Most founders think they have a sales problem. According to Lou Shipley, they usually have a customer understanding problem.</p><p><br>Lou is a 3x CEO, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, former CEO of Black Duck Software, and co-author of Unlikely Entrepreneurs.</p><p>During his time at Black Duck, Lou repositioned the company from open-source compliance to open-source security, quadrupled revenue, and helped lead the company to a $565 million acquisition by Synopsys.</p><p><br>In this conversation, we discuss:</p> Why founders should not hand off sales too early The real purpose of your first 100 cus...
Joseph Lee (Supademo): From Pivot to $5M+ ARR, SEO Playbooks, Product-Led Growth That Converts
Apr 8, 20261h 3mS0
<p>Joseph Lee didn’t follow a straight path. After spending nearly a decade building a food marketplace, he walked away and started over. What came next was Supademo — an AI-powered product demo platform that scaled from zero to $5M ARR in three years, mostly through product-led growth. In this episode, we break down exactly how that happened.</p><p>We get into:</p> How Supa Demo hit $1M ARR in under a year The SEO + LLM strategy that drove early traction Programmatic content and competitor pages that convert What “product-led growth” actually means in practice Designing virality directly into the product Why...
Jon Mest (ChatRank): AI Visibility, “SEO Isn’t Dead”, and Bootstrapping a New Search Channel
Mar 2, 20261h 8mS0
<p>AI search is changing how buyers discover products. But most founders are either ignoring it, or getting sold misinformation.</p><p>In this episode, Jon Mest (https://chatrank.ai/ and https://justreachout.io/) breaks down what actually drives “AI visibility” and how he’s building two bootstrapped companies in a market that’s shifting weekly.</p><p>We get into the real execution behind:</p>Why “pump out 1,000 blog posts” is bad strategy in AI searchWhat AI models struggle with (and the on-page fixes that matter right now)The off-page signals that influence AI recommendations (reviews, Reddit, YouTube, real human sentim...
Brad Mills: OpenClaw Agents, Borrowing Against Bitcoin, Building a Citadel Mind
Feb 22, 20261h 24mS0
<p>Brad Mills is a Bitcoin OG (in since 2011), entrepreneur, and angel investor. In this episode, we talk about what it actually looks like to think long-term in Bitcoin, how he invests without selling, and why “AI agents + Bitcoin” might be the first truly mainstream crypto use case.</p><p>We get into real founder stuff too: leadership failures, scaling mistakes, decision fatigue, and how Brad rebuilt his habits using a “proof of work” mindset.</p><p>What we cover:</p>Brad’s first “business” at 8 years old, and the Facebook app that hit massive scaleThe moment he realized “buy and hold Bitcoin...
Kyle Hosick: From Agency Success to New York Fashion Week
Jan 21, 20261h 6mS0
<p>Kyle Hosick spent 25 years building a successful agency business. Referral-only. No ads. No hype.</p><p>Then he did something most operators never do.<br>He stopped hiding his side projects and went all in on building a brand in public.</p><p>In this episode, Kyle breaks down the real path from agency stability to New York Fashion Week, and what actually changed when he removed fear and stopped playing defense.</p><p>We get into:</p>Why “being more yourself” can be the ultimate growth strategyHow Kyle uses a “25 right decisions in the right order” framework to build mo...
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