SaaS Backwards - Reverse Engineering SaaS Success

Updated: 14 Feb 2025 • 154 episodes
www.austinlawrence.com

Join us as we interview CEOs and CMOs of fast-growing SaaS firms to reveal what they are doing that’s working, and lessons learned from things that didn’t work as planned. These deep conversations dive into the dynamic world of SaaS B2B marketing, go-to-market strategies, and the SaaS business model. Content focuses on the pragmatic as well as strategic, providing a well-rounded diet for those running SaaS firms today. Hosted by Ken Lempit, Austin Lawrence Group’s president and chief business builder, who brings over 30 years of experience and expertise in helping software companies grow and their founders achieve their visions.

Show episodes

Guest: Ty Tinker, Head of Analytics at AdQuick What if everything you thought about billboard advertising was wrong? Ty Tinker, Head of Analytics at AdQuick, breaks down the myth that out-of-home (OOH) advertising is unmeasurable and outdated. In reality, leading SaaS companies—including Dropbox, Salesforce, and Shopif

28 min
00:00
28:30
No file found

Guest: Jon Miller, Co-Founder & CEO of a Stealth AI Startup Jon Miller, co-founder of Marketo and former CMO of Demandbase, argues that B2B marketing’s traditional playbook—built on predictable demand generation, MQL scoring, and SDR-driven outbound—is broken.  The “gumball machine” approach, where marketers expect pre

29 min
00:00
29:18
No file found

Guest: Kerry Cunningham, Research & Thought Leadership at 6sense  85% of buyers initiate the first conversation with vendors—on their terms. If your marketing still revolves around capturing leads and pushing outbound sales, you"re already behind. Kerry Cunningham, Head of Research at 6Sense, shares insights from their

38 min
00:00
38:20
No file found

Guest: Maxwell Nee, CRO at ScoreApp Maxwell Nee, Chief Revenue Officer of ScoreApp, shares the strategies behind scaling a low ARR SaaS product to 9,000 paying customers worldwide. By leveraging the principles of quiz marketing, ScoreApp turns engagement into actionable insights, driving top-of-funnel lead generation,

31 min
00:00
31:33
No file found

Guest: Ken Lempit, President & Chief Business Builder at Austin Lawrence Group In this episode, Austin Lawrence Group’s Ken Lempit shares a bold approach to overcoming the inefficiency of traditional advertising campaigns.  He emphasizes a new strategy: combining foundational customer interviews with rapid, real-time t

32 min
00:00
32:27
No file found

Guest: Steve Brothers, CEO of Splashmetrics With 77% of millennial buyers avoiding sales interactions until they’ve already made a purchase decision, buyers are consistently clear about what they need: fast, personalized, and self-directed answers.  Yet vendors stubbornly stick to outdated practices, forcing buyers int

28 min
00:00
28:40
No file found

Show participants