EP 174 : Building a SaaS Business - Ameet Mehta (Founder & CEO, FirstPrinciples) | Venture Studio | Zero to One

The Startup Operator

Ameet is a serial entrepreneur and is currently the founder and CEO of First Principles, a holding company that starts, acquires, and scales category leading B2B SaaS Companies. In this episode he spoke about the essentials of a good SaaS business, metrics to look out for, how to run a business during a downturn and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.
Topics:
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Essentials of a Good SaaS Business
04:02 Recruiting a subject matter expert
05:33 Ameet's favourite markets/Ideas
06:44 Funding v/s bootstrapping
09:13 SaaS Metrics to look out for
11:26 Building for the world from India
12:43 Who would Ameet hire for a SaaS business
13:24 Optimizing for growth
15:14 Running a business during a downturn
18:02 Building a good customer success function
19:52 Running multiple businesses
23:29 How do you make acquisitions work?
28:04 Books and podcasts

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