Leaders of Growth Podcast
Learn from the mistakes other SaaS leaders already paid for.
Real conversations with SaaS founders, CEOs, CMOs and growth leaders about the calls that didn’t work out, and what they’d do differently now.
Hosted by Milan Savov
Every episode starts with something that went wrong first.
A hire that didn’t pan out. A channel that quietly stopped pulling its weight. A GTM plan that had to be scrapped halfway through. A founder who realized they’d become the thing slowing the company down.
What are you trying to figure out right now?
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01
Growth & GTM
How do you turn growth into pipeline you can actually count on?
Positioning, product market fit, and building a go to market motion that still works once you’re past the first few customers.
02
Marketing & AI
What does AI actually change for your marketing?
SEO, AI driven discovery, content, attribution and figuring out where automation genuinely helps versus where it just looks like progress.
03
Sales & Revenue
Why does revenue stall even when the team keeps growing?
Founder led sales, ABM, SDR performance, and what it takes to build a revenue engine that scales past the founder.
04
Founder & Leadership
Has the company outgrown the way you’re running it?
Hiring, delegating, decision making, and the shift from being needed everywhere to being needed where it matters.
Start with the problem you're actually dealing with
Ep 28
If Anyone Can Build Your SaaS, How Do You Still Win?Andrew Davis · Chief Innovation Officer, Paddle
How to build a competitive advantage when products are easier to copy, AI is changing discovery, and traditional go-to-market playbooks are being rewritten
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Ep 27
Before You Hire Another Marketer, Watch ThisEmilia Korczynska · VP of Marketing, Userpilot
How AI is changing marketing teams, hiring decisions, and the skills SaaS companies need next.
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Ep 26
Why SaaS Growth Breaks When Product, Marketing, and Revenue Don’t Work TogetherGrant Polachek · Chief Growth Officer, Atom.com
How to build a SaaS growth engine where product, marketing, and revenue work together.
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Ep 25
Why Modern SaaS Marketing No Longer Follows the RulesSara Archer · Chief Revenue Officer, ChartMogul
How to build predictable SaaS growth when attribution is messy, buyer journeys are fragmented, and AI is changing marketing.
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Ep 24
Why Most Companies Don’t Scale (Even With Great People)Nikola Bubevski · Sales & Operations Leader
How to build systems that let your company grow without becoming the bottleneck
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Ep 23
Why Your B2B Ads Are Wasting Budget on the Wrong Accounts (ABM Masterclass)Daniel Macià · Founder, Astrad
Why do most B2B companies have a relevance problem, not a traffic problem?
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