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Practical Founders Podcast

Greg Head

Booking Overview

A weekly founder interview show focused on building valuable software companies without substantial outside funding, typically featuring SaaS founders, CEOs, and software-company operators with firsthand growth, distribution, profitability, or exit experience. Strong pitch candidates include bootstrapped or efficiently funded software founders, CEOs who have led major transformations, and executives with credible lessons from scaling, M&A, or AI adoption; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need substantial operating achievements and measurable results.

Metrics

Episodes: 219

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 3.2k subscribers

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Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

greg@scalingpoint.com

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Host

Greg Head - Host of a podcast focused on practical founders and the strategies used to build valuable software companies without big funding.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Founders, CEOs, and senior operators with firsthand experience building, scaling, transforming, selling, or acquiring software companies—especially bootstrapped or efficiently funded SaaS businesses.
Required Achievements:  
Built or scaled a software or SaaS company, Demonstrated revenue growth, profitability, retention, or distribution results, Completed a meaningful acquisition, merger, or private-equity transaction, Led a significant software-company transformation, Developed a defensible product, marketplace, or go-to-market model

Recent Guest Discussions

Vic Levitin - Distribution-first Company Building, Demand Validation Before Coding, AI Venture Studios, Influencer Partnerships, And Micro-niche Software.

Steve Oriola - Leading A Pe-backed Saas Company, Business Transformation, Post-acquisition Integration, Agentic AI, And Service-based Software Models.

Mike Lyon - Changing Saas Buyer Criteria, Gross Retention, AI Resilience, Systems Of Record, Data Moats, And Preparing For A Software-company Exit.

Wayne Cartmel - Bootstrapped Software Growth, Marketplace Distribution, Focused Execution, Education Technology, And Building Defensibility Through Difficult Markets.

Eran Galperin - Bootstrapped Growth, Low Churn, Profitability, Organic Customer Acquisition, Saas Valuation, And Private-equity Exits.

Recent Topics

Saas, Bootstrapping, Entrepreneurship, Software, M&a

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Practical Founders Podcast
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#220: You Can Skip Venture Capital and Still Raise Too Much - Jerry Nettuno

October 30, 2026

Jerry Nettuno started Schedulicity in Bozeman, Montana, in 2009 after struggling to book his own haircut as a single father. He recruited his first developers from Denver, paid for the build himself, and launched online scheduling for hairstylists, trainers and other small service businesses at $29 a month, starting with about a hundred customers around Bozeman. To fund a bigger team and faster growth, Nettuno raised millions from angels and one large private investor, never from venture capi...

#219: Vibe-Coded Isn't Validating: Rob Walling's Warning for AI-Era Founders - Rob Walling

October 23, 2026

Rob Walling has been publishing Startups for the Rest of Us every week since 2010 — he recorded episode 855 the morning of this interview — and has written five books on bootstrapped SaaS, with a sixth on the way. He started five companies before turning to investing, all of them bootstrapped, and sold Drip in 2016. In 2018 he and co-founder Einar Vollset launched TinySeed, the first accelerator built for SaaS bootstrappers. They aimed to raise $1-2 million for the first fund and closed almos...

#218: He Built Debt Collection SaaS While Paying Off $1M in Personal Debt - Josh Allen

October 16, 2026

Josh Allen is founder and CEO of Tratta, software for debt collection agencies and creditor rights law firms that gives consumers self-service payment tools and gives agents modern back-office tools. He started in merchant services, hired contractors to build a payment portal, and found out the hard way that nobody was waiting for it. That first platform landed five clients in about three years while Josh took on well over a million dollars in personal debt for the business. Tratta grew out o...

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How do I get in touch with Practical Founders Podcast?

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What is the email for Practical Founders Podcast?

The publicly listed email for Practical Founders Podcast: greg@scalingpoint.com.

How many listeners does Practical Founders Podcast have?

Podseeker estimates Practical Founders Podcast reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Practical Founders Podcast?

Practical Founders Podcast typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Founders, CEOs, and senior operators with firsthand experience building, scaling, transforming, selling, or acquiring software companies—especially bootstrapped or efficiently funded SaaS businesses. Common among recent guests: Built or scaled a software or SaaS company; Demonstrated revenue growth, profitability, retention, or distribution results; Completed a meaningful acquisition, merger, or private-equity transaction. Recent guests include Vic Levitin, Steve Oriola, and Mike Lyon.

How hard is it to get booked on Practical Founders Podcast?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Practical Founders Podcast cover?

Recent episodes cover Saas, Bootstrapping, Entrepreneurship, Software, and M&a. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

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