Mike Welsh: What It Takes to Lead the SaaS Industry

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In today's episode of Tales from the PROS, I talk with Mike Welsh, who is a veteran leader in sales and revenue growth and has been named CEO of Uptime.com, a leader in website monitoring software. He brings more than two decades of sales and revenue leadership experience to Uptime.com, driving growth for numerous public and private software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, such as Chargify, Rackspace Cloud, and Inspired eLearning.

In this episode, we talk about Mike’s journey to entrepreneurship, his experience of building and growing a SaaS business, overcoming the challenges of running a SaaS company, the future of websites, and how to be a strong leader.

Don't Miss:
1. Mike’s advice to handling the role of CEO the right way - 06:30
2. What are the challenges that SaaS companies encounter - 25:13
3. How to execute your website’s performance check the right way - 36:41

Listen and Subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-pros/id1371067192

Topics We Discuss:
1. Mike’s inspiring story of how he got to where he is today
2. What it takes to be a CEO of a growing and thriving company
3. What it takes for a company to be an industry SaaS leader like Uptime
4. The biggest hurdles/problems that SaaS companies have and how to overcome them
5. Mike talks about some of the major problems that website's face today and how to overcome them
6. The future of website monitoring and performance
7. Thoughts and advice on how to be a strong business leader
8. Mike defines his story in "one-word"

Follow Mike Welsh
Website: https://uptime.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miwelsh/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UptimeDotCom

Follow Me and Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/mgeorgiou22

Meet The Host

Michael Georgiou is the Co-founder at Imaginovation and the podcast host of Tales from the PROS. As an entrepreneur and business leader, he is passionate about sharing stories that inspire innovation and growth.

Eric Lawrence is the Director of Growth at Imaginovation. As co-host of Tales from the PROS, he brings years of experience working directly with clients seeking software and application development solutions. His insights help businesses understand what to look for in a development partner and how to set projects up for success.

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Binged on some of the content recently and absolutely loved the conversations. Real authentic content from the people who have been in the trenches. Michale is a great host and content creator, I recommend this podcast to all the folks who are into business/entrepreneurial adventure.

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Experience enrich the life and listening to inspirational peoples life put us where we are and to where to head to. It's also speaks about taking decisions at the right time will change our life. Great interaction by Mr. Georgiou as cool and informative questions. One word.. fantabulous

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