082 How to offload operational complexities so you can focus on growth | Podcast with Andrew Davies - Paddle

Paddle is a payment infrastructure for SaaS companies. Instead of assembling and maintaining, securing, and paying for a fragmented payments stack, you do it all in one platform. It handles all payment routing, compliance, invoicing, tax collection, renewals, subscription management, reporting, and fraud protection. As a result, it ensures more revenue while remaining secure and globally compliant. Connect with Andrew 👇 Paddle: https://www.paddle.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andjdavies Tekpon is a SaaS marketplace born out of the genuine desire to help people change how they consume and purchase software products and services. Tekpon has behind a team of enthusiastic tech lovers whose main goal is to help users boost their lives and businesses with the right software. Connect with Tekpon ⚡ Website: https://tekpon.com SaaS Entrepreneurs & Startups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tekpon The topics we've discussed 🕐 00:00 Intro 00:15 What is Paddle? 01:05 The problem SaaS founders face 02:15 The most loved feature 03:13 How SaaS companies use Paddle 04:43 Paddle pricing 06:15 Why ProfitWell offers free SaaS metrics platforms 07:33 More companies are adopting product-led growth 08:45 Paddle integrations 06:20 Having customers from multiple industries 10:03 Why is Paddle different? 11:38 What is the story of Paddle? 12:37 Raised Series D last year 13:00 Was buying ProfitWell the reason for raising? 13:53 Why Paddle acquired ProfitWell 15:00 Combining the teams 15:57 What changes have you noticed since the acquisition? 18:00 When did you join Paddle? 18:35 What was your most successful growth tactic? 19:53 Marketing trends Andrew sees in the future 20:48 You advised a lot of SaaS companies - what are the top 3 mistakes they make? 22:00 What has been your biggest personal challenge? 23:10 SaaS events Paddle will be present in 2023 23:50 How to find local Paddle events 24:13 Sponsoring SaaStock Dublin 2022 24:45 Why they've been sponsoring SaaStock for 4 years 25:12 What is your backstory, Andrew? 27:25 What's your piece of advice for startup founders? 28:10 Are you more of a founder or a marketer? 29:00 Andrew's favorite software is ChatGPT 29:50 Outro