What if you didn’t have to choose between crushing it in SaaS and being a present, hands-on dad? In this raw and inspiring episode of SaaS Dads, Andy Audate shares the powerful mindset and systems he used to build a 7-figure SaaS business before becoming a father — so he could show up fully when his daughter arrived. From hiring at age 12, to hitting his first million by 21, to now running a lean 12-hour workweek business that funds freedom and family, Andy breaks down the high-leverage strategies every founder-dad needs. This no-fluff episode rips the lid off how real SaaS founders scale fast — without sacrificing their families in the process: 🔥 Build a business that doesn’t own your time🔥 One session. Two wins: Retain clients and create content that sells🔥 Raise winners — not entitled kids — by leading with vision🔥 Say “NO” to low-impact busywork & YES to leverage If you’re building SaaS while raising a family, this is your blueprint to escape the grind and own your life again. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:42 – The shock of becoming a parent (vs. expectations) 1:29 – Babysitter vs. Parent: Total ownership 2:05 – Parallels between business & fatherhood 2:57 – Andy’s SaaS growth story: From Gold to Platinum 3:20 – Building a business for fatherhood 4:40 – Emotions of birth & redefining purpose 5:10 – How Andy scaled down to a 12-hour workweek 6:15 – Saying “No” to say “Yes” to what matters 7:50 – Triple-leveraging time: client strategy, content, retention 10:20 – From hustle to high-leverage 11:15 – Teaching kids through action 14:07 – Raising present, capable, grateful children 17:30 – How Andy’s childhood shaped his business vision 22:00 – The next generation: wealth, work ethic, wisdom 27:20 – Should kids struggle? Or stand on your shoulders? 31:15 – Teaching with tech, not just toughness 36:00 – The role of AI, screens & learning 44:40 – Education systems: do they help or hurt? 50:07 – Identity, affirmations & parenting with intention 55:04 – Andy’s advice to all new SaaS dads   👉 This is where it starts. Join our community:   👉 Facebook group 👉 myCRMSIM Community   🔗 Explore more: 👉 https://www.andyaudate.com/ 👉 https://progreda.com/ 👉 https://mycrmsim.com/

How Sarah Cordiner turned chaos into a $15M‑valued SaaS empire while breastfeeding, raising kids, and launching in Australia’s remote outback. From a spare bedroom in Broome, Western Australia, Sarah Cordiner built TekMatix, an all-in-one CRM and course-creation platform that has grown into a global powerhouse—empowering hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and educators.  In this episode of SaaS Dads: 👉 Discover how she launched TekMatix during COVID, literally mid‑birth announcement—booking a team in the Philippines in days and hitting a $15M valuation in 18 months. 👉 Learn the exact discipline shifts flexible work schedules, Monday co‑working mornings, “Wednesday client days”, and weekend shutdowns that helped her balance parenting and scaling TekMatix. 👉 Hear how daring branding reinvestments delivered a 700% signup surge and how hiring a fractional COO/CTO changed everything. 👉 Uncover the mindset pivots: building trusted support circles, saying no to rude clients, and detoxing from the “always‑on” entrepreneur persona. 👉TekMatix is the $15M Aussie-built SaaS powerhouse.    Timestamps: 02:15 Launching TekMatix during lockdown and birth—fastest rocket-to-$15M journey 08:30 Life as a remote‑based founder: juggling kids, guilt, and airport trips 14:20 Branding overhaul raked a 700% spike—why visuals matter more than you think 19:50 From solo founder to co‑CEO partnership—balancing roles and marriage 25:10 Carving the week—why Mondays are admin days and Wednesdays are long client days 30:45 Hiring fractional CTO/COO unlocked growth and sanity 35:00 Setting boundaries: resilience in client support and mental health 40:30 Stress‑busting rituals, friendships, and weekend family authority 45:00 Final lessons: ask for help earlier and hire the grown‑up faster   🔥 Start your own growth journey today – Explore our solutions: 👉 https://tekmatix.com/ 👉 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mycrmsim 👉 myCRMSIM Community: https://portal.mycrmsim.com/communities/groups/mycrmsim/home?invite=68a352f7317a226d854f0196

What kind of madness makes a father of two walk away from a cushy government job — to build a SaaS startup from zero, with zero safety net? In this brutally honest episode of SaaS Dads, Kartik exposes the real price of chasing freedom while raising a family. No investors. No backup. Just a bold leap into launching a SaaS inside the HighLevel ecosystem — diapers on one hand, and a business to build on the other.   You’ll discover: 👉 The gut-punch moment that made Kartik say: “I’m done with corporate.” 👉 How he built a team that closed 6 clients — while he was on holiday 👉 The truth about time, tax, and tension no SaaS course prepares you for 👉 Why being a dad makes you ruthlessly focused in business ⏱️ Timestamps: 1:30 – The leap: Leaving a 6-figure job with 2 kids 4:00 – Family first: Why support matters more than funding 7:00 – Corporate fatigue & chasing meaning 10:15 – Real talk: Managing dad life & 14-hour days 13:00 – HighLevel community impact & early wins 18:00 – Building a remote team that performs 21:00 – What kids teach you about leadership 26:00 – From “What do you do?” to “This is real.” 30:00 – The reality of work-life “blend” 35:00 – Simplifying the offer & staying sane 41:00 – The myth of instant SaaS success 47:00 – What drives Kartik: Legacy, family & freedom   If you’re stuck juggling family, burnout, and a business that feels like it’s draining the life out of you — this is your wake-up call. No fluff. Just the blueprint for building real freedom — with your kids watching.   👉 This is where it starts. Join our community: 👉 Facebook group 👉 myCRMSIM Community   🔗 Explore more: 👉 https://acquireone.ai/ 👉 https://mycrmsim.com/  

What if the biggest pain in your agency became the launchpad to a 7-figure SaaS career? Robb Bailey, one of the first to scale HighLevel into the agency world, joins us on SaaS Dads to unpack the whole journey, reveals how a $44,000/month tech problem led him to co-pioneer one of the fastest-growing SaaS movements in the agency space. He breaks down the exact mindset, playbook, and fatherhood fuel that kept him in the game when most would’ve quit.   Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode: 🔥 The $44K mistake that sparked a 7-figure SaaS🔥 How Robb scaled from freelancer to 535+ clients🔥 The dad-first strategy that unlocked total time freedom🔥 Why most agency owners burn out — and how to avoid it🔥 The exact mindset shift that built compounding revenue🔥 Real talk on raising kids while building a SaaS empire   This isn’t hype — it’s the behind-the-scenes truth from someone who’s done it.   ⏱ Timestamps 00:12 - The humble beginnings with HighLevel 02:01 - Starting a business while raising a family 03:44 - From freelancer to agency owner 05:00 - The brutal early years of parenting + agency life 06:50 - Why entrepreneurship gave Robb the dad freedom he craved 10:00 - The loss that reshaped Robb’s parenting mindset 14:50 - “I didn’t want a baby — I wanted a family” 20:00 - Showing up as a dad: the secret to parenting and business 26:24 - Guardrails, gratitude, and raising emotionally safe kids 35:10 - Teaching money mindset through everyday life 42:40 - Why SaaS is the best business model for dads 50:00 - The moment that changed Robb’s future: HighLevel's $44K solution 56:00 - The power of consistency and compounding revenue 1:01:00 - Final advice: don’t chase hype, build the base   🚨 If you’re building a SaaS while raising a family, this is your blueprint for compounding wins — in business and at home.   👉 This is where it starts. Join our community: 👉 Facebook group 👉 myCRMSIM Community   🔗 Explore more: 🚀 GHL News™️:  https://subscribe.ghlnews.com 🔥 Agency Masters Elite™️: http://robbbailey.com/elite

From broke, burnt-out, and working night shifts... to running one of Australia’s top HighLevel agencies serving 1,000 businesses across 9 countries. This isn’t just another SaaS story, it’s pure survival mode turned domination. Michael Dooley built Pinnacle from scratch, during custody battles, separation, and 3AM feedings. While most quit, he scaled. In this raw episode of SaaS Dads, you’ll discover: ✅The brutal COVID crash, how he lost it all and rebuilt✅The 3AM grind that turned late nights into $30K+ months✅Why being a dad made him a better CEO (and team builder)✅The sales frameworks he used to own the auto dealer niche✅Battle-tested mindset tactics to survive when you’re hanging by a thread 🕒 Timestamps 0:00 — Intro & setup   2:00 — How Pinnacle started & initial hustle   6:00 — COVID hit: clients lost & mental pressure   10:30 — Juggling fatherhood & entrepreneurship   15:30 — Time blocking, hiring, and scaling   20:00 — Leveraging vulnerability in marketing   24:00 — Leading with emotional intelligence   28:00 — Screen time, kids, and legacy thinking   32:00 — Final advice + the moment it all flips   If you're building SaaS or scaling an agency while juggling real-life chaos, this is your no-fluff roadmap. This is how the real ones win.   👉 This is where it starts. Join our community: 👉 Facebook group 👉 myCRMSIM Community   🔍 Explore Additional Resources: 👉 https://pinnacleonlinemarketing.com  

What happens when you sell a multi-million dollar e-commerce brand… then rebuild from scratch but this time around your kids, not just clients? In this powerful SaaS Dads episode, Paul reveals how he scaled Insiteful and Ecommerce Circle to 200+ brands and 20+ staff while raising two young boys. From burning out in corporate to discovering Shopify’s power, this is the unfiltered truth about balancing 7-figure e-commerce growth with family life. You’ll discover: 🚀 The SaaS shortcuts that stop you wasting years (and thousands) trying to custom-build what Shopify already perfected 👨‍👩‍👦 Why chasing revenue while ignoring your family destroys teams and how “family-first” leadership keeps staff loyal and clients locked in 📅 The exact time-blocking system Paul uses to escape calendar chaos and claw back 10+ hours every week for his kids 💡Why doing everything yourself is killing your business and how hiring smart isn’t a cost, it’s the #1 move to buy back your life ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 – Intro: SaaS Dads podcast0:36 – Paul’s journey from CD burners to selling Wcom3:30 – Why Shopify beats custom builds6:00 – Raising kids while scaling businesses9:15 – Leaving toxic corporate culture behind15:00 – Building family-first teams and culture22:00 – How fatherhood reshaped leadership30:00 – One vs two kids: business impact39:00 – Kids, screens & digital literacy46:00 – Parenting with boundaries & respect53:00 – Coping with stress as a dad-founder1:00:00 – Fitness, health, and longevity for entrepreneurs1:06:00 – Final advice: buy back your time   If you’re building an agency, SaaS, or e-commerce business while raising a family, this is your episode.   👉 This is where it starts. Join our community: 👉 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mycrmsim 👉 myCRMSIM Community: https://portal.mycrmsim.com/communities/groups/mycrmsim/home?invite=68a352f7317a226d854f0196   🔗 Explore more: 👉 www.ecommercecircle.com.au  👉 www.insiteful.com.au

Unlock the high-performance blueprint behind Danny Clarke’s meteoric rise from old-school sales training to launching Hello Freedom and scaling as a Diamond SaaSPRENEUR. In this episode, Danny reveals the exact funnels, frameworks, and flywheels that don’t just build profit they create true lifestyle freedom.   What you’ll discover:   👉 The playbook to scale your business without becoming a stranger at home 👉 How to grow fast without sacrificing your marriage, kids, or sanity 👉 The unfair system to win in business and still be present at the dinner table 👉 Build a 7-figure business without burning out or losing the people you love   If you’re a SaaS founder, agency owner or digital marketer who’s tired of the “all‑gas, no brakes” approach, this episode shows what the real high‑performance path looks like.   Time 0:00 ‑ 2:00 Intro: Danny Clarke’s backstory & early entrepreneurial roots (insurance, coaching) 2:30 ‑ 5:00 Building large‐scale coaching & membership business → burnout & lessons learned 5:00 ‑ 8:00 Transition into SaaS / HighLevel / Hello Freedom & systematizing funnels, frameworks 8:00 ‑ 12:00 Family + business balance: setting boundaries, letting go, building team & infrastructure 12:00 ‑ 16:00 Mindset & authenticity: rejecting perfection, embracing strengths & weaknesses 16:00 ‑ 20:00 Digital world & parenting: values, tech, preparing kids for future & teaching responsibility 20:00 ‑ 23:00 Danny’s core win systems: what works now (scalable funnels, predictable income) 23:00 ‑ End Final thoughts, advice to audience, where to find Danny & Hello Freedoms, CTA   This is where it starts. 👇   👉 https://hellofreedom.co/ 👉 Connect with Danny on Facebook —  https://www.facebook.com/dannyclarkethefreelife 👉 myCRMSIM Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mycrmsim 👉 myCRMSIM Community: https://portal.mycrmsim.com/communities/groups/mycrmsim/home?invite=68a352f7317a226d854f0196

👉 Burnt out. Outnumbered. Scaling fast and barely holding it together.   If you're a SaaS founder juggling diapers and dashboards, this episode will punch you in the gut in the best way possible.   Matt Deseno (CEO of HL Pro Tools & Baam) didn’t just build a $30M SaaS empire. He did it while raising 3 kids under 7, battling overwhelm, employee lawsuits, missed payrolls, and everything else they don’t show on LinkedIn.   This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s the raw, unfiltered truth about what it actually takes to grow a 250+ person company without losing your family.   You’ll learn how Matt went from newborns on Zoom calls to buying back his time, reclaiming his evenings, and building a business that serves his family, not steals from it.   If you're stuck in the guilt loop, scaling one thing while neglecting the other, this is your wake-up call.   💥 Highlights:   👉 The hidden pain behind scaling to 6,000+ agencies   👉 Why “balance” is BS and what top performers chase instead   👉 Hiring, firing, and fighting burnout as a SaaS CEO   👉 The $300/month secret that gave Matt back his evenings   👉 How to raise kids that still want to hang out with you at 25   ⏱️ Timestamps   00:00 – Welcome & Time Zones 00:18 – The Real Reason Behind SaaS Dads 01:01 – Matt’s Origin Story in HL Pro Tools 03:00 – From 0 to 250 Staff in 5 Years 04:44 – Scaling During a Crisis (COVID Backstory) 07:01 – “I Wasn’t Chasing Balance — I Chased Harmony” 10:56 – Raising Kind, Confident Adults 13:22 – Business Gets Bigger, Problems Get Weirder 16:42 – The Emotional Weight of Leadership 20:56 – Parenting Through Chaos (And Finding Peace) 24:00 – Buying Back Time (The $300 Routine Shift) 30:29 – Constraint = The Secret to High Output 36:45 – SaaS, Family & False Goals 42:58 – The Power of Margin in Life 53:50 – Final Thoughts & Book Rec   Build a SaaS that supports your family, not one that steals your time.   This is where it starts. 👇   👉 https://hlprotools.com/   👉 https://baam.com/   👉  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mycrmsim   👉 myCRMSIM Community

Unlock the raw, unfiltered story behind going from real estate debt to a multimillion-dollar AI SaaS startup. In this episode of SaaS Dads, Bryce DeCora fighting through credit card debt, a live-in flip, and two toddler boys shares how he built CloseBot, a conversational AI platform designed to automatically qualify leads and book meetings into a bold vision of a $100M company.   Discover how he:   👉 Built CloseBot from scratch, broke, burned out, with kids climbing over him and bills piling up 👉 Turned desperation into innovation, crafting AI that qualifies leads while you sleep 👉 Balanced chaos: team, family, pressure, with no room to fail 👉 Accepted the truth: the grind never ends… but neither does growth   Whether you’re a SaaS founder, agency owner, or startup dreamer, this story will ignite your ambition and show you there’s always room for growth.   Timestamps   00:00 – Welcome & how SaaS Dads began   01:57 – What is Closebot and why it matters   05:00 – Transition from property to AI under pressure   09:00 – Building during financial hardship (credit cards, bucket leaks)   12:00 – Family dynamics: struggling but surviving together   16:00 – Claiming the $100M vision on video   18:00 – The shift: users, team, and investor confidence   20:30 – Parenting & leadership: rules vs approachability   23:00 – Teaching kids entrepreneurship, showing metrics, living room lessons   30:00 – Embracing the hard: advice to your past self   34:00 – What the future holds—for business and family   36:00 – How to connect with Bryce (LinkedIn)   🔥Ready to start scaling smarter (not just harder)?   This is where it starts — join our community   👉CloseBot: www.closebot.com   👉 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mycrmsim   👉 myCRMSIM Community: https://portal.mycrmsim.com/communities/groups/mycrmsim/home?invite=68a352f7317a226d854f0196

Most SaaS founders scale revenue… and destroy their families in the process. The late nights. The 18-hour days. The guilt of missing school pick-ups and family dinners. Too many founders believe it’s the price of success but it’s a lie. In this first-ever SaaS Dads podcast, Johann Nogueira (Co-founder of White Label Suite) exposes how he built a 7-figure SaaS and thousands of clients without losing his marriage, his kids, or his sanity. Inside this episode you’ll discover: ⚡ The 3 roles every SaaS must have to escape founder burnout ⚡ How Johan runs a global team but only speaks to 3 people in his org ⚡ The “producer vs. consumer” parenting hack that turns kids into future leaders ⚡ Why chasing “balance” is a trap and the model to build instead If you’re grinding harder, but drifting further from your family this conversation will flip how you build forever. ⏱️ Timestamps for Key Moments: 00:00 – Intro to SaaS Dads: What it’s really like being a SaaS founder and a father 01:06 – Johan’s journey from Comet Suite to White Label Suite 02:13 – Why Johan built his business before having kids 03:27 – Two contrasting mentor stories that shaped Johan’s parenting style 05:10 – Immigrant hustle: How Johan’s dad influenced his business values 08:17 – Johan’s parenting routines and his son’s on-camera debut 10:00 – Building creative, not consumer, mindsets in kids 14:17 – Managing a large SaaS business with minimal direct oversight 16:05 – The family-first schedule: daily routines and evening boundaries 18:50 – From 18-hour days to structured systems 26:02 – The 3 essential roles in every SaaS: Artist, Dealmaker, Manager 34:02 – Why SaaS beats traditional business for flexibility 35:05 – Walking 800km across Spain with his dad 43:46 – Teaching kids financial literacy with real cash 46:56 – Closing reflections on legacy and connection 🔥 Start your own growth journey today – Explore our solutions: 👉 https://mycrmsim.com/white-label-suite 👉 https://mycrmsim.com/ 📣 This is where it starts join our community 👉Facebook group /mycrmsim 👉Community Group