{"id":7443,"date":"2018-07-04T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosquared.com\/blog\/?p=7443"},"modified":"2019-11-28T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T11:01:15","slug":"podcast-saastock-growth-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gosquared.com\/blog\/podcast-saastock-growth-conference","title":{"rendered":"How to grow from zero to 3,000 conference attendees in 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.gosquared.com\/images\/liquidicity\/18_07_04_saastock_01\/18_07_04_saastock_01@2x.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Theuma of SaaStock on the GoSquared Podcast\"\/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/467215044%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-f4aFm&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this episode we&#8217;re joined by Alex Theuma of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saastock.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SaaStock<\/a>. Alex shares his experience growing the SaaStock conference from an idea to a hugely successful event gathering thousands of smart people in one place.<\/p>\n<p>SaaStock is an annual conference in Dublin that brings together everyone involved in the SaaS ecosystem from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We talk to Alex about how he got started building a community for SaaS founders, and how things evolved into the huge success that is SaaStock today.<\/p>\n<p>Alex shares a ton of his experience in the show, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to make events personal \u2013 even when there are thousands of attendees.<\/li>\n<li>How to sell huge sponsorship deals to fund your events.<\/li>\n<li>His tips and tricks for building repeatable revenue in a project-based business.<\/li>\n<li>His advice for other first-time founders out there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the show!<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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