About
Our mission
We believe Marketing is heavily under-leveraged as a growth driver. This pain is real and felt by:
- Founders who are trying to figure out their Go-To-Market to reach escape velocity.
- CEOs who are trying to scale faster and need more pipeline to get there.
- Investors who have invested huge amounts of capital into companies with the intention of creating significant enterprise value.
- Marketing and Sales Leaders who need to align and work together across digital and offline channels to deliver on expectations.
We help each of these stakeholders by building a strategic, data-driven marketing motion to drive predictable demand.
Meet the Team
Shiv Narayanan
Founder & CEO
Shiv is the Founder and CEO of How To SaaS. As an advisor, consultant, and fractional CMO, Shiv has helped Private Equity investors and CEOs generate hundreds of millions of dollars in enterprise value with marketing and demand gen. Prior to How To SaaS, Shiv was the CMO of Wild Apricot, which was acquired by Personify and Rubicon Technology Partners in October 2017 and eventually flipped to Pamlico Capital in August 2018.
Donald Cowper
Chief Operating Officer
Donald is a bestselling author of several business books and a marketing professional who has worked at some of the top SaaS businesses in Toronto. His ebook with FreshBooks, Breaking the Time Barrier, saw over 130,000 downloads within the first three months. He also cofounded a successful training business from his kitchen table, which grew into a multi-million-dollar enterprise.
Taylor Moore
Content Strategist
Taylor works with B2B SaaS companies to create content and communication strategies that help propel their businesses. Formerly the Director of Marketing Communications at TouchBistro, Taylor has worked in SaaS for the past decade and today she helps growing companies generate leads, build brand awareness, and create content that supports every stage of the buyer journey
Keith Holloway
Paid Media Strategist
Keith Holloway is CEO and founder of PureSEM, a tech-enabled service firm focused on paid and organic search engine marketing. He brings 20 years experience helping medium-sized firms scale marketing-driven sales pipelines. Prior to PureSEM, Keith founded Envoke, an email and marketing automation platform.
Ellen Craig
Client Marketing Manager
Ellen has been building and scaling demand generation at SaaS companies focusing on paid media and conversion rate optimization. She has also managed campaigns for Air Canada and Mazda. In her spare time she works on building her dog Henry’s instagram page, @henrythecockapooking.
Jason Wiseman
Sales Lead
Jason is a SaaS swiss army knife who has worked in both sales and marketing teams across several companies. He has worked as a sales leader, sales enablement specialist and a product marketer for Wild Apricot and Eventmobi.
Artie Shlykov
Marketing Manager
Artie specializes in building SEO, SEM, social media, and other forms of digital customer acquisition strategies for product-fit stage startups. Prior to running marketing for How To SaaS, Artie helped manage SEO at Wild Apricot and consulted 20+ startups on building their digital acquisition funnels.
Kate Hawkes
Head of Content
Kate is a content creator and strategist who helps businesses attract, educate, and retain customers with content. She has previously worked with growing SaaS companies to deliver campaigns that support all stages of the customer lifecycle.
Partner Network
Advisors
Michael Libert
Michael is an SVP at TA Associates where he has helped close investments totalling over $5 billion in enterprise value. Michael currently represents TA on the boards of Aptean and insightsoftware.
Dmitry Buterin
Dmitry is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He was the Founder and CEO of Wild Apricot and helped grow the business to $10M in ARR. He eventually sold the business to Personify in October 2017.
Bryce Youngren
Bryce is a Managing Partner of Polaris Growth Fund focusing on investments in SaaS & tech-enabled services. Bryce represents Polaris on the boards of Baxter, Cardlytics, Cityworks, Liaison International and Strata Health.
Zane Tarence
Zane is a Partner and Managing Director of Founders Advisors Technology Practice. Over the past 20 years, Zane has led and completed 90+ technology deals, including facilitating the sale of some of the largest lead generation internet businesses in the United States.
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