{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Our B2B SaaS Journey","title":"55: That's tree trimming money","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2793,"description":"In this episode, Mitchell and Gavin unpack a huge week of live events, reflect on the first real signs of SaaS leverage inside SixSides, talk through plans to hire their first extra team members, and share why Project Rendezvous could become a major turning point for the business.\nChapters\nIn this episode, we cover:\nWhat happened at the CCF Women in Civil event and how attendee usage is improving\nWhy SixSides needs a better post-event attendee engagement strategy\nHow the team is thinking about email automation and lifecycle messaging with Bento\nThe current growth in platform users across all SixSides events\nWhy Mitchell and Gavin are planning their first hires across development and lead generation\nHow Project Rendezvous could unlock faster growth and more engineering capacity\nThe moment SixSides started to feel like a real software business with paid events running without hands-on support\nLessons from Project Hammer and how event setup is becoming more repeatable\nBridging the gap between operations and development with better planning in Linear\nWhy the team is looking at PostHog to better understand the user journey on the marketing website\nHow bootstrapping affects hiring, planning, and long-term product decisions\nWhen AI agents might become part of the team structure\nGot questions or topics you want us to cover? Email us at journey@sixsides.co\n\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating and a review on your favourite podcast app. It really helps us reach more people!\n\nConnect with us\nSixSides: sixsides.co\nBook a call with Gavin: call.sixsides.co\nMitchell on Bluesky: mitchdav.is\nMitchell on LinkedIn: mitchdav\nGavin on LinkedIn: gavintye\nGavin on YouTube: gavintye1\nSixSides on LinkedIn: sixsides\nSixSides on X: sixsidesevents\nSixSides on Bluesky: sixsides.co\nSixSides on Youtube: sixsidesco\nSixSides on Substack: sixsides","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1cLZVTlGmlsF4j4buu4eQfWaeAqCidymYR0UPJ1yzoE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMzkx/MmExZjgxZmFjY2E4/YjU4MmRkMDY2ZGVj/Yjk0My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}