{"podcast":{"title":"Safe Doesn't Scale","slug":"safe-doesn-t-scale-7693846","podcast_index_feed_id":7693846,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/limelight/","website_url":"https://www.limelighthq.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/acfbba0c-a85e-4aa3-9cd2-d33855c85dcd/SDS-Artwork.jpg","author":"David Walsh","episode_count":20,"summary":"\"What's the ROI?\" Those three words kill more creative marketing ideas than bad execution ever will. Not here. Safe Doesn't Scale is a weekly podcast for marketing and growth leaders. We’ll be interviewing Heads of Marketing, Unicorn Founders, and Revenue Leaders at B2B companies to prove that the riskiest marketing campaigns drive the biggest returns. While brands are burning $500K on LinkedIn ads that are generating zero demos, there’s someone out there who closed a $2M deal they sourced from a meme. Host David Walsh, Founder of Limelight, breaks down real examples from brands spending less and converting more by leaning into creator-led growth, unconventional distribution, and campaigns that make traditional marketers panic. You’ll learn: How growth leaders sell “unsafe” ideas to the C-suite How to attribute sales pipeline to content, creators, and social signals Why the campaigns that feel uncomfortable often drive the most revenue No e-book downloads. No buzzwords. This show is for marketers with a chip on their shoulder who are tired of playing it safe. We celebrate the campaigns that make legal sweat and sales teams crush quota. Because marketers who don't take risks won't…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:20:37.514205+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/safe-doesn-t-scale-7693846"},"episode":{"title":"Why Adam Robinson Prices RB2B Below His Competitors' Cost of Acquisition (with Adam Robinson from RB2B) | Ep. 12","slug":"why-adam-robinson-prices-rb2b-below-his-competitors-cost-of-acquisition-with-adam-robinson-from-rb2b-ep-12","published_at":"2026-05-21T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/safe-doesn-t-scale-7693846/why-adam-robinson-prices-rb2b-below-his-competitors-cost-of-acquisition-with-adam-robinson-from-rb2b-ep-12","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/safe-doesn-t-scale-7693846","url":"https://www.limelighthq.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/aae3488b-14fa-4af8-bb00-b864c3ea7948.mp3","summary":"Most B2B SaaS founders assume that more revenue requires more headcount, more product surface area, and eventually more capital. Adam Robinson's RB2B is a counter-example: a company about to cross $9M ARR where one person spends 15 minutes a day on support and the CTO hasn't touched the code in six weeks. The trade-off he made to get there is the part most founders never seriously consider. ㅤ In Episode 13 of Safe Doesn't Scale , David Walsh , founder of Limelight , sits down with Adam Robinson , founder of RB2B and Retention.com. They cover what it actually takes to run three bootstrapped companies, why Adam is betting his next product entirely on AI agents and Claude Code, and how he turned LinkedIn into the cheapest distribution channel in B2B SaaS. ㅤ Adam shares the real mechanics behind RB2B's growth: the deliberate decision to price below his competitors' cost of acquiring a customer, why a freemium PLG SMB funnel was the only path to the company he wanted to build, and the conversation with Klaviyo's Ed Hallen that changed how he thinks about venture capital. ㅤ Guest Bio Adam Robinson is the founder and CEO of RB2B and Retention.com , two bootstrapped B2B SaaS companies that together cross $25M+ ARR with zero outside funding. RB2B identifies anonymous US website visitors at the person level and pushes them into Slack and CRMs in real time. Adam started his career as a credit default swap trader at Lehman Brothers before exiting the email marketing company Robly and building the identity-resolution category in e-commerce. He is now one of the most followed bootstrapped-founder voices on LinkedIn, hosts the weekly LIVE workshop Unf*ck My Startup , and is building MoltSets, a contact database designed for AI agents running on Claude Code. ㅤ What We Cover Why MoltSe…","meta_description":"Most B2B SaaS founders assume that more revenue requires more headcount, more product surface area, and eventually more capital. 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