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What’s Really Different in SaaS in 2023

SaaStr

The best of us kept growing , albeit with elevated churn through 2010: What Really Happened to SaaS in the ’08-’09 Recession And to those of us who have been doing SaaS a long time … 2023 just feels Like it Used to Be. Revenue multiples for public SaaS companies in 2023 IMHO are still too low.

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Your 2023 SaaStr New Years’ Resolutions

SaaStr

But 2023 is so … unique. So with that … here are Your Top 10 New Year’s SaaS Resolutions for 2023: #1. This is so much more important in 2023. Worst case, they still use it and are happy, and churn less. You need the team sharp to retain your customers in 2023. Go Hire That Missing VP! A great VP of Sales.

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5 Top Tips to Dive Down Churn in The Early Days

SaaStr

As a VP of sales at early stage SaaS companies, what’s your best advice for reducing churn rate? A few things that always work to drive down churn in the early days — and later: Make sure you have a strong Head of Customer Success … whose #1 goal is reducing churn. Far fewer customers churn if you visit them in person.

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10 Tips to Fundraising in The Tumultuous Times of 2023

SaaStr

So 2023 is a unique time in venture fundraising. Let me just share 10 Simple Suggestions on How to Make Fundraising a Smidge More Successful in 2023: #1. VCs would overlook startups that had raised too much money in the Go-Go days, or had lots of founder turmoil, or lots of churn, if the growth was there. Have 2 offers in hand?

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Keep the Competitive Edge and Reduce Churn

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Frustrated customers = high churn! The goal is to discover these reasons before customers churn. Armed with this insight, teams can implement well-informed strategies, preserving customer allegiance and diminishing the prevailing churn rates. This objective can be achieved by analyzing a blend of leading and lagging indicators.

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Q3 2023 FastSpring Feature Release: Achieving Subscription Growth, Faster

FastSpring

They also complement several other subscription focused capabilities we have released over 2023. Subscription Reporting Designed to help you understand the ins and outs of subscriptions across your business, subscription reporting provides insight into MRR, Active Users, Trial Status, Churn Rates, and much more.

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Thanks to DemandScience, DevRev, Domo, Everstage, and Make for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2023!

SaaStr

SaaStr events couldn’t happen without our partners, and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2023. In times of anemic NPS and high customer churn, DevRev strives to create the world’s most customer-centric companies led by happy developers. appeared first on SaaStr.

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