Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We’re officially running a GTMfund Summer Giveaway : Share your favourite piece of our content (Newsletter or Podcast) on either LinkedIn / Twitter, tag us, and you’ll be entered to win a pair of exclusive GTMfund Airpod Pro’s. Why not invest at Seed when so many of your portfolio companies will get marked up at Series A? The problem?

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This allows their team to focus on product, sales, and growth. This allows their team to focus on product, sales, and growth. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. Solution: They signed up for Baremetrics.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

The Latin American SaaS landscape is hustling and bustling, having seen more IPOs in the last 6 months than the previous 20 years combined. We will gather 300 leading SaaS founders, executives and investors for three days packed with opportunities and rich exchange of knowledge to push the whole ecosystem forward. Founded : 2011.

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Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Our data shows that average SaaS companies take almost three years to reach the $1M ARR mark. Our data shows that average SaaS companies take almost three years to reach the $1M ARR mark. Driving growth with content marketing Both Peter and Yoram saw content marketing as a key to unlocking sustainable growth.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

When it was first coined, “bootstrapping” described the impossible task of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps”. Now, we use bootstrapping to describe the not quite impossible task of building your business without financing. When you are bootstrapping your company, you need to keep a keen eye on your cash flow.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The plethora of solutions or blogs may not be useful when it comes to gaining insight and knowledge. SaaS (software as a service) companies have seen an exponential growth in the business sphere. There is some insightful content around SaaS that can be an inspiration to readers. The 20 Best SaaS Blogs You Must Follow.

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Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This is your street credibility and personal brand all rolled into one. The compounding network growth, career growth, personal brand growth, etc has translated into referrals, positive recommendations and 6 figure client contracts. The reality is that the best LinkedIn users are marketing machines. The ROI is insane.

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SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2020

Christoph has invested in more than 20 SaaS startups and lives and breathes SaaS, everything from “A as in AI-enhanced B2B software” to “Z as in Zendesk”. Before that, he co-founded two Internet startups (DealPilot.com in 1997 and Pageflakes in 2005). Christoph Janz: So what does it take to raise capital in SaaS?

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How To Buy Saas

JULY 8, 2023

In the world of software, the growth and success of a company are often determined by its ability to establish a strong brand. For companies in the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry, this is particularly true. However, building a strong SaaS brand is no easy feat. Why is growing your SaaS brand important?

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The Angel VC

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

If you've followed my blog for a while, you know that I have a bit of an obsession with churn. MRR churn sucks the blood out of your business though. That's why I think that SaaS companies should work very hard to get MRR churn down, as close to zero as possible, or even better achieve negative MRR churn. in Feburary.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2022

That’s why, for the past five years, Amanda Malko has been thinking about how marketplaces change the way people buy software, helping B2B SaaS businesses find reputable software that can help them grow their business. You can follow on iTunes , Spotify , YouTube or grab the RSS feed in your player of choice. Amanda: Yes, I have.

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User Pilot

JUNE 15, 2021

UX or CS teams who are trying to improve their SaaS user onboarding experience often ask us: Which software companies have the best user onboarding experiences? The problem is that every SaaS is unique, each with their own Aha! As a result each SaaS Onboarding flow has to be unique. SaaS Onboarding Experience Breakdown #1: Box.

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User Pilot

MARCH 14, 2023

How do you boost your freemium conversion rate and accelerate your SaaS growth? A SaaS conversion rate normally ranges between 1% and 10%. However, this depends on your product and sector. To boost your freemium conversion rate , you should use a mix of different techniques.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In this blog, we bring you to a few of those Customer Success leaders, our very own mentors, and popularly known influencers. He is a world-renowned Customer Success growth expert, consultant, and thought leader, Lincoln is one of those celebrated earliest evangelists for Customer Success. Aaron Thompson. Alex Farmer. Dave Jackson.

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

How long is a startup a startup? It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. Are we still a startup? There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Pre-Startup. I don’t think so.

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SaaStock

MARCH 29, 2019

Don’t overextend your resources when testing new SaaS growth ideas. Here is what he writes: Kieran Flanagan , VP of marketing at HubSpot, shared some interesting insights on approaching new ideas for scaling up your business. Incubator: that’s the segment you’ll want to use for most of the potentially good growth ideas.

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Chargify

OCTOBER 10, 2019

While running Flightpath Finance over the years, we have seen how a number of SaaS companies ranging from $1 to $15MM ARR forecast their financials. Successful SaaS companies, on the other hand, run things differently. They also ask questions like: What’s driving our revenue growth now? . Image Source ). All the above? .

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

15, 2018 – Sales Hacker, the leading resource for sales innovation, acceleration, and the future of sales, is set to host The Revenue Summit , on March 1st, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Additional Information: Get 20% off your ticket – HERE. Read our blog – HERE. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Feb.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2023

I’ve gone through a mix of emotions, reliving the insane 10-year journey that came out of a young Max being naively intellectually curious about how to scale sales at a startup. Beginning: I began my career at a startup in San Francisco called Udemy. Startups needed to figure out how to scale sales while dealing with finite resources.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For years we have been reading and hand-picking the best SaaS blog posts to share with 24K+ SaaS Roundup subscribers. Subscriber or not, anyone who wants to increase their SaaS knowledge will benefit by reading the curated posts below. The library encompasses hours and hours of reading, listening, and viewing material.

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Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This is your street credibility and personal brand all rolled into one. The compounding network growth, career growth, personal brand growth, etc has translated into referrals, positive recommendations and 6 figure client contracts. The reality is that the best LinkedIn users are marketing machines. The ROI is insane.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

Software-as-a-subscription (SaaS), is the go-to business model for software. The ways in which companies price may vary but all SaaS companies rely on recurring revenue as a business model. The ways in which companies price may vary but all SaaS companies rely on recurring revenue as a business model. Accessibility.

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BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As I read more about SaaSOps (short for SaaS operations), to give her a better idea of what my new employer does, I learned two things. First, there’s a really obvious need for a set of processes and skills to manage a SaaS environment, especially since every organization uses so many of them. You can read the original post here.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

Software-as-a-subscription (SaaS), is the go-to business model for software. The ways in which companies price may vary but all SaaS companies rely on recurring revenue as a business model. The ways in which companies price may vary but all SaaS companies rely on recurring revenue as a business model. Accessibility.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Growing traffic into conversions is the ultimate goal for all of us, but is your site stagnating despite all your best efforts? If you’re looking for strategies to push your conversions to new heights – it takes more than simply pushing products out on Google, you need to tap into building a growth focused sales funnel.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 17, 2022

While it is a major step to get up and start, the next question in line would be ‘what stage is the startup at?’. What stage is the startup at? Well, this is a question that most startup owners are asked, but how do you know what stage you are at? Are you having the same question about your startup? Do not worry.

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 3, 2019

The vast majority of SaaS companies are missing out an important growth opportunity. Recent research found that one of the things the top 10% of SaaS companies have in common with each other is a retention rate that’s 20% higher than the median. Done right, the onboarding experience is a gold mine of opportunity.

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Chargify

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Looking back at their own experiences, Sonnenberg has this advice for new subscription-based startups: “Start with Stripe + Chargify. In this post we dive into understanding the billing iceberg effect and what to consider when determining if you should build or buy your recurring billing solution.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

So I wanted to know, what are your thoughts on using SEO as a credible source of traffic? So how feasible do you think that works for a typical B2B SaaS business that probably our user-base is not too knowledgeable about [inaudible] on the internet for something specific in their day-to-day use case? Jason Lemkin: Hey everybody.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2021

Proclaimed as the Customer Success growth expert, consultant, and thought leader, Lincoln is a customer-centric growth mastermind. His brainchild, Sixteen Ventures , is his medium of sharing his expertise and ideas to help businesses obtain sales acceleration and augmented customer engagement. Lincoln Murphy. Allison Pickens.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. This episode is sponsored by Linode. This episode is sponsored by Guideline. Matt Garratt.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2022

But maybe in SaaS and B2B things are pretty good. This morning, a pretty slow growing player, Ping Identity, slow to move to SaaS, slow to move to the cloud, struggled in some ways to compete with Okta and others, was acquired for 2.3 Michiel Rauws (@michielrauws2): So, my question is, we’ve been scaling our SaaS business.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Interestingly, many of our earliest decisions as founders still hold up, even after years of growth and evolution. We put in long months of late nights, early mornings and weekends before we were ready to graduate from side project to full-fledged business. We currently support more than 1,500 apps, and our library is always growing.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

I think it’s a challenge to folks that think we are in some sort of terrible downturn for SaaS and cloud. While Azure and Google Cloud grew at record rates, Shopify for example, its SaaS business only grew 10% last quarter. Obviously, you’ve raised before, and I’ll answer your question, but let me step back a bit.

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SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. Then, we have this community in SaaS — SaaStr. Generally, what happens is 95 percent of us SaaS founders, while we may have done some sales in our career, we’re not formally trained in sales.

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SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If you’re looking for the top SaaS blogs and influencers you’ve come to the right place. We’ve decided to put together a killer list, categorized and organized to help you find and consume world-class SaaS and subscription content from the best people and companies in the market.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

SaaS Tools to Jumpstart Your Business Growth: Five Essential Apps. Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) tools automate your business functions, fueling your growth by increasing efficiency. Here we’ll guide you through the essential SaaS tools you need for business growth. What Are SaaS Tools?

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