SaaStr
AUGUST 25, 2023
So we’ve been saying for a while that the back half of 2024 could be good for SaaS IPO s, we just needed a few of the break-out winners to IPO to get the engine rolling again. The SaaS IPO window really closed in late 2021 with HashiCorp as the last great one to IPO in December 2021. And now we have that first great IPO filing since 2021 — Klaviyo.
Clouded Judgement
AUGUST 25, 2023
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now The 10Y and Software Valuations Much has been written about the 10Y, and interest rates more broadly, and their impact on software valuations. However, there’s a lot to unpack there. Interest rates aren’t simply 1 “thing.” They’re a basket of instruments with different maturities / durations set by different forces.
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SaaStr
AUGUST 25, 2023
So VCs are seen by most founders these days as almost commodities. Folks with money that you get money from. And maybe that’s a good thing, in many ways. I see fewer and fewer founders care if VCs make money, and the Go Go days of 2020 and 2021 are probably part of it. No one cared if they raised at 100x ARR. Everyone just wanted to be a unicorn.
Sparktoro
AUGUST 25, 2023
I’m worried. Worried that thousands of agencies, in-house practitioners, and even marketing leaders who should know better are STILL prioritizing their content efforts based primarily or entirely on keywords for search. I get it. 10 years ago, that practice worked. It still technically works in a number of fields.
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SaaStr
AUGUST 25, 2023
Bad advice is everywhere these days. Hundreds of thousands of experts are telling you how to succeed in SaaS. Many of those voices are incredible, yet terrible bits of advice pops up again and again. On top of that, founders are full of excuses preventing them from scaling.
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SaaStr
AUGUST 25, 2023
Dear SaaStr: As An Employee, As an acquired employee, How Do I Negotiate My Compensation in an Acquisition? Unfortunately, as a non-CEO, non-founder of an acquired start-up … you have almost no ability to really negotiate. Especially below the VP level. Overall, your ability to negotiate in M&A in any context, in any job, is based on your ability to walk for something better, or just walk.
Chargebee
AUGUST 25, 2023
As a subscription-based business, you may already be familiar with sales tax compliance challenges. But compliance can become even more complicated during an economic downturn coupled with potential changes in consumer behavior.
TurnKey Labs
AUGUST 25, 2023
Nowadays, traditional office-based practices are giving way to a new era of remote work and offshore hiring. As businesses strive to adapt, comprehending these trends becomes paramount for sustained competitiveness. Understanding the shifting landscape is essential, where remote work and offshore hiring have gained momentum.
SaaS Metrics
AUGUST 25, 2023
In the vast landscape of digital marketing, where the virtual realm is brimming with information and competition, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) emerges as the beacon that guides businesses towards prominence. This comprehensive exploration delves into the intricacies of SEO and its significance in the contemporary digital landscape, while also shedding light on.
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Inturact
AUGUST 25, 2023
You've got a stellar B2B product or service, but somehow the expected rush of user activations isn’t materializing. Frustrating, isn’t it? The path to increasing user activations is often littered with unseen challenges. But what if you knew exactly what these obstacles were? More importantly, what if you knew how to navigate past them?
Clouded Judgement
AUGUST 25, 2023
Klaviyo filed their initial S1 statement today. This is the first S-1 we’ve seen in almost 2 years from a software company! A S-1 is a document companies file with the SEC in preparation for listing their shares on an exchange like the NYSE or NASDAQ. The document contains a plethora of information on the company including a general overview, up to date financials, risk factors to the business, cap table highlights and much more.
Sales Hacker
AUGUST 25, 2023
Welcome (or welcome back). Now that we’ve officially combined The Sales Hacker newsletter with The GTM Newsletter, we’re almost 60K strong! Thanks for being part of the GTM community. We’ll continue on our mission to provide real stories/strategies/insights from the best go-to-market operators on the planet, spanning sales, marketing, customer success, operations/enablement, product and hiring.
TurnKey Labs
AUGUST 25, 2023
The journey from early stages to achieving rapid growth can be both challenging and rewarding. Specifically, for a tech startup, the dynamics of the market and the complexities of the tech industry can present unique hurdles.
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