SaaStr

JULY 2, 2023

Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Everyone Has a Side Hustle Now. Is That a Good Thing? The Top Things Founders Get Wrong When They Start a SaaS Company Dear SaaStr: What Are Some of the Qualities of a “Bad” Startup CEO?

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TurnKey Labs

JULY 2, 2023

In the ever-pulsating world of tech, where innovation is the heartbeat and deadlines are the driving force, an alarming statistic speaks up. Recent studies indicate that a staggering 59% of workers in the tech sector experience chronic stress, namely work-related stress.

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SaaStr

JULY 2, 2023

Dear SaaStr: How Common is it for Cofounders to Have Equal Splits in Terms of Equity? The vast majority of SaaS companies that have IPO’d do not have equal splits. In fact, only 4 of the most recent ~30 SaaS/Cloud IPOs I looked at had equal founder ownership at IPO, Atlassian, Pagerduty, and (close enough) MongoDB and Amplitude: The full data here: At the Top SaaS Companies, Founder-CEOs Own ~15% at IPO.

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