SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Video: #2 – Building Cultures That Scale. Video: #3 – Founders That Scale. Video: #4 – What Traction Does Sequoia Need To See To Invest? Summary: Go watch the video excerpt – his answer that covers Sequoia’s investment in Stripe and his view on “betting on the Founder or the end market?”

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 4, 2020

The Seed, Series B, and Series C markets are down 37%, 23%, and 29%, respectively. On the other hand, the Series A market is up about 10% from the trailing 2 year period previous high. Series As have increased by 25%. Series Bs are up 43%, and Series Cs are up by a quarter. These corrections match 2008.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 2, 2020

There are many more small rounds than large rounds for a given series. Series A means haven’t changed much. The Series C market has evolved in parallel to the Series A market. However, Series B data suggest insiders are leading aggressive rounds into compelling businesses. Round sizes skew left.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2023

“My App Stack” is a new series where we dig in with top CMOs, CROs, CTOs and CEOs on just what apps they’re really using to run their business. I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Last week we had a great one with Robby Allen, Chief Revenue Officer at AgentSync, check it out here.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Here’s How Much Your VCs Actually Make 5 Tips to Making Your Life as CEO Easier Build vs. Buy is Mostly Really Now vs. Later Outbound Always Works. If You Do It Right.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We are thrilled to announce that Redpoint has partnered with Spot AI to lead their $20M Series A. Video cameras are everywhere: in warehouses, factories, car washes, hospitals, schools, banks, and stores. These cameras generate petabytes of data daily, but the software interfaces to access video today limit their use and value.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

About this series: fs Builds features developer-built projects showing step-by-step examples, code snippets, and advice on how to approach building with FastSpring. The post fsBuilds: Automate B2B Quotes & Payments by Integrating Salesforce and FastSpring (Video) appeared first on FastSpring.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 23, 2021

With four digital events plus SaaStr Annual, we have 100+ videos just from 2021 for you! Our top videos alone cover a wide range of topics important to SaaS Founders and CEOs: building a unicorn, scaling, fundraising, customer success, mental health, and more. Here are the Top 10. appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2022

With three live events, two digital events, and our two special series, Workshop Wednesdays and CRO Confidential, we have 200+ videos just from 2022 for you! Our top videos alone cover a wide range of topics important to SaaS Founders and CEOs: scaling, fundraising, building and retaining a high-performing team, PLG, and more.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 16, 2023

It shows the standard deviation in Series A round sizes over time. Then I tried to replicate it using ChatGPT3’s Code Interpreter feature & I spent less than 5 minutes duplicating it, most of the time waiting for the computer (see video at the end of the post). Here’s the video of my session with ChatGPT.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Series B and Series C had a similar number of rounds, and the amount of capital is down 50-75% from the peak, depending on what you’re looking at. Series A Most rounds in Series A were in the 5-15M range. Everything is slower, so companies have more ARR by the time they raise Series A. Again, a very broad picture.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There are an infinite number of ways you can integrate FastSpring into your applications and systems in order to offload complexity and help drive success for your SaaS, software, video game, or digital product business. Of course, our support and sales engineering specialists are also able to help if you need assistance.

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SaaStr

MAY 1, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: It’s Basically a Quiet Series A, Series B, C and D Crunch Now. Top Videos This Week: 1. Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Don’t Hire a VP of Sales Everybody Loves.

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Buffer Resources

APRIL 4, 2024

8 B2B TikTok examples to inspire your next video Jump on TikTok trends and challenges  TikTok is known for its viral sounds , trends, and challenges. Semrush is a veteran at incorporating TikTok’s fast-paced trend cycle into their social media marketing strategy, with several viral videos under their belts.

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SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR 5 Interesting Learnings from Asana at $600,000,000 in ARR Is the Employer-Employee Social Contract in Tech … Now Broken?

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

From time to time, I chart the fastest growing categories of startup investment in the US for seed through Series C. Video conferencing is no surprise: it’s the new office for many information workers. Here are 2015 , 2017 , This year, I was certain the categories would have been influenced by COVID19.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Org Journey: Series A – Series C. Series A (~ 50 Employees). Series B (~ 125 Employees). During this stage, the individual contributors from Series A will grow to become a team for almost every function. Series C (~ 400 Employees). Your org will look different depending on each fundraising stage.

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SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Is the Employer-Employee Social Contract in Tech … Now Broken? SaaStr 651: Top Mistakes Founders Make with Series A with Black Mangroves, Square Peg, Vertex, and GGV  4.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Why The Greatest Sales Teams Just Kill It On Dec 31. Cooley: Series D Deals Dropped 78% in Just Q3 Alone. Top Videos This Week: 1. Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 29, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Why Now is a Great Time to Raise Seed Funding. Even If It’s Awful for Series A-E Rounds. Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Top 5 Videos: #1. “The SaaS Org Chart by Series with David Sacks, Co-founder and General Partner at Craft Ventures” The post Top 10 SaaStr Posts and Videos of the Week With Bessemer, PagerDuty, Salesforce, Shopify and More!! The Benefits of Hiring a Stretch VP of Sales (and The Risks). appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 21, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 10 Things That Always Work in SaaS Marketing. Top Videos This Week: 1. Going from Series A to Unicorn in Less Than 12 Months with Payhawk Co-Founder/CEO Hristo Borisov and VP Marketing Désirée Schildt.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Top Videos This Week: #1 “State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners” Folks just keep watching this one from 2021 Annual! #2: 2: “The SaaS Org Chart by Series with David Sacks, Co-founder and General Partner at Craft Ventures” #3. 6 Top Sessions On Scaling From SaaStr Annual 2021.

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SaaStr

MAY 18, 2022

So we took a look at RingCentral early in this series at $1B in ARR. Video is their multi-product. 42% of their customers now use Video + Phone. #3. Fast forward to today, they are 27% SMB and 63% Mid-Market and Enterprise at $2B in ARR growing 33%.

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Buffer Resources

MARCH 30, 2023

Question: I’ve been noticing that many of the TikToks and Reels I watch are part of an ongoing social media series. An easy way to generate more content revolving around these very ideas is by creating a social media series. A series allows you to put a twist on the content you normally share. How can I start one myself?

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SaaStr

JUNE 27, 2020

As it looks like Shelter may last even longer, our YouTube videos continue to grow much faster than before. So what are SaaStr folks watching most this week (not including top videos also watched last week)? The post Top 10 SaaStr Videos of the Week: Algolia, Stripe, Intercom, Qualtrics and More! Let’s take a look! #1:

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Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With more than 50 billion daily views, YouTube Shorts offers a unique opportunity for content creators to reach a wider audience, promote longer videos, and even increase subscribers. Here are the five key characteristics that set high-performing short-form videos apart, ensuring they resonate with viewers and achieve their intended impact.

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Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The program is part of a broader effort by TikTok to enhance monetization opportunities , including other avenues such as LIVE Gifts and subscriptions , TikTok Series , and TikTok Pulse. The TikTok Creativity Program addresses these issues by offering significantly higher earnings potential. per 1,000 views.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Salesforce: “Things Are Too Unpredictable to Provide a Forecast”. A great and sobering look at where Series A and later rounds are. Top Videos This Week: 1. How tough are things out there? It really varies. It’s brutal at the moment.

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SaaStr

JUNE 6, 2022

This interview with CNBC’s Ari Levy took place in February 2019, shortly after Plaid raised a Series C round at a $2.7B In 2021, Plaid raised $425 million in Series D funding that boosted the company to decacorn status at a $13.4 Up today: Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret. billion valuation.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The goal of this series is to not only help you build with FastSpring, but also to inspire you with new and unique ways to leverage FastSpring’s systems to best serve your company. We’ve put together all of the resources used in the video below to help you on your way. Resources Interested in trying the build yourself?

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 13, 2021

Natalie, Chorus' VP of Marketing, whispered in my ear before the session that I should ask Jim about Ted Lasso, the television series. meetings over video, compared to 2.8 Sales meetings will be hybrid: two people in the room, and two people dialing in by video, for example. sales processes require 4.1

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SaaStr

AUGUST 13, 2022

Here are our Top 25 Videos of All Time! #25. The SaaS Org Chart by Series with David Sacks, Co-founder and General Partner at Craft Ventures. #22. The post After 5,000,000 Views, Our Top 25 Videos of All Time! So much to celebrate! Co-Founder Lloyed Lobo. #1. A Decade of Learnings from Y Combinator’s CEO Michael Seibel.

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SaaStr

JULY 8, 2022

You can see before 2020, our views were fairly modest: So what are the very top most viewed, most popular videos of all time? And if you want more, a few more of the most viewed sessions and videos of all time, just click on any of them: #11. Our Top Videos and Sessions of All Time! We’re all watching more YouTube now!

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The Daily Egg

MAY 1, 2019

In this video resource series, we share advice, best practices, and strategies for how to boost your conversions, increase your revenue, and turn your visitors into customers — all in 2 minutes or less. Welcome to Quick Hits CRO Tips from Crazy Egg!

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SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2021

But after Series A, it’s time to contemplate your product game plan more seriously. Many startups bring a product leader in around Series A. Still, there are some cases when a product VP is hired later, between Series B and C. Before Series A, it must be founder and instinct-driven, with a big emphasis on value discovery.

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The Daily Egg

APRIL 30, 2019

In this video resource series, we share advice, best practices, and strategies for how to boost your conversions, increase your revenue, and turn your visitors into customers, all in 2 minutes or less. Welcome to Episode 2 of Quick Hits CRO Tips!

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