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Fenwick: Down Rounds Aren’t Really Happening Much. But Later Stage Prices Have Fallen Quite a Bit.

SaaStr

So they remain uncommon, even as some startups are under runway stress, etc. #2. Fenwick’s data on valuation increases going all the way back to 2005 illustrates that: #4. Just 5% of the deals Fenwick closed were down rounds. While twitter talks a lot about downrounds, in reality, VCs don’t really want to do them.

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How Stripe Scaled - Notes from Office Hours with Claire Hughes Johnson

Tom Tunguz

Claire’s operational experience is one-of-a-kind, and the conversation focused on scaling startups. I remember joining Google in 2005. Claire’s experience on the leadership team of two of the greatest startup successes has given her a panoply of lessons and insights on how to scale.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

The problem with selling your startup is the long exit time. Who wants to wait almost a decade to buy a startup when the face of tech is evolving at such a rapid pace? Micro startup acquisitions. But before we dive into that, we need to look into what micro startup acquisitions are and why you need to sit up and take notice.

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The Most Important SaaS Metrics In 2023 with monday.com CEOs and Co-Founders Eran Zinman and Roy Mann, and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Jason Lemkin, Founder of SaaStr, and co-founders and CEOs, Eran Zinman and Roy Mann of the wildly successful monday.com chat with Startup For Startup about ARR, NRR, CAC, and what it takes to beat the odds in a tougher environment. For a quick recap on SaaS metrics: What is ARR in SaaS? Read More: What’s The Right CAC These Days?

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The Top 10 Pieces of Advice I’d Give to My Younger CEO Self

SaaStr

Instead, it sort of makes you think about taking the First Good Offer for your startup. There are 1000s of startups but only a handful of great opportunities for most of it. I’ll never make more money in the stock market, or investing in startups, or anything else … than I’ve made betting on myself.

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SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Amias Gerety Partner at QED on Fintech Beat (Podcast 685)

SaaStr

Lemkin’s been a SaaS entrepreneur since 2005, and SaaS didn’t come into fashion until 2019. Controls Around How You Spend Money And Grow Without question, the proper controls for startups and scaleups have gotten worse over the last 8-10 years. On the one hand, startups are much worse at finance and controls. It took a while.

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Three Secrets to a Successful Acquisition

SaaStr

An acquisition can make or break your startup. At worst, a disastrous deal leads to wasted wasted time and money, a startup’s two most precious resources. In 2005, eBay spent $2.6 When Yahoo was about to buy my first startup, Dialpad Communications, we met surprising resistance from an unlikely source.