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7 Lessons Helping Start Pardot, SalesLoft and Calendly (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I recruited a classmate of mine from college and we set out to create this marketing automation product geared towards the small and mid-sized business. We started the business in 2007. We raised $0 of venture capital. So too often entrepreneurs come to me and they say, “David, we want to go raise venture capital.”

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

The problem these companies generally face is they’re sitting in a gap in the capital market. They may or may not be a fit for institutional venture capital yet. Maybe they’re bootstrapping and have no interest in venture capital. That capital is returned to us with some return.

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

The problem these companies generally face is they’re sitting in a gap in the capital market. They may or may not be a fit for institutional venture capital yet. Maybe they’re bootstrapping and have no interest in venture capital. That capital is returned to us with some return.

SaaS 40
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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

The problem these companies generally face is they’re sitting in a gap in the capital market. They may or may not be a fit for institutional venture capital yet. Maybe they’re bootstrapping and have no interest in venture capital. That capital is returned to us with some return.

SaaS 40