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How Buffer Reached $20m in ARR by Focussing on Growing ARPA

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CEO Joel Gascoigne tells us about the decision to invest in new analytics tools and how Buffer sustained long-term growth thanks to growing their ARPA. Established in 2010, Buffer hardly needs an introduction. MRR numbers were changing all the time. I realized we had a moving target for the most important metric in our company.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

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When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? She kicked my butt in every metric you could possibly imagine.

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How Buffer Reached $20m in ARR by Focussing on Growing ARPA

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CEO Joel Gascoigne tells us about the decision to invest in new analytics tools and how Buffer sustained long-term growth thanks to growing their ARPA. Established in 2010, Buffer hardly needs an introduction. MRR numbers were changing all the time. I realized we had a moving target for the most important metric in our company.

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Is Seed the new Series A? (Video + Transcript)

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Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. The panel that we are in is called Is Seed the New Series A, and this is a question that I’ve been asking informally yesterday and today.

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Why 2019 Is The Year Of Growth Engineering In SaaS

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Over the past few years, we've seen a new role emerging at within scaling startups - the growth engineer. These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. This is not new. So what is new? But there's an urgent need for technical resources within growth teams.