SaaStr
JUNE 30, 2023
But how do you find that opportunity when there’s a lot of pressure from venture and the market? Braze was founded in 2011 when the most exciting mobile apps were a compass, a flashlight, and a game where you could feed fish. Magnuson shares his insights on how to find opportunities during headwinds and how Braze scaled to $400M+ ARR.
SaaStr
JUNE 5, 2020
This article looks at the history of SaaS as it relates to financial capital and production capital. I argue that standard saas metrics make it possible for founders to scale using debt capital (production capital thats cheaper) instead of solely relying on venture capital (financial capital thats more expensive). .
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Sales Hacker
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. Series B: This is when a startup has developed a substantial user base and has proven to investors that it’s ready to scale on a larger level.
Intercom, Inc.
JANUARY 5, 2022
This is Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on driving business growth through customer relationships. Drata recently raised $100 million in venture capital funding, which I believe makes it San Diego’s latest startup unicorn with an evaluation of $1 billion. SOC 2 compliance: A Beginner’s Guide. The LinkedIn Incident.
SaaStr
AUGUST 12, 2022
Jason recently opened up an AMA on Twitter Spaces to answer questions about scaling and VC funding. But I think going to your point, Nathan, what folks miss a little bit is how much crap VCs are digging out of, and that leads to a lot more hard nos. We need this money to get sales and marketing going. You’ve had an exit.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Now, I’m a venture capital investor. I think that’s probably the fastest we’ve ever seen a company get to that scale. How long can this last?
SaaStr
JULY 12, 2022
One of the first what How to Hire a Great VP of Sales at the New York Enterprise Tech Meet-Up (thank you to John Lehr and Work-Bench for setting this up). The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. I don’t know anything about sales. More power to you.
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