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A New Way To Tell if a Company Is Truly Product-Led

OpenView Labs

They’re truly committed to building innovative products that sell themselves. For private SaaS companies that do not publish their financials, you can alternatively compare R&D headcount with Sales and Marketing headcount using LinkedIn data as an approximation. Atlassian has an R&D:S&M ratio of 2.9:1.

Scale 98
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The indispensable role of Customer Success in B2B SaaS with ChurnZero CEO You Mon Tsang

ChurnZero

It requires them to spend less capital to get innovative and risky projects kickstarted. You Mon: If you can, think about getting as close as you can to innovation and/or growth. Growing and innovative companies have a lot of opportunities to learn and to get responsibility, so do that. This was back in 2013.

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The indispensable role of Customer Success in B2B SaaS with ChurnZero CEO You Mon Tsang

ChurnZero

It requires them to spend less capital to get innovative and risky projects kickstarted. You Mon: If you can, think about getting as close as you can to innovation and/or growth. Growing and innovative companies have a lot of opportunities to learn and to get responsibility, so do that. This was back in 2013.

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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

SaaS companies now report 9 competitors on average , up from just 2 back in 2013. As the pace of releasing new features has accelerated, it takes less and less time for competitors to copy your latest product innovation. The median growth rate of startups with $1-2.5M in ARR fell from 100% to 64% in just the last year.

Scale 70
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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

SaaS companies now report 9 competitors on average , up from just 2 back in 2013. As the pace of releasing new features has accelerated, it takes less and less time for competitors to copy your latest product innovation. The median growth rate of startups with $1-2.5M in ARR fell from 100% to 64% in just the last year.

Scale 51
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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

SaaS companies now report 9 competitors on average , up from just 2 back in 2013. As the pace of releasing new features has accelerated, it takes less and less time for competitors to copy your latest product innovation. The median growth rate of startups with $1-2.5M in ARR fell from 100% to 64% in just the last year.

Scale 40