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The Riskiest Venture-Backed Startups Are 3H’s: High Growth, High Churn and High Burn

SaaStr

Don’t disguise it in growth and/or venture capital. SaaS + hardware, SaaS + payments, etc. But they often have much lower gross margins than pure software. No the point is this isn’t D2C, it’s B2B. That means you can probably fix this situation — if you act soon enough: Relentlessly attack churn.

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How an Estonia-based SaaS Grew to €10M ARR by Expanding Across 3 Continents?

FastSpring

Learn more about how FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies collect and remit taxes globally or localize and accept global payments. Founded in 2013, Messente developed a messaging platform that originally served businesses in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. “You What Is Messente? Were they delivered?

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

Neil Patel

The solution? While it’s a trend across sectors, it’s picking up steam in tech where companies are looking to deliver more complete solutions to consumers. The startup built a cloud-based office procurement system that helps customers streamline supplier management. Micro startup acquisitions. A much softer blow.

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

The VC Fresco Capital is based in three key locations: Palo Alto, Hong Kong and Tokyo. It provides funding internationally to remarkable companies with strong human capital. Fresco Capital focuses on businesses developing new solutions in the enterprise, education, infrastructure, healthcare, consumer goods and entertainment.

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The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 581)

SaaStr

And my first investment ever in 2013, in the old, old days, was Pipedrive which ended up selling for well over a billion dollars cash during the peak. I believe you, it’s true, but venture capital is a weird niche thing that… Frankly, venture capital at any stage only wants to invest in folks that are already off to the races.

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“The “Dos & Don’ts” of Building Winning SaaS Companies with G2 Crowd (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

They were building time and expense software. And so we started building a cloud solution, but it was a long arduous journey. He’s actually part of the reason I decided to partner with the founder of SteelBrick Max Redmond and Max had built a great CPQ app, but not a lot of the world had heard of it except for Lars.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

Their solutions span a wide range of verticals: from E-commerce, HR and Health to collaboration, infrastructure and AI. Notey Labs create digital solutions to help companies handle international online space. Founded : 2013. Tienpay offers digital banking software that handles wallet, digital exchange, and digital assets.