SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

This led to our first meet-ups in 2013 and 2014, the first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , the industry’s leading podcast in 2016, the first SaaS founder coworking space in 2017, and SaaStr Pro , the first learning management system for SaaS founders in 2018. 2016 The Second SaaStr Annual: From Impossible to Inevitable . It was awesome.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

As for Sam, prior to Loom, Sam spent over 4 years at Salesforce following their acquisition of Quip, a startup Salesforce acquired for $750M where Sam was also the 1st sales leader. 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?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Before that Bob co-founded RJ Metrics, where he built a global base of online retailers leading to their acquisition by Magento Commerce in 2016. How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Loving our podcast content? 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

In 2016, Hubspot was still a scrappy player that had only recently IPO’d, with a market cap around $1B. Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. (And grab the best deal ever on 2021 Annual tickets here ).

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

We’ll also hear Andrew Chen, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, talking about the changing landscape of customer acquisition. Adam Risman , a former host of the podcast, asked Rachel what made that point when Rachel joined Slack in 2016 the right time to invest in growth marketing? And it was very successful.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

New for 2020: SaaS Pricing and COVID-19. In this brand-new report, we finally answer the question “Freemium or free trial?” Pricing Low-Touch SaaS: How to Approach Pricing and Packaging a New SaaS App, by Example. SaaS pricing is one of the most important (but difficult) decisions a new business makes.

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