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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

What started as a simple WordPress blog in 2012 has now become the world’s largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs. And SaaStr Europa brings 2,500+ SaaS execs, founders, and VCs together to Europe every summer. We were the first major SaaS event back in the SF Bay Area. SaaStr is turning 10!

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Sam made his way into the world of SaaS with Dropbox and how that led to his leading the sales and success team today @ Loom. 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 Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

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. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Bob made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found Crossbeam. * How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships?

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The Road Now Taken: 4 SaaS Start-ups And Their Quest For Independent Growth

Outseta

By Geoff Roberts Last year Clement Vouillon of Point Nine Capital wrote an article entitled The Rise of the Non “VC compatible” SaaS Companies. And it expressed a growing sentiment in the world of SaaS start-ups; for the majority of SaaS founders the traditional VC model is a clusterfuck that makes very little sense.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

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 ). It’s OK.

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The Ultimate SaaS Pricing Resources Guide

OpenView Labs

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

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? For Slack, that was clearly the engineering and dev communities, who love new tools. Historically, Slack relied heavily on virality for its growth.