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10 Tips to Fundraising in The Tumultuous Times of 2023

SaaStr

You can see here multiples are touching the lows of early 2016 and are even lower than 2015 and those early days of SaaS. Reference other great investments they’ve made, and why they are similar. Another month of progress, another set of new customers, etc. Share up front why your first CTO left. Share lots of details.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Before getting into the investment world, she started and sold two successful companies in edutainment, and made a prominent name in the tech field around the world. After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. Diane Mensah. Kathleen Ting. Morgan, and Deutsche Bank.

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Why Hiring Senior Leaders Early Is Worth the Investment

OpenView Labs

Does a new senior member have the right to challenge a historical decision made by a junior developer? We needed a CTO. If the challenges around hiring a senior developer late in the game are high, hiring a CTO can be even tougher. But we can hire 3 x junior developers for the cost of a CTO!” Let’s talk about the CTO.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Braze at $260,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Dramatically accelerating its new customer count at scale. But the past several quarters Braze has doubled its new customer growth, from 22%-29% to 48% today. 2016 customer cohort spends 3.2x Blaze’s 2016 customers spend 3.2x more today than they did in 2016. Invest in customers for life. more today.

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

Outseta

Investment funds like Indie.VC The fact of the matter is there are countless ways that you can choose to build your business, and even amongst this new flock of independent SaaS companies there are significant, deliberate differences in the approaches these companies have taken.

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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. With more companies launching and thriving outside of Silicon Valley, regions such as ‘Silicon Slopes’ in Utah and ‘Silicon Alley’ in New York City are gaining traction within the startup scene.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. When we were acquired in 2016, it was about 30,000 employees. In this case, the customer are your new colleagues. What measurements should be used to determine their success?

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