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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. Don’t use “quarterly MRR”or other weird metrics. Another month of progress, another set of new customers, etc. Share up front why your first CTO left. Seed is slowing down last, but it is slowing down.

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It’s Wise to Question the Big Assumption about Consumption Pricing

OPEXEngine

It’s the kind of notoriety that is leading to a wave of consumption pricing for new software companies and causing established companies to consider whether they too should switch to a usage-based model. What use metrics really link to the way your customers get value from your solution? How will your customers feel about that?

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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. What were the core mistakes that he made with RJ Metrics? And that led me to co-founding a company called RJ Metrics in 2008 with my co-founder Jake Stein, who was also at Insight.

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More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards List Revealed!

SaaStr

Every week we’ll be rolling out new winners until we get to the very pinnacle of our list. About Eric… Elisa Steele holds strong at number twenty-two with high-interest metrics from our attendees who looked forward to her as a speaker. Keep your eyes peeled as we unveil the list and a bit more about your favorite leaders.

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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? She kicked my butt in every metric you could possibly imagine. Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. When we were acquired in 2016, it was about 30,000 employees. How should the success of marketing be measured?

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10 Hacks to Have Happier Investors

SaaStr

You should already know your MRR, cash burn, NPS, all your key metrics almost immediately after the month ends. List your top few key metrics (MRR, growth, cash burn, NPS, etc). Your investors and others will learn a lot more hearing about sales from your VP of Sales, your CTO co-founder … and not you. So send it out!

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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 ).