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10 Tips to Fundraising in The Tumultuous Times of 2023

SaaStr

It’s a time when SaaS and Cloud spend are also at record highs , and many Cloud leaders are still growing at strong rates … yet many startups have stopped growing at all. You can see here multiples are touching the lows of early 2016 and are even lower than 2015 and those early days of SaaS. Share up front why your first CTO left.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Because, as she says, building a startup is simply much more fun. She has been around the globe, working in startups and digital agencies in Brazil, Germany, Southeast Asia, and Hong Kong. After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. The reason? Diny Gomes.

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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. Engineering is a huge component of many startups. Let’s talk about the CTO.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

403: Sam Taylor is the VP of Sales and Success @ Loom, the startup that helps you get your message across by making it easy to record instantly shareable videos. 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.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

297: Bob Moore is the Founder & CEO @ Crossbeam, the startup that helps companies find overlapping prospects and customers while keeping the rest of their data private and secure. 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.

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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. Over the years, Dug has been an advisor to many startups from Mu Dynamics, Olark and Tech Brewery to Trace and Stratos Card. In 2008, Jeff founded Twilio and has since seen the company through it’s 2016 IPO and beyond.

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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 ).