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

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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. 2018 The Fourth SaaStr Annual: Learn and Scale Together. 2020 SaaStr Annual At Home.

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Dear SaaStr: What’s It Like to Have Your Company Acquired by One of the Tech Giants?

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2018’s Top 50 Acquisitions in SaaS. I thought my sales team would leave quickly. My VP of Sales and the team stayed for 2.5 Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. You may be asked to own new stuff beyond just what your company / app does. It’s a lot of change.

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12 Real Estate Tech Start-ups Making Waves In 2018

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By Geoff Roberts 5 min read As I’ve been engaging with SaaS start-ups across industries this year, one thing has become certain; real estate tech is hot in 2018. Here’s our hand-curated list of real estate tech start-ups set to make waves in 2018. Team: Co-founders Andy Taylor (CEO) and Navtej Sadhal (CTO). dwel.co - dwel.co

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The Biggest Sales Excuses You Need to Stop Making in 2018

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In sales, sellers who cite convoluted reasons to explain poor performance, rather than proactively doing something about it often remain — unsurprisingly — at the bottom of the success ladder. There certainly are a lot of things in sales that make life a tad more difficult. Our sales process is broken. Our marketing team sucks.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

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In 2018, she moved to Hong Kong to head product at Lalamove and now is the Product Manager at Gravity Supply Chain. After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. In 2018, she founded Work In Progress, a hub that connects professionals and fosters a coaching culture.

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Missed Call to Action Conference 2018? Get the Top Takeaways, Speaker Videos, and More

Unbounce

Twenty-two marketing experts took the stage to give new solutions to old challenges and actionable solutions to new ones—not to mention the food, people, games, swag and after-parties that made it the best CTAConf yet. Rajveer Chohan (@Raj_i) August 30, 2018. — Britt Senko (@brittsenko) August 28, 2018. Speechless.

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How to Categorize Expenses in a SaaS Startup v2.0

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Benefits of using Expense Categories in SaaS The main expense categories for any SaaS company are: Cost of Revenue Research & Development Sales & Marketing General & Admin These four categories are the standard for describing costs and expenses of any SaaS company from Salesforce to Zoom to your startup. New Gross Margins?