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5 Interesting Learnings from UiPath at $600,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It was founded way back in 2005 as an outsourcing company, then developed Windows software to automate scripts and more, and turned this into a powerhouse for automating complex functions integrating Cloud and on-prem. 2005: Started as a tech outsourcing company. 2019: $336m rev. 2014: $500k rev. seed round. 2016: $3.5m

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Transitioning from Sales-Led to Product-Led Growth and Scaling to $100M ARR With Apollo’s CEO Tim Zheng

SaaStr

CEO Tim Zheng came to SaaStr Annual to share the deep dive on the journey from SLG to PLG here: Initial Challenges and Market Position In 2019, Apollo.io This inefficiency stemmed from the high costs associated with maintaining sales development representatives (SDRs), customer success managers (CSMs), and account executives.

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GitLab S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

implies a 17 month payback period with a contract size of $55k, but the S-1 suggests the enterprise part of the business has been an important focal point. The significant delta in the figures suggest customers pre-pay their contracts often. Revenue, $M. Revenue Growth. -. Gross Margin. Sales Efficiency. -. Net Income Margin.

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5 Interesting Learnings from GitLab at $250,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

And the engine really never stopped running, evolving into a dominant DevOps Platform for software development. We’re getting used to seeing these super-high NRR numbers from the top developer-focused leaders, in many cases because utility pricing often encourages it (see also Datadog, Twilio, etc). 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

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Inflation and Deflation in Web2 and Web3 Startups

Tom Tunguz

For example, users burn tokens to execute a smart contract. allocations across community, investors, validators, and developer incentives. To succeed, the crypto company must distribute tokens to thousands of investors to hold, trade and stake. Just as tokens can be created, they can be destroyed. Trailing 2 Year Inflation Rate.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Okta at Almost $1B in ARR

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Okta is one of the more interesting Cloud and SaaS leaders, growing from its early roots as one of several Cloud identity vendors, to the break-out leader, to expanding its product profile to developers and customer identity, and more. Managing Professional Services Revenue From Just 8% in 2019 to Just 5% Now. And really, beyond.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Fastly. As It Gets Ready to IPO.

SaaStr

5+ learnings for founders: Developers control a lot of spend today. Customers than typically move to more fixed contracts once they exceed minimum commits. Yes, Fastly is a developer-focused platform with $100k+ price points. Even developer-focused products don’t sell themselves, folks. Make it easy, folks!