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5 Interesting Learnings from Chime at $2 Billion in ARR

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The 2021 fintech hype is mostly overpublic markets now reward fundamentals. All deposits and card issuance are handled by partner banks like Bancorp and Stride. For B2B/SaaS companies: consider which operational complexities you can outsource to specialized partners to focus resources on your core differentiator. #8.

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

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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. — Jon Ma (@jonbma) March 27, 2021. 2014: $500k rev.

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

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Take a read if you are still running finance yourself, or just have an part-time outsourced resource. Companies grew more slowly, there was nothing for a CFO to really do for years, and you could sort of outsource everything and just keep an eye on the bank statement. Find accounting firms that outsource different roles.

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6 Questions Founders Should Ask Themselves to Drive Value from Generative AI with Base10 Partners

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TJ Nahigian, co-founder and Managing Partner of Base10 Partners, and Luci Fonseca, Partner, deep dive into the current GenAI landscape, incumbents vs. startups, and the six questions founders should ask themselves to drive value from GenAI. Microsoft is a master class in strategy for us.

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Building Resilience Through Efficient Scaling In 2023 with ICONIQ Growth General Partner, Doug Pepper, and General Partner and Head of Analytics, Christine Edmonds (Video)

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Many companies got sucked into the 2021 vortex of a low-interest rate environment and high multiples when they should have focused on growth and efficiency. General Partner of ICONIQ Growth, Doug Pepper, and General Partner and Head of Analytics, Christine Edmonds, joined us for Workshop Wednesday , held live every Wednesday at 10 a.m.

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How To Actually Succeed in SaaS: AMA Part 1 with SaaStr Founder And CEO Jason Lemkin

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Sam went on to become a CRO at Brex and is now a Partner at Founders Fund. Folks who do mediocre outsourced content or a boring podcast won’t move the needle. Don’t outsource tweets to someone who does the same tweets for 11 other clients. Yet, things will never go back to 2021. What happened with this new team?

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What Makes a Great VP of Marketing in SaaS: A Deep Dive with Jason and Dave Gerhardt, ex-VPM of Drift

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Revenue per employee has doubled since 2021, leading to budget cuts and the necessity for leaders to achieve more with fewer resources. Despite the rise of self-service in B2B , the marketing toolkit (targeted outbound, drip marketing, content marketing , webinars, events) remains effective.