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5 Key Data Points about the Early Venture Market in Q1 2022

Tom Tunguz

I wrote down five data points that struck me: Q1 2022 was the most active quarter ever in Angellist history, and likely venture history. SAFEs should persist as a dominant form of financing early-stage startups, and consequently inform board construction. AngelList published their quarterly state of venture report.

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Scaling Customer Success in 2022 From Series A to IPO with Snyk io, Vanta, Crane, and Hook (Video)

SaaStr

Customer success is a mindset or a continuous journey before it’s a department that takes an analytical approach towards retaining and constructing long-lasting relationships with customers. Fast forward to 2022, customer success is an established function at even many early-stage software companies.

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2023 Go-to-Market Survey - Understanding How Startups Have Shifted in 2023

Tom Tunguz

With all the broad macro economic shifts, startups are pursuing their core markets much differently in 2023 than in 2022. To illuminate those trends, I’ve constructed a brief, 28 question go-to-market survey here. Then to publish the results & answer questions about them at an upcoming Office Hours.

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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tom Tunguz

AMZN shares would touch their next all-time-high in 2022 at $186.57, before falling more than 40%. Throughout those 15 years, Amazon constructed a monolith heavier and more valuable than almost every other business in the world, despite the vacillations on Wall Street. Amazon stood fast to their principles throughout.

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1 Week to SaaStr Annual!! Know Before You Go

SaaStr

Hey SaaStr Annual Attendees, We’re just 1 week away from SaaStr Annual 2022 taking place next week, Sept 13, 14 + 15 at the San Mateo County Events Center. Please familiarize yourself with our SaaStr Annual 2022 Health and Safety Guidelines. Getting Around SaaStr Annual 2022. SaaStr Annual is Almost Here!

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Customer Success Checklist for 2022

CustomerSuccessBox

Here we have jotted down the essential strategies to be included in your Customer success checklist for the year 2022. Points to Ponder on making customer success plan for the year 2022. The post Customer Success Checklist for 2022 appeared first on. Planning customer growth pathway.

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VC State of the Market with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder & MP Aileen Lee (Pod 597 + Video)

SaaStr

The number of global venture capital (VC) investments dipped in 2022, thanks to ongoing geopolitical tensions, turbulence in global capital markets, supply chain issues, and increasing interest rates. The rise and fall of these investments have resulted in negativity in the global VC space in 2022. The recent downward movement.