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SaaStr
NOVEMBER 12, 2022
It's not just FTX. Every VC I catch up with has a quiet story of fraud in their portfolio. Numbers that were sort of made up usually. Most won't ever be discussed or end up public. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin (@jasonlk) November 10, 2022.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Give Better SaaS Product Demos? One simple answer: train your reps more. A lot more. With most SaaS companies, for a while, demos get worse: At first, founders do all the demos. The demos themselves are a bit rambling, too long — but full of passion. And Q&A is A.
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SaaStr
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
“So we're seeing some slowdown in certain sectors and, frankly, acceleration in others, things like low-code, no-code environments, productivity, cybersecurity to protect the enterprise …. So am I seeing a broad slowdown across our platform? Are we seeing some pockets? Yes.”.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
So we’ve taken a look at Monday several times in this series , but with so much change in the world of SaaS and Cloud the past few months, it seemed like a great one to dig in on. Because Monday remains on fire — growing a truly stunning 65% (!) at $550,000,000 ARR. Jaw-dropping rates.
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SaaStr
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Next year will be by far our biggest and best ever for IRL SaaStr events. Early Bird tickets for all of them are on sale now as incredibly cheap prices (50% below cost) so pick up tickets for you and your team now! We’ll have. On February 22-23, our first SaaStr APAC comes to Singapore!
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The success of an executive team often depends as much on their interpersonal harmony as their professional expertise. How does a team establish rapport with one another?
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
So there’s a lot of angst in VC today. And a lot of it is around bridge rounds. What’s a bridge round? It’s extra money solely from the existing investors. And bridge rounds are … stressful. Almost always. No one really wants to do them.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
You know what’s back in fashion today in SaaS? Profits. For years, it was Growth, Growth, Growth. Not, for the first time in a long time, it’s Growth + Profits. And that’s a lot rarer in SaaS. It’s out there. ZoomInfo, PayCom, Zoom an more mint cash.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Bessemer Venture Partners had added a nice newsletter, Parting the Clouds , that’s very metrics dense. A few stuck out this week as helpful ways to summarize just what’s happening with SaaS public companies.
Speaker: Robert Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization at Construx
Product managers need to consider all alternatives when they decide to build their product. This dilemma plagues us all. Many organizations have been able to establish effective outsourcing models, but there are so many options, from contract labor to offshore employees. Which option creates the greatest value for your organization?
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Duolingo has dominated online language learning, rocketing to $360m in ARR and a $3.25 Billion market cap after launching back in 2012. And in today’s market, that’s strong performance.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Dear SaaStr: What is the Process You Follow When Investing in an Up-and-Coming Startup? Let me give my process at least: First, I try somehow to identify before a first meeting if there is a >=2.5% chance of investing. This is perhaps the most non-obvious part.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Dear SaaStr: What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages That a Founder CEO Has Over a Normal CEO? A founder-CEO has 4 big advantages: She/he can make big bets. Mark Zuckerberg spent 10% of Facebook’s shares to buy WhatsApp. Without even allowing much board-level discussion.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Signs a StartUp Team is Going to Underperform or Overperform? Let me take a stab at signs a team will be underperforming. Outperforming is both seemingly obvious (strong team, strong market, proven ability to create products people want to use/buy) and also nebulous.
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SaaStr
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
SaaStr APAC 2023 is officially a GO! Our first SaaStr event in Asia Pacific. . Feb 22-23 2023, Singapore. We are excited to announce today that SaaStr is heading to Singapore to host our first ever SaaStr APAC event in 2023!
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Everyone likes the freedom of choice and to feel like they’re part of something, and that’s exactly what Gitlab sets out to do. At its inception in 2011, the goal was to have a place for developers to gather and collaborate together.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Dear SaaStr: As a VC, if you could go back to your operational experience (as part of a hyper-growth startup), then what would you remind yourself to take note of? My top list: Slow down big decisions — when you aren’t sure.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The biggest challenge is how to play Offense and not Defense. As a new VC, you want two things. You want to establish yourself, and your brand, and your track record. And also. Not get fired. Not blow all the money. The natural reactions therefore are: To search out more co-investors.
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SaaStr
OCTOBER 24, 2022
So this is a simple post, it would almost do better as a Quora answer, if folks still really read Quora. But I thought it was worth writing up, because what’s happening on Twitter and the internet these days is confusing on many levels.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
My summary of Venture Markets in Nov 2022: Series B and later even worse than looks in data: 85%+ of investing here has simply ceased. Seed and Early Series A: Deals take longer but off about 40%. Some have slowed down but most vets don't care too much about today's macros.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Dear SaaStr: Is Burnout Especially Intense in Failed Entrepreneurs? I see burn-out much more commonly in “fairly successful” entrepreneurs — not failed ones. And usually starting around Year 3. Building in Year 4. And then it hits >hard< in Year 5. First, it’s hard(er) to fail slowly.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Gartner has its latest report out , talking to hundreds of CIOs, and it breaks down projected SaaS spending in the enterprise in 2023: The summary: Gartner predicts SaaS spend in the enterprise will rise to $195 Billion in 2023, up 17% from $167 Billion in 2022.
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SaaStr
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
A while back I was having a discussion, not quite a debate, but a discourse with an extremely smart VC — far smarter than me — who was relatively new to SaaS, having spent more time in B2C. Like a lot of folks tip-toeing from B2C to SaaS, his first stop was in freemium.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: SaaS Multiples Are Down 75% From a Year Ago.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
SaaStr events couldn’t happen without our partners, and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2023. At the 9th ever SaaStr Annual, ~200 of the best and hottest companies on earth will go BIG as partners/sponsors.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 27, 2022
In SaaS, I think one of the biggest traps you can get yourself into as a founder is doing Low ROI things for one minute longer than you have to. Of course, this is true in all start-ups. But quickly, in SaaS, it becomes worse. Because they are more functional areas to handle, earlier.
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SaaStr
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
So our economy is going through some unpredictable transitions, with Cloud and SaaS companies powering through with still-strong growth and unemployment remaining at near record lows, while inflation, interest rates and more batter us at the same time.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Lies Founders Tell Themselves? #1 1 Lie. That it will get easier. It never gets easy, but it can get less difficult: You get better. You constantly learn, and in not that long of a time, become one of the experts in your space.
SaaStr
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Make Sure My Board Doesn’t Fire Me? Founders are often guarded toward most VCs. Perhaps they should be. That’s a different, and longer conversation. And one thing founders tend to worry about is — can I be fired by my investors?
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: How to Ensure Your First 2 Sales Reps Actually Work Out (Updated).
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SaaStr
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
As this gets published, I’ve just about finished giving my talks at 2022 SaaStr Annual. And thank you so much to everyone that came, or watched the streaming. It really means a lot.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Dear SaaStr: Should I Start My SaaS App Off Totally Free? Almost always — no matter how freemium you want to go in SaaS, you should at least have a paid edition on Day 1. Even if you are going pure freemium. My top 50 biggest mistakes include not charging at all for our first few months.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Dear SaaStr: What are some benefits you can add to get people to buy a product besides discounts and add-ons? You can help them actually deploy your app. To actually, truly get the value out of it. Not just buy it. Buying a product is just Step 1, at best.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 27, 2022
At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. In June 2023, we’re heading back to London for SaaStr Europa and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of the companies that will be there with us!
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