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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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SaaS Churn: Myths, Benchmarks, and Strategies to Retain More Revenue

FastSpring

To investigate, Ryan Law, former CMO and cofounder of Cobloom, performed an analysis of six recent churn reports or studies and found that there is no consensus on the average churn rate for SaaS companies. If you lose 7% of your customers to churn over a year , that’s a way different number than losing 7% of your customers every month.

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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

Common activities your SaaS should focus on during the pre-startup stage can include: Talking to potential customers. Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. Our recurring billing services let SaaS companies focus on their business and customer acquisition instead of the nuts and bolts of billing.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Matrix Partners, ActiveCampaign, Insight Squared, and Dropbox — June 29, 2019

SaaStr

Dave Kellogg is a leading technology executive, independent board member, advisor and angel investor. In his most recent role, Dave was the CEO @ Host Analytics where he quintupled ARR, halved customer acquisition costs and increased net retention rates before selling the company to a private equity sponsor.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Joyce Johnson.

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