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8 Things That Change When Your Company is Acquired

SaaStr

There’s been a run of incredible M&A, from Salesforce buying Slack for $27B, to Qualtrics’ $8b acquisition by SAP (and later IPO at $20b+), to Github’s $7.5b Unless there is a huge earn-out or retention payment tied to performance, the pressure is partially off. Some folks will prefer post-acquisition life.

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Dear SaaStr: What’s It Like to Have Your Company Acquired by One of the Tech Giants?

SaaStr

2018’s Top 50 Acquisitions in SaaS. Unless there is a huge earn-out or retention payment tied to performance, the pressure is off. Some folks will prefer post-acquisition life. I thought my sales team would leave quickly. My VP of Sales and the team stayed for 2.5 It’s a lot of change. The pressure is off.

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

User Pilot

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Customer Onboarding Specialist: Responsible for helping new customers get up and running with the company’s products. Average salary: $95,566/yr. Average salary: $46,035/yr.

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FastSpring Annual Recap: Reflecting on 2020 and Looking Ahead to 2021

FastSpring

Many of their software solutions sold by our customers facilitate remote work environments, and most customers have expanded their customer bases meaningfully during the pandemic. With this new investment, we are already increasing our pace of innovation and have a very exciting roadmap of things to come over the next 12 months.

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Is Seed the new Series A? (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. The panel that we are in is called Is Seed the New Series A, and this is a question that I’ve been asking informally yesterday and today.

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years. Roughly 90%.

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“The “Dos & Don’ts” of Building Winning SaaS Companies with G2 Crowd (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. They were building time and expense software. And so we started building a cloud solution, but it was a long arduous journey. And said to Marc, “Hey we love your Salesforce app. It’s in the cloud.