Remove Acquisition Remove New CTO Remove Retention Remove Sales
article thumbnail

“Seed is Broken But There is More Seed Funding That Ever”: The Latest Deep Dive with Harry Stebbings and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

His best deals by cash are: Sales Loft : $2.5 He didn’t predict that Sales Loft, Pipe Drive, and Harry’s would be his top three cash returners. He also learned that some founders just can’t lose, like Kyle from Sales Loft. billion cash, $100 million ARR. Pipe Drive: $1.5 billion cash.

CTO Hire 175
article thumbnail

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Mastering the Art and Science of Product-Led Growth With Gainsight

SaaStr

Ciara Peter (Gainsight VP of Product & Design) and Mickey Alon (CTO & Founder of Gainsight PX) share their practical tips for product leaders looking to achieve business growth. A product-led growth strategy relies on the product itself as the primary vehicle for customer acquisition, conversion, retention, and expansion.

Scale 272
article thumbnail

11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

User Pilot

Customer Onboarding Specialist: Responsible for helping new customers get up and running with the company’s products. For example, a startup might not need a sales manager or a fully-fledged sales team in its early days, but a UX designer is an absolute necessity. Average salary: $95,566/yr. Average salary: $46,035/yr.

article thumbnail

The Founder’s Guide to Developer-led Growth with WorkOS (Video)

SaaStr

Well, in the past several years, there’s been a tremendous number of companies that have built specifically for developers and use this as a way to get into these new markets, to displace incumbents and disrupt the competition. Bottom-up sales. You have the opportunity to upsell new features and capabilities to them.

article thumbnail

GitLab’s Hila Qu on What B2B Companies Can Learn About Growth from B2C

OpenView Labs

In conversation with Blake Bartlett , she walked us through how B2C and B2B growth strategies compare across each phase of the customer journey from acquisition to retention and expansion. At Acorns, my team included user acquisition, CRM marketing, and growth product.” Acquisition. Defining Growth . Hila explains.

B2C 65