Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

How long is a startup a startup? It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. Are we still a startup? According to a study by the Startup Genome Project of more than 3,200 startups, they found that “70% [of startups] fail because of premature scaling.”

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She’s a sales leader with an accomplished background at several tech startups. She has 20 years of experience in sales leadership and the talent acquisition industry. Jo-Anne Jaspen i s a passionate growth strategist, B2B revenue leader, mentor, and startup advisor. Tonni Bennett – VP Sales at Terminus.

Sales Recruiting 111

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale Sales Hiring 111

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

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. But is this purely anecdotal? How common is it for SaaS companies to meet this benchmark? Next Level Churn Rate Analysis: Who and Why.

Benchmarks 123

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 123

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

David Sacks – GP at Craft Ventures, and this week I thought I’d wrap it up with Part 2 stemming from a great session with Spenser Skates , CEO and CoFounder of Amplitude. Justin Stackany CEO / Startup Advisor & Former CCO Hungry generalists who are uncomfortable being bored and secretly enjoy a little chaos.

Sales Hiring 89

Sales Hiring Technical Cofounder Scale Sales Recruiting 89

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

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!

Part-Time VPE 224

Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 224

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Spotify, on the other hand, added discounted tiers for Spotify Premium in a bid to increase acquisition and retention. And from that flows decisions about what and who to spend time on,” says David Heinemeier Hansson , co-founder and CTO of Basecamp. “[My The reason for this success? With money comes influence, if not outright power.

Pricing 59

Pricing Technical Cofounder Scale New CTO 59

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2019

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.

Outsourcing Services 115

Outsourcing Services Scale Sales Hiring SMB 115