SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2024

We could talk about CAK and LTV, and economics, and fundraising, and entrepreneurship, and SaaS and engineering, and product management, but instead I chose to talk about culture and people, which is a little bit of an odd topic for a CTO to pick up. ” “I hated Katie at that company meeting, it was awful.”

Part-Time CTO 262

Part-Time CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach CTO 262

Chargify

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

It’s likely that you have seen one of Martech’s Marketing Technology Landscape diagrams illustrating the rapid growth from ~150 players in 2011 to over 5,000 in 2017: Increased competition and saturated markets have eroded differentiation and perceived-value between products. with numerous upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

Subscription 75

Subscription Payment Features AWS Scale 75

Chart Mogul

MARCH 2, 2021

It might be awful. You might even consider writing a book, producing a podcast, or otherwise creating helpful content dedicated to entrepreneurship. Most acquisitions are value-grabs of technology, people, or customers. Expect changes and shifting priorities. Your missions may no longer align. It might be awesome.

Startup 52

Startup Acquisition SaaS Scale 52

Chart Mogul

MARCH 2, 2021

It might be awful. You might even consider writing a book, producing a podcast, or otherwise creating helpful content dedicated to entrepreneurship. Most acquisitions are value-grabs of technology, people, or customers. Expect changes and shifting priorities. Your missions may no longer align. It might be awesome.

Startup 52

Startup Acquisition SaaS Scale 52

SmartKarrot

MARCH 2, 2023

Top 15 VC Podcasts 2023 [Listed Alphabetically] 100x Entrepreneur 100x Entrepreneur – By Siddhartha Ahluwalia Siddhartha Ahluwalia is a 2x founder, VC & Startup Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS). This podcast covers topics at the intersection of technology, society, and economics.

Venture Capital 10

Venture Capital Scale Entrepreneurship EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) 10

Point Nine Land

JANUARY 30, 2019

If building the infrastructure of a SaaS product seems easy nowadays (with AWS and the myriad of developer APIs available), it was not the case fifteen years ago. From web hosting (AWS) to email (Sendgrid) or search (Algolia), there’s no shortage of infrastructure tools available to build a SaaS. Infrastructure. Integration.

AI Search 70

AI Search AI B2B Software 70

Upscope

JUNE 9, 2021

Working as a apple tech was awful but for the rude customers I would put on hold while I went outside to chat with co workers or grab something from the vending machine. I don't have a thick skin, which probably made it about 15 times worse, but I still can't think about it without having awful flashbacks. What can we learn from this?

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Management Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 52