SaaStr

MAY 31, 2023

AWS is seeing this, and so is Snowflake. Everyone is basically doing more with not much more headcount (see next point). #4. Growing Headcount, But Much More Slowly That Revenue. Headcount is up 29% year-over-year, but revenue is up 50%. Not none, just less. Growing remains jaw-dropping at 50% at $2.4

Headcount 207

Headcount Scale Sales Hiring AWS 207

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 31, 2023

The majority of COGS (revenue less COGS = gross profit) fall in hosting costs (ie AWS), and some customer support. They have massive distribution (installed customers + sales teams), and margin to play around with. Companies could end up hiring less SDRs but booking more sales demos. What do I mean by this?

Cloud 130

Cloud Sales Hiring AI Headcount 130

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

This is especially important for small teams, where you need to operate at a scale far beyond your headcount (without burning out your team by working around the clock). Using Brex also saves time for your finance team (or, depending on headcount, your finance person ??) AWS – Cloud computing. HubSpot – CRM.

Scale 163

Scale Payment Services Startup AWS 163

Sales Hacker

JUNE 1, 2020

Publicly-traded, PLG businesses grow faster than their peers and are less reliant on expensive sales and marketing investments to fuel their growth. With PLGs massive growth, many wonder if PLG and self-service solutions will replace Sales. Sales Isn’t Going Anywhere. Sales still makes up 25% of their headcount on average.

Sales Hiring 75

Sales Hiring Scale Headcount Sales 75

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

AWS and other infrastructure providers have been using UBP for nearly a decade. It’s clear that faster-growing businesses are taking advantage of more creative pricing models, however, the switch to usage-based pricing can represent a host of challenges from revenue recognition to sales compensation.

Headcount 73

Headcount SaaS Compensation Acquisition 73

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

In this post I’m going to share the most important lessons about growing a SaaS business that I learned at Buildium—collectively, these things had an awful lot to do with the company being valued so highly. In light of the sale of Buildium last month I figured now is as good of a time as any to reflect on the most important ones.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2021

This year, we also migrated ChartMogul to AWS cloud. This year, we added 17 new members to our team, growing our headcount from 43 at the start of the year to 60 now (up 39% YoY). QR codes — added the ability to quickly copy your newly created API keys by scanning the QR code (instead of needing to type them out on your mobile device).

Software Review 52

Software Review Systems Review Payment Features PayPal 52