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How to Categorize Expenses in a SaaS Startup v2.0

Baremetrics

Here’s an overview of the series: Part 1: How to Categorize Expenses in a SaaS Startup v2.0 This is a good sanity check to see if you are spending enough in your tech in your forecasts and even enables you to benchmark yourself against other SaaS companies. Use area charts for more detail. Finally, add the software account.

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SaaStr Podcast for the Week with Automation Anywhere and Algolia — January 17, 2020

SaaStr

. * What are the biggest green lights for CIOs when startups are pitching them? What are the biggest red flags CIOs see when startups are pitching them? What must startups always remember when pitching CIOs? * What must startups remember about how CIOs think about price? Where do founders make mistakes in negotiation?

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CEOs and CXOs of FullStory, Sendbird, mmhmm, Miro, ChurnZero, Canva, HackerOne Join SaaStr Annual 2021!!

SaaStr

Chetan Puttagunta, General Partner @ Benchmark. Michael Seibel, YC Partner and CEO of YC’s Startup Accelerator @ Y Combinator. Christine Spang, Co-Founder and CTO @ Nylas. Dave Walters, CTO @ Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success @ Hired. Amy Pisano, CRO @ Hired.

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SaaStr Podcast #214: Erica Schultz, CRO @ New Relic on What It Takes To Successfully Scale Into Enterprise

SaaStr

Erica Schultz is Chief Revenue Officer @ New Relic, the company that gives you the real time insights your software driven business needs to innovate faster. Prior to their IPO, New Relic raised over $214m in funding from some of the best in the business including Benchmark, Insight Venture Partners and Blackrock, to name a few.

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10 Tough Lessons We Learned Building a Prenicorn Outside of Silicon Valley from Pendo.io (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

When we benchmarked ourself, when we started this company, we didn’t say we wanted to be the biggest company in Raleigh. We ended up signing that contract in the uber back to the airport on the way home. It was our largest contract to date, kind of helps the other quarter. The world’s your market, right?

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The Ultimate SaaS Pricing Resources Guide

OpenView Labs

The 2020 SaaS Product Benchmarks Report. Patrick Campbell deconstructs and walks through the elements of a pricing strategy that enables startups to more effectively acquire customers. There are Only 3 Pricing Strategies for Your Startup. As a startup, are you managing for revenue, market share or profitability?

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How to Use M&A as a Tool to Accelerate Growth Feat. Insight Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Today I wanted to talk to you about something a little bit unconventional, which is around doing M&A, as a startup yourself. I used to be a CTO and operator, co-founder of a SaaS start up. So on this topic, so how like what are the things, what would you consider, why would I start up, be buying another startup?