User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

If you’re interested in learning more about Marty, including his background and top blog and podcast recommendations, continue reading ahead. Offering insights on structuring teams, discovering the right products , and fostering a strong product culture, Cagan provides a blueprint for success for both startups and established companies alike.

Management 90

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User Pilot

JUNE 13, 2022

Are you looking for the best SaaS blogs and influencers to follow in 2022? We curated a list of the best SaaS blogs and influencers to help you learn more about SaaS and increase your revenue. We covered the best blogs on SaaS growth, product marketing , UX analytics, venture capital, and sales.

Venture Capital 52

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In Part 2 of Ask Me Anything, Lemkin will answer these questions: How do you balance being authentic as a new startup and getting customers to buy into your vision vs. appearing well put together with everything going on? Some sales folks might disagree, but Lemkin believes startups should be about 85-90% transparent.

Sales Hiring 235

Sales Hiring SaaS Banking AI 235

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With that being said, if you have the world’s best payroll app, you can absolutely still talk to Craft. The best opportunities will get taken. Co-pilots — Co-pilots are where startups and founders can do new things that big companies won’t go after. So even startups good at getting renewals were getting seat contractions.

SaaS Payments 220

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions AI SaaS 220

SaaStr

MARCH 4, 2024

For some, actually, like Palantir, Cloudflare and more — these are actually still the best of times. Raising a high-priced round, just to raise it Raising a lot of extra money on SAFEs Raising too much “non-dilutive” capital Used right, these tools all can work well. Other are deeply struggling. What seems free, when times are good?

Finance 228

Finance Payment Solutions Payments Pricing 228

SaaStr

APRIL 27, 2023

At the 9th ever SaaStr Annual, ~200 of the best and hottest companies on earth will go BIG as partners/sponsors. Startups are solving the world’s important challenges with agility, innovative technology, and determination. Organizations using Bob are able to accelerate hiring, retain the best talent, and elevate employee engagement.

Cloud 213

Cloud Scale Startup Sales Hiring 213

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2023

I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. This year, many companies, including Gong, have been focused on how to optimize and drive value with existing tech stack investments, rather than adding new tools. This week we have Udi Ledergor, Chief Evangelist at Gong!

Leadership 311

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Well, the very best can — up to a point. A few learnings over the years: Only the very best reps can sell something more complex or harder to understand than the prior products they’ve sold. Sales reps mostly know how to sell sales and marketing tools. They can’t, unfortunately. And even there they have limits. A related point.

Sales Hiring 171

Sales Hiring Sales SaaS SMB 171

SaaStr

JULY 18, 2023

Hypergrowth in today’s highly competitive and budget-constrained SaaS world may be less frequent now, but Vanta, the software tool empowering security companies to achieve compliance and manage risk, has defied the odds. She learned that the best part of their week was working with product teams, helping keep products secure.

Strategy 221

Strategy Scale Sales Hiring Startup 221

SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2023

At the 9th ever SaaStr Annual, ~200 of the best and hottest companies on earth will go BIG as partners/sponsors. Mercury offers banking* for startups — at any size or stage. Launched in 2019, Mercury is trusted by more than 100,000 startups. Join these incredible companies to experience all the value of SaaStr!

Scale 195

Scale Banking compliance Forecasting 195

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2023

Every Wednesday we bring you the best speakers in SaaS. John shares that he is currently working on a project called mfact, which aims to help startups unlock the value of their data. The speaker also addresses the myth of scarcity, emphasizing that as founders of startups, dealing with limited resources is familiar territory.

Technical Advisors 215

Technical Advisors Data Technical Review Sales Hiring 215

SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2024

The decision to leave a fairly scaled role leading 200+ AEs at LinkedIn to join a smaller-stage startup. They also come in the form of people she cares about leaving the business or struggling to succeed because they don’t have the tools they need. The natural counter to the worst days as CRO are the best days.

Scale 243

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Other than your own, what app would you never let anyone take away from you no matter what: I don’t get too attached to apps and tools — or at least I try ? #4. This week we have Luca Penati, CMO & CCO of BEE! #1.

Consulting 204

Consulting Communication Startup Branding 204

Kellblog

MARCH 18, 2024

If you get stuck, ping me on LinkedIn , Twitter , or leave a blog comment here. In another, it’s critical and captured in age-old strategy tools like the Ansoff Matrix. I’ll then discuss each growth dimension in more detail before wrapping up and doing a brief Q&A session at the end.

Marketing 82

Marketing Finance AI B2B 82

Buffer Resources

APRIL 22, 2024

Unlike traditional startup founders who seek to grow headcount and scale a product, solopreneurs often are the product. As the founder of CoachRanks , I have the opportunity to work with life coach solopreneurs every week, helping them better understand marketing best practices. The number one most common theme that I see?

Social Media 98

Social Media Scale Growth Hacking Headcount 98

SaaStr

MARCH 30, 2024

I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. He’s spent the last 20 years in startups of different sizes and stages, driving growth, building community, and producing borderline irresponsible amounts of swag. This week we have Rik Haandrikman, VP of Marketing at RevenueCat! . _

Marketing 208

Marketing ChatGPT Mobile Onboarding 208

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We’ll see 1,000+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs February 22-23 at SaaStr APAC 2023 ! is a software company that develops online SEO tools and free educational materials for marketing professionals. It quickly became one of the world’s best backlink analysis tools. Grab tickets here. Ahrefs Pte.

Payment Methods 203

Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions Education 203

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

We’ll see 2,500+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs NEXT WEEK June 6-7 at 2022 SaaStr Europa ! SAP for Startups? We have created a special cloud offering for startups and scale-up companies designed to provide the tools to help the businesses of tomorrow reach your maximum growth potential.

Scale 201

Scale Payments Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence 201

SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2024

Apollo is a next-gen sales tool that combines sales intelligence and execution workflows with AI. They want to know how quickly they can book a meeting or generate pipeline, not waste 3 weeks onboarding to a new sales tool. Apollo can replace 5-7 tools with one solution, which can be more effective and less expensive.

Scale 193

Scale Sales Hiring Pricing AI 193

SaaStr

MAY 29, 2022

Just not at your startup. And the mistake so many founders make is they want to believe a VP of Sales that’s good in general, good somewhere, would work at their startup. A ton of great VPs of Sales have sold sales tools and similar products. Especially in sales tools, because they live them every day.

Sales Hiring 258

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Startup Sales 258

SaaStr

JANUARY 16, 2023

To convert an idea into a successful venture, startups need to be equipped to scale. Hiring a reliable team is an all-encompassing issue where startups dive in head-first but fail to optimize it for success. . Hiring a reliable team is an all-encompassing issue where startups dive in head-first but fail to optimize it for success. .

Scale 206

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SaaStr

JULY 30, 2023

PST, G shares low CAC, scalable tactics for earlier growth-stage startups. Because, as of today, there is still no tool or platform that enables you to do this off the shelf. Now, they get the best coverage data — you want 80-90% coverage data — and Waterfall activates all the vendors into one API or platform at one cost.

Scale 207

Scale Sales Hiring AI Banking 207

SaaStr

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Founder and Managing Partner at Cowboy Ventures, Aileen Lee, discusses the state of the VC market in 2022 with Founder and CEO of SaaStr Jason Lemkin—the change in VC activities and seed deals, the importance of the board in the success of a startup, profitability and much more. Startups and the need for an engaged board.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Construction 212

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This showcases a narrow segment of a niche market, and it’s missing a lot of startups. Any startup in any reasonable category likely has dozens of competitors, and Altman believes the best strategy to compete in 2023 and beyond is multi-product. Startups are no longer fringe. How can a startup compete with a big company?

Scale 235

Scale Scaling Startup Sales Hiring 235

SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

To help you with your search, we’ve compiled a list of sales leadership opportunities from around our community to help connect leading startups with the best candidates. . 10 Rules to Being a VP of Sales in a Startup. ClickFlow , a SEO experimentation tool, is looking for aVP of Sales to help them scale over the coming year.

Sales Hiring 325

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Payments 325

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Finally, you’ll need the right tool to help your customer success team. One such tool is Userpilot, an excellent onboarding and data collection tool. This center can hold a variety of resources, including blog posts, FAQs, webinars, etc., Then, reach out to dissatisfied customers to learn how you can best help them.

Scale 90

Scale Customer Success Scaling SaaS 90

User Pilot

JULY 14, 2021

There are plenty of all these blogs “15 alternatives to {Brand Name} that are equally good” that are…plain wrong. Written by content writers who have never used any of those tools, and frankly – have no clue what they are talking about. Because we’re just a different kind of onboarding tool! ?????.

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Onboarding Enterprise 105

Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you are on the lookout for automated billing software for small businesses, this is the blog for you to read. Before we jump to the meat of the blog, let us quickly go over the bare-bones definition of what exactly is automated billing software and why most small businesses require it.

Payment Solutions 102

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Services SaaS Payments 102

Neil Patel

AUGUST 11, 2021

Here is a common situation many startups face. Instead of focusing on costly marketing methods, such startups must focus on low-budget marketing hacks. Be a Blog Commenter. One way of doing so is by commenting on blogs. Here’s how this works: Identify the top 5 blogs in your niche. What can they do?

Marketing 143

Marketing Social Media Growth Hacking Consulting 143

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 13, 2018

The best ones are efficient, motivated, effective, and creative in how they operate on a day-to-day basis. Let’s break down a few things that all the best SaaS sales pros understand. One of the best ways to make an upsell happen is to integrate the product into your efforts. Technology is a modern sales rep’s best friend.

Scale 224

Scale SaaS Sales Sales Funnel 224

Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

Invest in the right billing and subscription-management software to automate your workflows after carefully assessing three of the best options in the market. make it especially suited for small businesses and startups who are only too aware of where they spend and how much.

Payment Solutions 93

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 93

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The reality is that the best LinkedIn users are marketing machines. I've built real friendships with the best B2B marketers in the world and I’m on a text-message basis with countless founders, CEOs, VPs, and executives. I’ve never used a content calendar or automation tool (although some of them can be useful).

Sales Recruiting 128

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Social Media 128

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 16, 2021

If you’re a small business owner trying to compete in the big leagues , this blog is for you. I’m going to share a list of all the free tools and strategies that can help you compete with major conglomerates through content marketing. I have an SEO Analyzer tool on my website because I understand how important this is.

Social Media 145

Social Media Strategy Marketing Business 145

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The plethora of solutions or blogs may not be useful when it comes to gaining insight and knowledge. Here are the best insightful SaaS blogs that can help you make better decisions, solve complex issues, or understand new techniques to gain an advantage in the competitive SaaS world. The 20 Best SaaS Blogs You Must Follow.

SaaS 23

SaaS Entrepreneurship Technical Review Social Media 23

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

On the downside, Wix SEO limitations often come in for criticism, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enhance your site’s SEO considerably by applying a few best practices. This article details ten SEO best practices that can improve your Wix website rankings. Then there’s the Wix SEO tool. 10 Best Practices for Wix SEO.

Software Review 137

Software Review Technical Review Technical Advisors Mobile 137

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Building a company during a downturn is the best time to do so For Sacks, Pay Pal was predominantly built in the wake of the dot-com bubble. CAC vs burn multiple Sacks wrote a blog on this specific topic back in 2020 (note: a lot has changed since then but this one still holds up) see here. It’s not easy to build a great company.

Artificial Intelligence 88

Artificial Intelligence SaaS AI Generative AI 88

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The problem with selling your startup is the long exit time. Who wants to wait almost a decade to buy a startup when the face of tech is evolving at such a rapid pace? Micro startup acquisitions. But before we dive into that, we need to look into what micro startup acquisitions are and why you need to sit up and take notice.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144