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The 6 Most Common Mistakes Founders Make When They Are Just Starting to Scale Revenue

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What are The Most Common Mistakes Founders Make When They Are Just Starting to Scale Revenue? Then, you’ll have enough folks and experience to put a small team on a new initiative / segment / market. Micromanaging Your First (and Second) Management Team. Bad operational model / misunderstanding the burn rate.

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What Brands Look for When Considering Acquiring Software Companies

FastSpring

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. What factors beyond financials makes a target even more valuable. Jump to highlights.

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The Founder’s Guide to Developer-led Growth with WorkOS (Video)

SaaStr

Developers act, think, and behave differently than your average customer. As an API-first company, WorkOS focuses on selling primarily to developers. Doing Business with Developers. Developers haven’t typically been the buyers in enterprise software, so why should you build for developers?

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Everyone Has a Side Hustle Now. Is That a Good Thing?

SaaStr

If a VP of Sales has a $500k+ OTE and a big team to manage, does it even make senses to sell courses on the side? Once you had something, once you had scale, then go help one other startup. I don’t wish to see more people in increasingly bad financial standing this year. Build your personal brand.

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The SaaS Marketing Scorecard - How Does Your Marketing Operation Rank?

Tom Tunguz

Each bucket has a set of disciplines that the team scores. First, it enumerates the important priorities for a marketing team. And second, the scorecard provides a way for a team to understand their strengths and weaknesses. You might score each on a 1 to 10 scale. Business Development. who does it sell to?

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Sequoia India: 22 Things We Learned from SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

Companies in our region are good at achieving PMF and scaling to $1 million-$5 million ARR efficiently. They are hiring leaders, building teams, and attracting advisors in the US while devouring the SV SaaS playbook. Their responsibility would include attracting local talent, running the US and creating an employer brand in the US.

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The Perils and Pitfalls of the “Been There, Done That” VP: Posers and Mercenaries

SaaStr

Sometimes it’s VP Sales (OK, often, this is the most common mishire — another post here on what a really great VPS can do for you, and how a poor one can wreck your company, coming). The #1 reason to do a start-up is Career Development. Third, There are Gems At These Top Brands. Sometimes it’s VP Marketing.