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The Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Company

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If you can’t do the time, don’t do the startup. You have to hire so many functions in SaaS – VPS, VPM, VPP, VPCS, VPE, etc. Don’t be blinded by brands. And 99% of SaaS companies will need 7–10 years to get to $100m ARR and beyond. You have to love, or at least commit to, recruiting constantly. Everyone is.

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Snowflake, CrowdStike and SumoLogic: “How to Leverage the Cloud Giants to Scale to 100 Million ARR and Beyond”

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So for the audience, cloud giants are turbocharging startup sales, and the predominant reason for this is because they’re fundamentally changing IT budgets at the customers that we’re all selling to. How do you understand really if cloud marketplaces are right for your startup? Jabari Norton. Rico Mallozzi.

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Bet On Up-and-Comers. But Add One Veteran For Each $10m ARR.

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They often staff up their teams with folks they already know and have been successful with at their last startup. The ones that will benefit from taking a risk on a less-proven team and brand. The sales leader that did well, but their startup still didn’t quite make it. Veterans of the SaaS journey. And that’s great.