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Why You Should Consider Eliminating the Title “Implementation Consultant” from Your Startup

Kellblog

Before proceeding, let me say that if you have a low-touch, high-velocity, easy-adoption business model — and the product to go with it — then you don’t need to read this post [3]. If you sell: A recruiting app, running your first recruiting campaign. For example, one company had a CAC of 4.0,

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Stop Following These 10 Terrible Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (SaaStr Podcast 682)

SaaStr

You have to understand how venture capital works. 2 “Give the VP of Sales more time.” You can’t always expect a great VP of Sales to double sales in 30-60-90 days. But you have to see progress in one sales cycle. If, in one sales cycle, things aren’t improving on several core metrics, they never will.

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What is Equity Financing?

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What is the difference between Equity Financing, Loans, and Venture Capital Funding? Venture Capital Funding When should you be thinking about Equity Financing? SaaS equity financing is the process of acquiring money in return for a stake in a business. Hedge funds invest in high-growth, high-risk businesses.

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Career Decisions: What To Look For In a Software Startup

Kellblog

In venture capital (VC) land, you should view investors as long-term partners in value creation. While the sales-and-marketing types will emphasize “its proven-ness” you will want to know how much technical debt there is associated with this old architecture. You might well be doing so. Strong investors.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Felix Van de Maele, Co-Founder and CEO of Collibra, will be joined by Teddie Wardi, Managing Director of Insight Partners, to unpack how he built a unicorn company from idea to conception to record growth. Teddie Wardi | Managing Director @ Insight Partners. And then the next one that we best now is proving a business model.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? And in the course of doing that, I think I really discovered and fell in love with SaaS as a business model and it really doubled down on my interest in data analytics. Why is this? What are the drivers of its death?

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What does Peloton's IPO mean for startups?

ProfitWell

We’re talking hundreds of users saying they didn’t get their dresses on time, which is the exact opposite of RTR’s core business model and company promise. But how misaligned are venture capitalists in the private market and stock traders in the public? And these users are not shy about sharing their displease.

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