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SaaStr Podcast #343 with Point Nine Capital Managing Partner Christoph Janz

SaaStr

This is where the cloud meets. Guru lets your team capture information instantly, wherever it surfaces, Slack, Gmail, Salesforce, Microsoft Outlook and Teams, and more, without ever leaving their workflow. We’re an early stage venture capital firm focused primarily on B2B SaaS and B2B marketplaces.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

From Facebook to Microsoft, there is a massive trend to seek out tiny teams of five or less, buy them, and use the technology and talent to gain a competitive edge. Over the last couple of years, there have been clear trends in why big companies are choosing to invest in these small teams and use them as part of their growth strategy.

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Web Summit Rio 2023: Summary of days 2, 3, 4.

SaaSHolic

There is a shift towards less capital-intensive startups with recurring revenues, and due diligence is crucial before taking on investors or advisors. The key to success is developing the product and having strong economics and a clear vision, especially during tough times.

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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

In order to execute on this mission, founders can bootstrap their company, raise outside money ( venture capital is the most popular), or use a combination of both to help build their business. Generally, this means developing new products, expanding into new markets (internationally), and potentially even acquiring smaller companies.

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The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 581)

SaaStr

If you didn’t catch it the other day … and you can read about it on SaaStr …Microsoft and Google Cloud both had extremely strong quarters, Microsoft Azure grew 40% last quarter , and a record number of nine-figure and billion-dollar deals. We are post-term sheet moving along diligence. Nathan, do you have a question?

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SaaStr’s Podcast “Best Of Guide” Our Top 10 Podcasts of All Time

SaaStr

David’s successful exits as an investor at Matrix include HubSpot, JBoss, AppIQ, Tabblo, Netezza, Diligent Technologies, CloudSwitch, TribeHR, GrabCAD, OpenSpan, and Enservio. What are the key inflection points of company development? In 2001 David joined Matrix Partners, who had backed his last two startups, as a General Partner.

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It sounds minor or technical, but if you want to due diligence on a human being, I get to do it a few 100 times a year. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit. I mean, it’s what you see on the BBP cloud on the left. Aileen Lee: And so, they’re just way easier due diligence, I think.