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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. The “primary risk [during pre-startup] is the failure to design a business plan and strategy that will enable the company to become profitable as it makes sales and earns revenue. Hiring mistakes (at this stage bad hires can harm company culture).

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

SaaStr

Kyle Parrish: To reference that sales learning curve article that I mentioned earlier, I think for me early on, especially with our product, we’re selling to a technical audience. You’ve got to have a technical aptitude and excitement for the product. In terms of the pricing strategy itself, you have a really hard thing.