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The Keys to Getting to $500M ARR In Just 7 Years with Attentive’s CEO

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Turn Your Customers Into Your Marketing Engine The second breakthrough was making customer success the core growth engine. The KPI Alignment System Have customers email explicit performance expectations Build custom reporting dashboards Weekly cross-team optimization meetings Formal performance reviews 2.

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AI and Cybersecurity: How Rubrik’s Co-Founder Built a $1B+ ARR Platform While Joining the AI Revolution

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Company Snapshot: Founded : January 2014 (11 years) Current ARR : $1.09B+ (Q1 FY2025) Growth Rate : 39% YoY ARR growth, 47% revenue growth NPS Score : 80 (exceptionally high for enterprise software) Net Revenue Retention : 133% (as of Jan 2024) Customers : 2,246 customers with $100K+ ARR contracts IPO : April 2024 on NYSE (RBRK) at $5.6B

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The Early Days: 5 Things Vanta Got Right, And 5 It Got Wrong, Getting to First $10m ARR

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5 Things Vanta Got Right and 5 They Got Wrong getting to the first $10m ARR When Christina Cacioppo co-founded Vanta in 2017, security compliance was an afterthought for most startups. billion with over 8,000 customers worldwide, having fundamentally transformed how companies think about trust and compliance. Not software.

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Welcome Back Duplo Cloud & Pylon to SaaStr Annual 2026! 🎉

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With Duplo’s platform, companies can: Accelerate time-to-market with automated infrastructure provisioning Reduce operational costs through intelligent resource optimization Ensure compliance and security with built-in governance frameworks Scale effortlessly as their business grows Duplo Cloud has become the go-to choice for B2B companies looking (..)

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Dear SaaStr: What Should I Do in a Sales Audit?

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Alignment Across Teams : Ensure alignment between sales, marketing, and customer success. Are customer success teams equipped to drive renewals and expansions? Compliance and Documentation : Check that all deals are properly documented and compliant with company policies. Are leads being handed off smoothly?

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The Early Days: How Deel Went From $1m to $100m ARR in Just 20 Months

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” The Discovery : Companies didn’t just need payments—they needed payments plus compliance. The Result : After pivoting from “payments only” to “payments + compliance,” they onboarded their first 100 clients and raised Series A. Local labor laws were the real blocker, not payment rails.

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SaaStr AI App of the Week: Syllable.ai

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Why Enterprise Teams Choose Syllable Security & Compliance First SOC 2 certified with comprehensive audit logs, data encryption at rest and in transit, regular penetration testing and vulnerability assessments. Build exactly what you need without vendor lock-in. Built for enterprises that can’t afford security risks.