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3 ways SaaS CFOs can prepare for hypergrowth in 2022

OPEXEngine

When it comes to IPOs, 2021 was an excellent year for SaaS companies. Accelerated digital transformation across industries put SaaS companies firmly on the hypergrowth path. According to Gartner , the SaaS industry has grown from $35 billion in 2015 to $145 billion in 2021. Measure what matters and invest appropriately.

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The Defining Characteristics of Successful SMB SaaS Startups

Tom Tunguz

At first glance, SMB SaaS companies, those who sell Software-as-a-Service to small to medium businesses, may seem like any other software company. Successful SMB SaaS companies have reinvented their businesses eschewing the expensive enterprise sales model in favor of end-user centric marketing, support and product development.

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Successful SMB SaaS Companies Have a 2 Step Value Proposition

Tom Tunguz

On first glance, SMB SaaS companies, those who sell Software-as-a-Service to small to medium businesses, may seem like any other software company. SMB SaaS companies sell to a radically different market than enterprise software companies. But these two markets require very different approaches. So must the product.

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Managing a Thin Balance Sheet: 4 Lessons Learned From Laika’s $2 Billion Acquisition with Laika Co-Founder & COO Eva Pittas and CFO Dicken Chaplin (Video)

SaaStr

Founded in 2019, Laika (an enterprise-ready compliance platform) closed a $50MM Series C by the summer of 2022. SaaS companies are known for their bold bets in an evolving marketplace, but these risks rest on a bedrock of metrics and data. Looking back vs. looking forward. Finally, always look two to three quarters ahead.

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Product is what really convinces people to buy in most of these go to market models that you’re seeing today. Most of these new SaaS companies that are really growing quite fast, Shopify, have these models that start at the edge and come in. The marketing department is really getting those users. Like you were at NewRelic.

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Product is what really convinces people to buy in most of these go to market models that you’re seeing today. Most of these new SaaS companies that are really growing quite fast, Shopify, have these models that start at the edge and come in. The marketing department is really getting those users. Like you were at NewRelic.

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5 Shifts to Move to Mega-Deal Thinking & Catch Whales: Overcoming Small-Deal Syndrome (Summit Replay)

Sales Hacker

Since 2012 I’ve closed over $160 million dollars in SaaS revenue, and I did most of that by doing multiple deals that were over $50 million dollars. But he would update them on this new market segment because it was such a priority for the company, and the executives found it very informative. A little bit about me.