SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. There is more capital available to startups than ever before. This is due to several factors, including low-interest rates, the rise of venture capital , and the increasing popularity of angel investing.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

You have to understand how venture capital works. No one has time to have coffee with all of those folks. You have to see: A couple of good hires brought in Improvement on some metrics A big deal or two hanging out there, brought in and closed Things taken off your plate. Hiring someone too junior.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

But as time went on, we shared lessons, what best practices were in customer success and revenue retention and all these things are, right. Your core models for sales, for marketing spend, for hiring and engineering and product. Where am I going to wire out half of my 8 million a venture capital? Never came back.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Emilie : The way I see it, the bar is higher because on the … because of education, there has been a metrics war. So what we see when our companies are pitching to investors is that you know what metrics investors will open the email. Everyone probably knows all the metrics that Jason talks about.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

To date Bob has raised over $15m with Crossbeam from friends of the show including Andy @ Uncork, Matt @ Firstmark, Bill @ First Round and Matt @ Salesforce Ventures, to name a few. Before that Bob co-founded RJ Metrics, where he built a global base of online retailers leading to their acquisition by Magento Commerce in 2016.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Ben Murray is a Certified Public Accountant whose passion for SaaS metrics, financial performance, subscription economy, forecasting, and SaaS operations drove him to kick start blogging on the same. You can follow Ben to manage your SaaS startup finances and calculate growth metrics accurately. contact-form-7]. Danielle Morril.

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