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Three chief customer officer job descriptions we love

ChurnZero

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. SaaS businesses, meanwhile, benefit from predictable streams of recurring revenue.

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The Startup Funding & Financing Guide

Baremetrics

Choosing the right combination of funding for your business is just as fundamental as choosing the right co-founders (or not), the right market, the right product, and the right team. million – about half of all the cash they had on hand – to buy out their main venture capital investors after eight years since founding.

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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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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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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

Watch our latest webinar to hear from Bigfoot Capital Founder Brian Parks, SaaSOptics CEO Tim McCormick and Techstars Partner Ari Newman as they share best practices on raising seed capital and getting to a series A round. Hear tips on how to find and target the right investors and what to expect from negotiations and due diligence.

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

Watch our latest webinar to hear from Bigfoot Capital Founder Brian Parks, SaaSOptics CEO Tim McCormick and Techstars Partner Ari Newman as they share best practices on raising seed capital and getting to a series A round. Hear tips on how to find and target the right investors and what to expect from negotiations and due diligence.

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

Watch our latest webinar to hear from Bigfoot Capital Founder Brian Parks, SaaSOptics CEO Tim McCormick and Techstars Partner Ari Newman as they share best practices on raising seed capital and getting to a series A round. Hear tips on how to find and target the right investors and what to expect from negotiations and due diligence.

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