SaaStr

JULY 5, 2024

Dear SaaStr: What’s The Average Size at Which a SaaS company Will Typically Get Acquired? Startups can be acquired for a lot of reasons that have little to do with the exact MRR/ARR — team, technology, acceleration of time-to-market. If a BigCo decides that buy makes more sense than build, and there is a lot of urgency … then sometimes they’ll buy something will relatively little revenue.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 5, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Happy 4th! Declining Growth Everyone knows that growth as declined across the board over the last couple years. But by how much? I wanted to share a couple charts. The chart below shows the median NTM growth rate of the software basket I track.

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SaaStr

JULY 5, 2024

What are the biggest GTM mistakes founders make? At this year’s SaaStr Europa, Jason Lemkin shared The Top 10 Mistakes Founders Make Again and Again. Some are decades-old problems, while others have emerged from this new world we’re in. Let’s jump right in. GTM Mistake #1: A VP of Sales That Can’t Sell or Demo the Product Mistake number one has always been an issue, and it’s the number one reason startups struggle in today’s world.

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The Moz Blog

JULY 5, 2024

In this Whiteboard Friday, Garrett discusses AI Overviews and how to optimize your SEO strategy for this new super-charged AI-powered search ranking snippet.

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Stax

JULY 5, 2024

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