SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Dear SaaStr: Is 5 Co-founders Too Many When Raising Venture Capital? Yes, it can work. My first venture investment was Pipedrive, it had 5 co-founders and sold for $1.5 Billion. 10 Years of Investing pic.twitter.com/zsSupe0CRP — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? (@jasonlk) September 13, 2023 But — it will be a flag. My recommendation: maybe have 2, or 3 max, of the founders be the “C-level founders” going forward.

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Even in 2023, choppy phone calls and poor quality connections can sometimes feel like the rule rather than the exception. One of. The post VoIP Troubleshooting for Beginners: 8 Fixes To Be the Hero appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Harry Stebbings was kind enough to invite us back to 20VC’s latest roundtable on a niche but very interesting topic — Founder-Led VC Funds. When we raised the first SaaStr Fund in 2016, this concept was still fairly new. Fast forward to today, it’s blow up. Some top SaaS CEOs now run true institutional venture funds managing hundreds of millions, including Jack Altman and Auren Hoffman, both who joined Harry and me on 20VC.

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You don’t need to know all that much about Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems in order to make a smart decision. The post The 10-Minute Guide to Buying a VoIP Phone System appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We just did one of our many reviews with our top partners and sponsors for SaaStr Annual and Europa and here’s some of the feedback we got. It’s pretty strong. Want more leads, pipeline, influence, and awareness in 2024? Sponsor SaaStr Annual and Europa 2024 ! Leading Public Cloud Company: “We got 110 qualified opportunities and converted 40 to sign-up for our offer.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We’ve talked about Toast a bit here on SaaStr – most recently we wrote up the 5 Interesting Learnings from Toast at $1.1B in ARR ! Stunning. Toast is the latest SaaS leader to get much more efficient in the past 12-18 months, along with monday.com, HubSpot, MongoDB, and many others. They’re still cruising — growing a stunning 45% YOY – which led us to the question: How?

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Hiring was a common thread in conversations at both community dinners we hosted this week – one in San Francisco and the other in Austin (included a picture further along – great time as always!). It’s a strange hiring market out there especially at early-stage companies. All three of these seem to be true: 1. Almost every company seems to be hiring. 2.

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The Moz Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Explore the imminent paradigm shift in search behavior as explicit context explodes in SEO queries.

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BitPay

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As cryptocurrency continues to grow as a safe and convenient method for making everyday purchases, online merchants of all sizes and types have begun offering customers the option to pay for goods or services with crypto. Starting to accept Bitcoin payments for your online business is probably much easier than you think. BitPay provides easy integrations and convenient offramp options for ecommerce businesses.

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TurnKey Labs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

When I say Mexico, what three words that start with “T” come to mind? Tequila, Tacos, and Tijuana… any chance Tech made your list? I was in the same boat when I first started exploring the world of nearshore software development. Mexico certainly didn’t come to mind as a top choice.

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Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The public SaaS market more than doubled in five years, from 2015 to 2020. Revenue from new business boomed, companies had money to burn, and the name of the game was growth at all costs—full speed ahead. But less than three years later, everything has changed. In many ways, 2022 (Q2-ish) marked the end of … The public SaaS market more than doubled in five years, from 2015 to 2020.

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How To Buy Saas

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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