SaaStr

MAY 21, 2023

Dear SaaStr: How Do You Overcome “Stage Fright” as a First Time CEO? Don’t worry about stage fright. It’s real. I used to have it. And … you’ll get over it. I remember the very first time I had to present to a Fancy Board Meeting. I wasn’t a founder yet, but I was told I had to get up in front of a half dozen very famous, very prominent Venture Capitalists. 10 minutes in, I frozen.

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 21, 2023

The top publicly traded software companies have surged in the last few weeks. MongoDB (MDB), Snowflake (SNOW), DataDog (DDOG), Cloudflare (NET), & ServiceNow (NOW) have watched their forward multiples surge by 42% to 112% since the beginning of the year. The bond market has priced in a roughly 1% to 1.25% cut in the next 24 months. When interest rates fall, high-growth software surges.

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SaaStr

MAY 21, 2023

Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: SaaS Capital: Across 1,500 SaaS Startups, Yearly Contracts Don’t Actually Increase NRR Dear SaaStr: How Long Should a CEO Continue Being the Head of Product?

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User Pilot

MAY 21, 2023

Delivering a successful feature release is no easy task. It is extremely time-consuming and pretty stressful because you need to get it right the first time. In our guide, we discuss; The importance of features releases The stages of a successful release Best practices for each of these stages We also mention how Userpilot can help your product team orchestrate your feature releases.

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Kellblog

MAY 21, 2023

Just a quick post to highlight a recent podcast appearance I did on the Exit Five podcast , which is produced by the Exit Five community for B2B marketers, led by veteran marketer Dave Gerhardt. In the episode we touch on the following topics: My background and career path and my positioning of such: 10 years a CMO, 10 years a CEO, and independent director at 10 companies.

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