Tom Tunguz

JUNE 20, 2020

This post is part of a series leading up to SaaS Office GTM Edition on June 24 in which we’re reviewing the results of the 2020 Redpoint GTM survey. Today, we’re answering the question: how do teams grow as a startup scales? We can derive the table above if we look over the entire respondent base and bucket headcount by ARR. The median startup with between 1-5M in ARR will have 12 engineers, 6 in sales and 3 in marketing.

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SaaStr

JUNE 24, 2020

I’ve been investing just long enough now to see start-ups fall out of product-market fit. When I started blogging on SaaStr.com back in 2012 (!), I didn’t really think this happened. I thought folks got out-sold, lost to the competition, and even failed to evolve. But I didn’t get that apps with happy customers, and some real traction, could fall out of product-market fit.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 25, 2020

PR for SaaS businesses doesn’t have to be hard or complicated. With the right approach, you can turn more of the “no’s” into “yes’s” and get valuable media mentions for your business from sites like Forbes and Fast Company. Here’s how. Media coverage can have a huge impact on your business. Content Marketing Institute reports that B2B companies are 21-23% likelier to achieve success with their content marketing if they use PR.

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Totango

JUNE 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of customer churn across almost every industry. Forrester predicts that software growth as a whole will slow down to two to four percent or may be flat if a recession occurs. However, you still have a say in how well your business makes it through this period. COVID-19’s effect on customer churn may have already begun, but there is still plenty you can do to increase customer engagement and retain the customers you have worked hard to win.

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SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2020

These days, if you raise money at a >=$80m-100m valuation, and are oversubscribed, most bigger Silicon Valley VC firms will offer to provide some founder liquidity. And these days, the valuations where it is offered is creeping down a bit as bigger funds do earlier stage deals. It’s not out of the goodness of their hearts. It’s so they can buy more and/or win the deal.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 26, 2020

Pretend you wake up tomorrow to your government ordering everyone to stay at home. All non-essential businesses now have to shift to fully remote teams while those that can’t, cease operations until further notice. Today, we are all experiencing this new reality. RELATED: The State of Sales: Pandemic Adaptation Survey (Report). All too often, crises come without warning, forcing your business to adapt.

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Chargebee

JUNE 25, 2020

The Top 5 SaaS metrics that every CFO needs to combat the pandemic-triggered recession plus its uncertainties.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 23, 2020

Does LinkedIn InMail actually work for lead generation? The short answer is, it depends. LinkedIn has a reputation for high engagement for sales and high cost for marketing. And plenty of B2B brands already use the paid features of LinkedIn to great effect. That’s why the more important question isn’t whether InMail works, but whether it will work at scale, within your budget.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 25, 2020

Yesterday, we shared the Top 10 Learnings from the 2020 Redpoint GTM Survey at SaaS Office Hours. The presentation is embedded below. It contains data on go to market team structure, performance by sales function, marketing spend benchmarks, and customer success priorities. I want to thank Nick Giometti who parsed and processed the data and taught me (an R user) a lot about python and pandas along the way.

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The Daily Egg

JUNE 24, 2020

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SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2020

One of the very firm SaaStr-isms what that while $0-$1m ARR is Impossible, and getting from $1m-$10m ARR is Unlikely … that getting from $10m to $100m ARR is Inevitable. Let’s take a look at a version of that basic math. Today, the very best SaaS companies are scaling faster than ever. Often 200% or even 300% at $10m ARR. Look at Zoom, Slack, Datadog, UiPath etc.

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Predictable Revenue

JUNE 22, 2020

On the average cold call, you may have fewer than 30 seconds to give prospects a compelling enough reason to continue engaging with you. How can you even begin to forge a relationship in such a short period of time? The post 5 Tips to Building Rapport on a Cold Call appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2020

The internet is moving more businesses and people online, and driving a huge increase in inbound support volume. Meanwhile customer expectations are rising – they expect better experiences and immediate support resolutions. The internet is also driving an explosion in customer choice, allowing them to easily switch to businesses who provide better experiences.

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The Daily Egg

JUNE 23, 2020

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SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2020

One of the classic original SaaStr posts was on the Top 10 Questions to Ask a VP of Sales Candidate. All the questions still hold today, interestingly. We did an update of that classic post below together with this brand new video on the topic: Use this script for hiring that first VP of Sales. It works. Ready to hire your first VP Sales? But haven’t done it before?

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Predictable Revenue

JUNE 26, 2020

COVID-19 established a new reality, forcing businesses to close their doors or adapt to new working conditions. Such drastic changes also had a negative impact on numerous workers who couldn’t handle working from home or felt pressured. Did you know that your sales team is the one that is affected the most by the new virus? The post How COVID-19 Impacts Your Sales Team appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2020

In-app messaging is a key component of a strong customer engagement strategy – one that reaches users at the right place, at the right time, and is consistent across platforms. With our recent launch of Mobile Carousels , we tapped into the possibility of creating and nurturing better customer relationships through mobile. Here, we take a deep dive on in-app messaging – defining exactly what it is and how to make it work best for your customers.

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As companies strive to boost revenue, deliver customer value, and stay competitive, they are increasingly embracing the potential of usage-based pricing.

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Unbounce

JUNE 24, 2020

How often do you reflect on the ways technology changes your life as a marketer? I’m not talking full-on paradigm shifts here. (“We do our marketing… on the internet.”) I mean the sly, step-by-way manner in which new tech slides neatly into your existing stack and subtly reframes the game on you. These changes don’t always alter your job in dramatic ways, but they eliminate the hassles and headaches.

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SaaStr

JUNE 21, 2020

Q: Can B2B sales ever be 100% automated? Of course it can. It is called self-service. And it works great, up to a point. The question is, do you want to do better than that? Do you want to sell deals much more than $299 / month? Prospects really want to a live human before putting much more than that, at least to start, on a credit card. Do you want to close more of the potential seats / revenue up front?

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Predictable Revenue

JUNE 25, 2020

Remote work takes an increased commitment to open communication, support, and accountability for all involved. How can we empower teams to navigate a remote work environment? The post Managing up as an individual contributor on a remote team appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2020

This year has unfolded in ways that nobody could have predicted, testing us in all sorts of unprecedented ways. But it’s how we react in the face of adversity that matters – this is how we’re going to mark Pride 2020 at Intercom. At InterProud, our employee group for our LGBTI+ employees and allies, we were hoping to build on the success of last year’s celebrations and events , where we partnered with BeLonG To Youth Services , a charity that does incredible work to support LGBTI+ yo

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 23, 2020

During COVID-19, sales teams face a set of twin challenges – reduced IT budgets in an uncertain market and selling when business is virtual. Already half of B2B companies have r educed their budgets by over 40%. Overall, IT … The post 16 Questions for Selling in COVID-19 appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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SaaStr

JUNE 21, 2020

Our YouTube views continue to hit records during these Shelter+ times. What are folks watching the most this week? Let’s take a look at the Top 10 Videos of the Week (that weren’t also in the Top 10 last week or so): #1: A Decade of Learnings From Y Combinator with CEO MIchael Seibel. This one always floats near the top. #2: “The Cadence: How To Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army” with David Sacks, Craft Ventures and ex-CEO Yammer and ex-COO of PayPal.

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Neil Patel

JUNE 23, 2020

E-commerce is booming. There are currently 24 million e-commerce sites and counting. And with only 12% of sales taking place online , you can expect there to be massive growth in the years to come. So if you want to create an online business, one of the best ones to create is an e-commerce store. But how do you market it? How do you grow your traffic?

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 24, 2020

The Conversational Support Funnel helps modern support teams provide personal, efficient support to customers, at any scale. Learn how to set up and optimize the funnel with the new Starter Kit guide ??. Here’s the predicament: today, customer expectations are at an all time high. At the same time, support teams are grappling with a rise in conversation volumes.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 25, 2020

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SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2020

Q: I’m Head of Product and I think our CEO is actively recruiting a VP of Product. What should I do? Go talk to your CEO. It’s totally fine to do that. You just … don’t know. A few additional thoughts and learnings: If you are potentially being “topped”, be a bit Zen about it. Don’t see it as a threat. It may mean you need to find another role, or another start-up at some point.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 25, 2020

Even before the uncertainties of COVID-19, Americans were underslept. And there’s a lot of research that shows we’ve been quite unproductive as a result. The current crisis has introduced even more threats to our sleep and productivity. Anxieties keep us up at night , and distractions from working from home , burnout from a lack of boundaries between our professional and personal lives, and the cognitive overload of Zoom are all killing our focus.

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