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One Simple Rule On How Much To Pay Yourself Once You Raise Venture Capital

SaaStr

Q: How do Venture Capital Firms really feel about founder salaries? Let me add just one thought to the discussion on founder salaries, once you are venture-backed. The post One Simple Rule On How Much To Pay Yourself Once You Raise Venture Capital appeared first on SaaStr. 10k a year. 10k a month.

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The Bid/Ask Spread in Venture Capital

Tom Tunguz

I wish I had a chart of the bid/ask spread in venture capital today. When the bid/ask spread exceeds 5 or 10%, the market seizes up, like a combustion engine without oil. The market will cough, sputter, & turn over again, the engine humming. In the past few years, the spread has been tight. The market is liquid.

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The #1 Event for SaaS and Business Software: SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

Large Audience: Considered the biggest SaaS conference with a large number of attendees from leading SaaS companies, startups, and venture capital firms. Key points about SaaStr Annual : Focus on SaaS: Primarily focused on all aspects of SaaS business including sales, marketing, product development, and customer success.

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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

SaaStr

Prey Reality The AI Funding Explosion That Should Terrify SaaS Leaders Let’s start with the brutal math that should keep every SaaS CEO awake at night: $100 billion in venture capital went to AI startups in 2024 — an 80% increase from 2023 SaaS companies raised only $4.7 Most honest assessments say yes. #4.

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Halving R&D with AI & the Impact to Valuation

Tom Tunguz

Engineering teams within AI application startups are much smaller than a classic software company - maybe half the size or less. Because software companies aren’t valued on profitability - true within the venture capital & public markets alike - the cost savings from halving engineering teams aren’t that impactful.

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From $10M to $100M ARR in 5.5 Months: Inside Replit’s AI Coding Rocketship

SaaStr

These are venture capital fever dream numbers. In the AI coding space, we’re seeing growth rates that would make even the most aggressive VCs blush: Cursor (Anysphere) : $500M ARR at $9.9B funding from Creandum Windsurf : $40M ARR, seemingly acquired by OpenAI for $3B These aren’t typical B2B metrics.

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Bootstrapping in SaaS? It Works. But Add ~4 Years to the IPO Timeline.

SaaStr

Companies like Atlassian and Qualtrics have cruised past nine-figures in ARR (and IPO’d in the case of Atlassian) without needing any venture capital. Fourth, you need a capital-efficient way to hire your dev team. Engineers in the Bay Area are incredibly expensive. Bootstrapping in SaaS it isn’t that hard, per se.