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What Really Works When Hiring VPs and Executive Teams with HubSpot Co-Founder and Chairman Brian Halligan and SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Or a great growth marketer paired with a great sales team will punch above their weight class. In sales, t he more SMB you are, the more you should lean on your bench. With SMBs in particular, internal promotions can work better due to more “at-bats” and learning opportunities on the front lines.

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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tom Tunguz

They prioritize revenue growth, market share and profit maximization differently. Maximization (Revenue Growth) - maximize revenue growth in the short term. But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, at least once per year.

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Are SMB SaaS Companies Valued Differently than Mid-Market SaaS Businesses?

Tom Tunguz

Today, we’ll dig into valuation metrics to see if there’s any systematic bias in the investor community for SMB, Mid-Market and Enterprise SaaS companies. SMB is less than $10k, Mid-Market is between $10k and $100k, and Enterprise is greater than $100k in average customer value.

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7 Tips to Close 7,000 Customers From Gorgias’ VP of Sales

SaaStr

Their CEO will join us at SaaSr Scale 2021 on December 15 to talk about using data to get to 10,000 SMB customers! I asked Aasif Osmany to share his learnings as a top-performing SMB VP of Sales, below. I had also worked in customer service and e-commerce in the past and knew this market was prime for disruption.

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Dear SaaStr: How Much (what %) of Revenue (ARR) Comes From Renewals in a SaaS Company?

SaaStr

Squarespace is almost all not just SMB, but self-service. But one thing that is almost always true, is you get more renewals, more upsells, and more net revenue retention from your largest customers. Their new revenue retention is about 85%.

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Doubling Down: Luci Fonseca, Partner at Base10 Partners

SaaStr

Our thesis here is that there is a growing need for cybersecurity offerings for the SMB, the best way to deliver that offering is via managed service providers, and winning companies will take a platform approach to building products and features that are at parity to what enterprises have access to.

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The Ultimate Guide to SaaStr Europa 2022 June 7-8

SaaStr

SaaS Secret Sauce: How the CEO –> CRO Dynamic Drives Growth with Marketo’s Co-Founder. 7 Secrets to a Successful SMB GTM Strategy with PayFit and Accel. How to Build a Performance Marketing Operation: What Roles, What Scope, and How to Start with Meta (Facebook)’s Head of B2B SaaS EMEA.

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