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Braindates Are Open for SaaStr APAC 2023!

SaaStr

with Aashish Krishna Kumar, Head of GTM at Togai Sales Enablement 2.0 – Elevate Rep Performance with Divanshu Goyal, Sales at GTM Buddy Common scaling pains for SaaS businesses and how to overcome them. Straight from a SaaS CCO with Yellow.ai’s CCO with Shekar Murthy, Chief Customer Officer at Yellow.ai

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11 Signs To Predict If a Venture Investment Will or Won’t Work Out

SaaStr

Q: What was your failed investment experience and where will you never invest funds again? I’ve made about 30 material investments. Most have been successful, but of course not all have and I’ve been reflecting on the ones that didn’t, because they still had attractive elements when I invested. Cofounder conflict.

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Right Co-Founder … Wrong CEO. Could That Be You? Be Honest.

SaaStr

On the investing side of life, the toughest meeting of all for me at least is probably the Right Co-Founder, Wrong CEO start-up. If you don’t know … ask your angel investors and advisors. This will really, really drag you down just as you start to scale. Check, check, check and check. If not, make a change now.

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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

On the flip side, athletes, entertainers, and C-level executives also ask what they should expect when investing in technology startups and working with founders looking to build the next big thing. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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The 9 Worst Sales Mistakes Founders Should Avoid

Point Nine Land

Yes, they will refine it once the engine is running, but they don’t need to stand up the entire sales org from scratch without any proof that it will scale. A true VP Sales is looking for proof that they can successfully scale a sales org and revenue. How does this scale beyond the founder? Which are you?

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Helping builders build

Point Nine Land

Our investment in Graneet. Welcome Graneet Since Pawel and Christoph’s investment in Clio (which provides legal firms best in class software to run their business and was Point Nine’s #1 investment (!!)), our vertical SaaS portfolio has only grown further. Factoring in particular is relevant here as cash management is critical.

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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

According to a study by the Startup Genome Project of more than 3,200 startups, they found that “70% [of startups] fail because of premature scaling.” Understanding which stage your SaaS business is in can help determine the appropriate time to scale to the next phase—and do so successfully. Let’s get started. Pre-Startup.

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