SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2022

Investments I've made that didn't work out: – Momentum investment – CEO a bit of bulls**t artist – CEO good at sales but weak product team / CTO. Investments I've made that had so-so outcomes: – CEO not better than me – CEO couldn't control burn rate – Not really SaaS.

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Investment Sales Recruiting CTO Startup 247

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

While investing in fixed income may have received less focus over the past decade (with historically low interest rates), times have changed, and higher rates (and inflation) are putting the opportunity cost of not investing idle cash into sharp relief. We’re thrilled to be investing alongside Venrock, Contrary, Neo, and Henry R.

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Investment Construction Finance Government 84

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But with that out of the way, let’s talk just enough about financial accounting to explain why Big Tech Companies both acquire smaller ones — and do corporate VC investment. Because in the short-term, it often costs basically close to nothing to acquire a smaller startup with cash on hand, or do a corporate VC investment.

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Acquisition Investment Headcount Banking 219

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Despite what we’ve seen post-2020/2021, there has been a surge in AI investments, with AI companies at the infrastructure layer hitting a hundred times valuations at early funding stages. Undeniably, there is a need for a transformative CS strategy. There’s concern that valuation trends seemed to mimic previous market bubbles.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But with that out of the way, let’s talk just enough about financial accounting to explain why Big Tech Companies both acquire smaller ones — and do corporate VC investment. Because in the short-term, it often costs basically close to nothing to acquire a smaller startup with cash on hand, or do a corporate VC investment.

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Acquisition Investment Headcount Banking 188

SaaStr

MAY 5, 2021

I like to equate this stage to Warren Buffett’s famous law of uninterrupted compounding interest—there is a significant difference between investing early and often into an IRA versus starting later in life. . Invest the time and energy, and you’ll leave this stage with clarity around the company’s next revenue engine. . $75-$100M+:

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If I gave you $1000 to invest, and five investment options how would you decide? What if you were the CEO of a startup, and a VC invested $10m, and each of your five VPs had different project ideas? Kelly wanted to solve for two key ideas: avoid total loss: the investment strategy should never result in a 0 or negative balance.

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Investment Startup Development Strategy 232

Incredo

MARCH 11, 2020

Associations face a unique challenge in marketing, in that they have to cater to a very specific audience and ensure they’re going to become long term members. And each association has different challenges to begin with, so traditional marketing strategies won’t work very effectively either. Its benefits aren’t felt right away.

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Strategy Social Media Sales Recruiting Marketing 257

SaaStr

JANUARY 11, 2023

SaaS Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin and Atrium Founder and CRO Pete Kazanjy sit down to discuss the state of investing in 2023 and what founders should keep in mind for the year ahead. . Since 2016, he prefers to make about three or four investments per year, usually within the $1 – $4 million range. . The Backstory.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2023

If you don’t want your company defeated by change, you need to adapt your Go-To-Market strategy at every stage of growth. And your CAC target defines your GTM strategy. When It’s Time To Readjust Your GTM Strategy You know you have a GTM fit when there is a clear sales model and a repeatable Go-To-Market playbook.

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Scale Strategy Scaling Outbound Sales Team 214

SaaStr

MAY 13, 2020

Why Do VCs Want To Own So Much When They Invest? To meet its own financial goals, a VC firm has to return 3x the amount it invests. And to reach that goal, to simplify, for most VC funds, each investment needs to be able to “return the fund”, i.e. return 1x the entire amount of the fund. It’s confusing.

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SaaStr

JULY 18, 2023

In this session, CEO and Founder Christina Cacioppo, and GM of EMEA Andrew Foley, reveal the strategies that have propelled Vanta’s remarkable scaling success despite the constraints of the capital-restricted environment. With a multi-billion dollar valuation and a trajectory to double growth annually, Vanta is seizing the spotlight.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The mark-to-market phenomenon fundamentally alters the board’s discussion of an investment proposal. As passive venture investing continues to grow and venture dollars swell and swirl, each startup will need to define their own strategy of whether to entertain mark-to-market rounds and at which terms. link to 100x ARR).

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Startup Strategy Marketing Entertainment 236

Agile Payments

AUGUST 22, 2023

6 Financial Strategies for Maximizing Corporate Efficiency “A strategy, even a great one, doesn’t implement itself” Jeroen De Flander, Author of The Art Of Performance In the corporate world, inefficiency is a very dangerous field. In this context, the role of financial strategies cannot be overstated.

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Strategy Technical Review Technology Scaling 88

Andreessen Horowitz

JULY 20, 2021

Over the last decade, consumer investing strategies have generally fallen into one of two buckets: either passive investing through ETFs and robos (e.g. Wealthfront, Betterment) or active DIY investing platforms (e.g. Robinhood, eToro).

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Investment Strategy 98

Casey Accidental

MARCH 29, 2022

A common issue leaders in product management, design, or engineering face is justifying investment in the “non-sexy” stuff. I’ll walk through some frameworks and examples from my career on how to drive excitement and investment in these critical areas that may not be properly valued or staffed currently in your organization.

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Investment Underperforming Technical Team User Experience Scale 139

User Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the right customer acquisition strategies, you can convert potential customers to paying users and set the stage for turning them into long-term loyal users. In-app strategies for converting free or trial users to paying customers. Measure campaign performance and refine your customer acquisition strategy.

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Acquisition Strategy Social Media Underperforming Technical Team 105

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 2, 2020

Championing this strategy is Pam Dodrill , Zapier’s VP of Customer Support and Success, whose team works with the company’s more than 100k paying customers and 3 million users. For Pam, it all stems from a long-held belief that investing in the customer’s success will chart a direct path to the company’s.

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Outsourcing Services Investment Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development 253

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2020

Both are equally viable strategies. Venture capital, debt, or negotiating better cash collections (multi-year prepay) are all viable strategies to position the business to press its advantage. In this position, a business should focus on satisfying existing customers and invest in product advances. Fortune favors the bold.

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Strategy Startup Venture Capital Acquisition 290

Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

As such, PayFacs need to equip themselves with an effective risk management strategy that helps them continuously monitor risks and employ appropriate risk responses if needed. PayFacs need to equip themselves with an effective risk management strategy that helps them continuously monitor risks and employ appropriate risk responses if needed.

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Merchant Services Payfac Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 6, 2021

But counting on luck isn’t a strategy, and organizing all the information in our … The post Investing in Mem appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz. I was supposed to do something last week. If I’m lucky, I’ll remember what it was. If I’m really lucky, I’ll remember the context around it.

Investment 108

Investment Strategy Enterprise SaaS 108

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

You will also learn how to choose the right growth strategy for your SaaS and how to leverage marketing-led growth to achieve your business goals. TL;DR Marketing-led growth is a strategy that relies on marketing efforts to drive product growth and retain users. Most companies use all 3 strategies to some extent.

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Strategy Marketing Social Media AI Search 105

Trint

DECEMBER 1, 2020

London-based Edge Investments supported the round, led by The New York Times Company LONDON—December 1, 2020— Trint , the leading speech-to-text platform for content creation, today announced the close of its Series A Acceleration round with an investment of £5M (~$6.7M). Individual investors were also part of the round.

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Investment Artificial Intelligence Banking Entertainment 130

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

You may already be thinking about ways to reduce your expenses and shift your overall growth strategy. And Kurt believes that iterative pricing can be a highly effective strategy during volatile markets. And Kurt believes that iterative pricing can be a highly effective strategy during volatile markets. But what about pricing?

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Pricing Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 110

SaaStr

APRIL 26, 2023

Keep reading to learn Robertson’s five customer marketing strategies guaranteed to grow your business. The three most important areas of focus almost always include: Great onboarding Content to educate customers Campaigns as a foundation The Takeaway — Invest in your team and prioritize ruthlessly.

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Scale Strategy Marketing Education 200

User Pilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? We also look at: What a UX design strategy is Why it’s important Its core principles and elements A practical example of a company with well-established UX strategies Let’s dive right in! The strategy should also have information about the UX team, processes, and guidelines.

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Strategy Underperforming Technical Team User Experience SaaS 104

SaaS Metrics

JUNE 18, 2023

Traditional investing is laser-focused on maximizing and diversifying profits. But there’s another way: impact investing. While profits are still a consideration, impact investing seeks to drive positive change. It’s about making money work for a good cause. It makes capital. It makes capital.

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Investment Metrics SaaS Revenue 52

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We spoke with SaaS leaders across different sectors to bring you insights on sustainable growth strategies for 2023. We spoke with SaaS leaders across different sectors to bring you insights on sustainable growth strategies for 2023. There’s a big investment to be made in educating and making sure people can interpret numbers.

Strategy 95

Strategy Scale Finance Acquisition 95

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Due to the competitive digital landscape , business owners need to chalk out entire outlines, strategies, and implementation within weeks – or even days. Having a carefully drafted digital strategy. Plus, a result-driven approach serves as the basis of digital strategy, which can be very beneficial for your company.

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Consulting Strategy Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 123

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With increasing conversation volumes and mounting customer expectations, support teams need a way to ruthlessly optimize their support strategy for maximum efficiency and CSAT. Gain signals for where to invest your resources for maximum impact. You need to invest in modern support methods like self-serve and proactive support.

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Strategy Scale Investment Scaling 138

SaaStr

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In a volatile economic climate and market, founders must employ smart growth strategies while focusing on efficiency. The trick is to invest only when you have enough payoff from the first segment or industry. Invest in a repeatable playbook. These scaling strategies might demand operational changes for your company.

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