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5 Interesting Learnings from BigCommerce at $180,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It’s done it by going more upmarket, and better monetizing partners and services. BigCommerce, like many SaaS vendors at scale, is doing a better job at getting more revenue out of existing accounts than adding new ones. Services and partners are also a big part of their growth story.

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Corporate VC Investments: Limited, But Real, Pros. And Cons.

SaaStr

An investment may anoint one vendor in the space as the preferred vendor over competitors. A BigCo that is already a partner with a startup often does a little more for them when everyone knows they are also an investor. No one wants to pay a bad price, no one is stupid. An investment won’t create a partnership.

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Building Resilience Through Efficient Scaling In 2023 with ICONIQ Growth General Partner, Doug Pepper, and General Partner and Head of Analytics, Christine Edmonds (Video)

SaaStr

General Partner of ICONIQ Growth, Doug Pepper, and General Partner and Head of Analytics, Christine Edmonds, joined us for Workshop Wednesday , held live every Wednesday at 10 a.m. 28% of companies are looking to outsource to cut costs. PST, to unveil the data behind effective scaling. Sign up HERE!

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Corporate VC Investments: Limited, But Real, Pros. And Cons.

SaaStr

An investment may anoint one vendor in the space as the preferred vendor over competitors. A BigCo that is already a partner with a startup often does a little more for them when everyone knows they are also an investor. No one wants to pay a bad price, no one is stupid. An investment won’t create a partnership.

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Scaling from $1 to $10M, an AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Pod 573)

SaaStr

But I almost never see mediocre outsource SEO really work for B2B. And the way you get it is whether it’s outbound, generally inbound events or whatever, solve a 10 X pain point, solve a unique pain point that a large enterprise has that other vendors don’t provide. So, thanks man. So hope that’s helpful.

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

SaaStr

Take a read if you are still running finance yourself, or just have an part-time outsourced resource. Companies grew more slowly, there was nothing for a CFO to really do for years, and you could sort of outsource everything and just keep an eye on the bank statement. Find accounting firms that outsource different roles.

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SaaS Spend Management is a Program, not a Product or Application

BetterCloud

Two key factors make the situation exceptionally unique: the accelerating adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) amidst declining spend, and the likelihood of sustained high interest rates and increasing labor costs for years to come. These services, which come at a cost, are a complement to the work often being done by internal teams.