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What it takes to be a category king

Chart Mogul

Category owners or “kings” are often lauded in the SaaS industry where they take a disproportionately large chunk of market revenue. This means that owning a category is in most cases a requirement for the level of growth and investment multiples that venture capital demands. ” from the market.

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There’s more than one path to $100 million

The Angel VC

If you close a mid-market or enterprise customer today, it usually means that a salesperson, let’s call her Maria, has been working on the deal for 6-12 months. The good news is that growing a little slower is not the end of the world.

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There’s more than one path to $100 million

Point Nine Land

If you close a mid-market or enterprise customer today, it usually means that a salesperson, let’s call her Maria, has been working on the deal for 6–12 months. The good news is that growing a little slower is not the end of the world.

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“Land, Expand, Explode: How to Win the Long-Game in SaaS” Egnyte Chief Customer Officer and Co-Founder Rajesh Ram (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We’re over 600 employees, and we’re currently privately backed, and you could see the list of a lot of our venture capital backers who have some common Silicon Valley names. They are like Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures. So what is our target market? So lots and lots of customers, 15,000 of them.

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Everything you need to know about SaaS funding

ProfitWell

Do you gun straight for the glamour (and pressure) of venture capital investment? What about a venture capitalist who might be sympathetic to your mission? Venture capital. Venture capital is provided by firms or funds founded specifically to give investment to fledgling companies.

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After Selling For $580M, Here’s What I Learned About SaaS During My Time At Buildium

Outseta

Focus on a market segment until you dominate it When I arrived at Buildium, we were selling our product only to residential property managers located in the United States. Venture capital is a tool and a commitment, not an outcome. Without further adieu, let’s dig in.

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

The problem these companies generally face is they’re sitting in a gap in the capital market. They may or may not be a fit for institutional venture capital yet. Maybe they’re bootstrapping and have no interest in venture capital. That capital is returned to us with some return.

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