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Dear SaaStr: Is a Big Market Really Better Than a Niche Market?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: Is a Big Market Really Better than a Niche Market? A big market is better than a small / niche market. If that’s the case, sometimes starting there and then expanding into a larger market segment can work out well. A small segment of a large market is often where most of us star t.

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Stop Following These 10 Terrible Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (SaaStr Podcast 682)

SaaStr

Hundreds of thousands of experts are telling you how to succeed in SaaS. SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares the 10 worst pieces of SaaS advice, excuses, and mistakes founders make, and what to do instead If you want advice, you probably won’t get it from VCs, but ask anyway. #2 2 “Give the VP of Sales more time.”

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The Difference Between a VP of Sales and a CRO

Sales Hacker

From B2C consumer-focused tech to the next B2B enterprise cloud giants, B2B, and B2C technology companies are springing up left and right and sprinting toward multi-billion dollar valuations (whether on the private or public markets) faster than ever. What’s the difference between a VP of Sales and a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)?

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How to do Market Research: a Step-by-Step Guide

User Pilot

From framing your initial question to extracting valuable customer insights, we’ll walk you through the lean market research process step-by-step. You will learn effective techniques for collecting and analyzing data , with practical tips on applying your findings to benefit your SaaS. Organizational scale. Lifestyle choices.

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There’s more than one path to $100 million

The Angel VC

In that post, I looked at how long it took publicly traded SaaS companies to get to $100M in ARR and concluded that if your goal is to reach $100M in ARR, you should try to get there within 7-9 years after launch. Meanwhile, a few SaaS companies have shown even more spectacular growth.

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There’s more than one path to $100 million

Point Nine Land

In that post, I looked at how long it took publicly traded SaaS companies to get to $100M in ARR and concluded that if your goal is to reach $100M in ARR, you should try to get there within 7–9 years after launch. Meanwhile, a few SaaS companies have shown even more spectacular growth.

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10 Things That Aren’t Obvious About Partnering With Big Companies – Workday Ventures (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

They might be sales operations challenges. Can we put our product on your paper and your sales team of 4,000, 5,000 people sell a product? To get that distribution all over the world in different market segments. When we talk with our partners in our portfolio, we said, “What do you need help with?”