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Doubling Down: Satya Patel, Partner at Homebrew

SaaStr

It’s not the biggest one but we’re very proud of our investment in BuildingConnected, a SaaS plus marketplace company that sold to Autodesk. We were very early in developing a thesis around SaaS-enabled marketplaces and BC was a construction tech investment that came in via cold inbound and was started by first time founders.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers. The marketplace is designed to cut down on the time you need to sell your business and find startups to invest in. Flippa is a marketplace for buying and selling websites, apps, domains, and online businesses. Tiny Capital. Micro Acquire. Who Is It For?

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How an Estonia-based SaaS Grew to €10M ARR by Expanding Across 3 Continents?

FastSpring

They also noticed a lack of transparency and efficiency in the services that were being provided at the time and decided to fix that problem. In their case, it meant targeting logistics companies whose messaging and notifications strategy were a great fit for Messente’s service. Expand with your customers.

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SaaS Funding Napkin, the 2017 edition

The Angel VC

So if you want to raise capital for your SaaS startup in 2017, investors will wonder if you can become a true system of record, build a real platform/ecosystem/marketplace or build a unique data asset over time. The latter option will get particular attention this year, so I highlighted that in the "Defensibility" row of the napkin.

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How going the extra mile to understand customers propelled Squire into a $750m SaaS company 

ChurnZero

In a sense, it was originally more like a lead generation service, or marketplace for barbershops. I am going to focus on my customer because that allows you to design products and services that make sense for them,” noted Dave. Yet that would fundamentally change the business, and perhaps waste what it had invested in R&D.

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Hi from David at P9

Point Nine Land

What’s your favourite part of working in Venture Capital Having been a founder, my favourite thing is providing the little but key pieces of aid when our portfolio founders need it most.

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Start-Ups VS Enterprise: Which Sales Team Should You Work for? (Infographic)

Sales Hacker

ADP, a large organization that sells payroll and human resource services, for example, is well known for its rigorous, mandatory weekly sales meetings. Start-ups, on the other hand, often need to fight the battle of recognition , financial stability, and reputation in the marketplace. That’s still only 1 out of 4 that will make it.

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