SaaStr
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Dear SaaStr: What Are the Most Important SaaS Metrics in the Early Days? In the early days, there are probably only 5 metrics that really matter : ARR ARR Growth Rate Burn Rate True Customer Happiness. NPS is A Great Core Metric. Don’t get lost in secondary metrics and miss the bigger early-stage goals.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 30, 2024
And there’s a rough metric you can use to meter this: for each 10% of your company you sell roughly, you’re going to give up a board seat. 10 Best advice if you’re going from bootstrapping to venture capital to avoid a mistake: First, it all normalizes around 8 to 10 million in revenue. It is not for everybody.
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SaaStr
OCTOBER 25, 2024
This creates a much harder capital markets environment. US venture funding went from 8 to 300 over 15 years. It’s now falling to 150 because 81% percent of the dollars invested in venture capital at the height of the boom came from non-traditional venture capital firms which are all very likely to leave investing.
SaaStr
JULY 22, 2025
What Separates Future Decacorns The companies that will break through the $10 billion barrier share specific characteristics that go far beyond traditional SaaS metrics: Scale Requirement s True decacorn candidates operate with 500-2000+ employees and demonstrate the ability to scale operations across multiple geographies and market segments.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Large Audience: Considered the biggest SaaS conference with a large number of attendees from leading SaaS companies, startups, and venture capital firms. The event is known for its focused content on SaaS growth strategies, metrics, and best practices, making it particularly valuable for B2B SaaS companies.
SaaStr
JUNE 23, 2025
funding from Creandum Windsurf : $40M ARR, seemingly acquired by OpenAI for $3B These aren’t typical B2B metrics. These are venture capital fever dream numbers. In the AI coding space, we’re seeing growth rates that would make even the most aggressive VCs blush: Cursor (Anysphere) : $500M ARR at $9.9B
SaaStr
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The Three Months of Strong Growth Rule in Raising Venture Capital # 6. Dont Be a VC Snob There are definitely risks raising capital from non-standard investors. Send them to other founders who have raised VC capital. Look at your metrics objectively. Dont waste folks time before then. Re-read that deck.
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