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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

And we ended the day with an incredible combo of the hottest app at that time (and one of the hottest ever), Slack, who likely was around $30m ARR or so … and hadn’t yet added a sales team! It’s about scale and revenue. At a high level, why are things scaling faster than ever from your perspective?

Scale 345
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Top 25 SaaStr Podcast Episodes from 2020

SaaStr

Whether it was our interview with Podium’s Eric Rea on how he scaled with a team outside the Bay Area before it was really considered an option, or TripAction’s Megan Eisenberg on how to prioritize trade-offs in marketing without sacrificing pipeline, we’ve covered the gambit of relevant topics throughout the year. .

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The Cadence: How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army with David Sacks (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Rather than the CEO running around telling the engineers exactly what to build, you now have product managers. Rather than having this erratic schedule around hitting sales targets, or hitting releases, that there’s a feeling that just quarter after quarter the company keeps shipping and selling. I learned this operating myself.

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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

SaaStr

David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. Head of Product. Head of Sales. Head of Marketing.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly: ChartMogul’s Nick Franklin on navigating hypergrowth

Intercom, Inc.

The situations that portend failure are varied and unfortunately common – no product-market fit, no cash, bad product, burnout, to name just a few of the most obvious. The faster you grow, the more likely you are to achieve long-term success (and actually survive long enough to scale). Among the leading causes of death?

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SaaStr Podcast #349 with Craft Ventures General Partner David Sacks: “How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army”

SaaStr

David Sacks (Yammer, PayPal) shares how to navigate from 50-500 employees. Rather than having this erratic schedule around hitting sales targets, or hitting releases, that there’s a feeling that just quarter after quarter the company keeps shipping and selling. The first system is what I call the sales finance system.

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What is a Segmentation Survey? Questions, Examples & Use Cases

User Pilot

For example, age or product usage patterns. It also helps teams better understand their existing and prospective customer base. A market segmentation survey is a market research tool. Loyalty segmentation survey questions How long have you been using our product? What city or region do you live in? If so, why?