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The “2023 Pass” is Coming to An End

SaaStr

In particular, folks impacted by The Great App Layoff, where 10% or more of many orgs’ app stack was cut. Many SaaS leaders in sales and marketing spaces saw growth go from 100% to 10%, from 50% to 0%. If growth was mediocre in 2022 and 2023, but you had 5+ years of cash runway?

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Dear SaaStr: Will a VC Agree To Wait 5-10 Years For a Very Profitable Exit?

SaaStr

And if they are partners in 2+ funds at the same time, that can really stack up. And even a $100m sale in a tiny fund can be material for the partners. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin (@jasonlk) October 8, 2022. One of the top ones is that VCs will push you to sell early, or something similar. VCs are paid to wait. The payoff?

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Top 10 Posts of 2022

Tom Tunguz

These are the top 10 posts by engagement for 2022 at tomtunguz.com. The Web 3 Marketing Stack: The Next Big Wave in Crypto. The State of Web3 in 2022 through Data. Growth rates for these behemoths have fallen in half from 44% on average to 22% in two quarters, underscoring the lengthening sales cycles of enterprise software.

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Thanks to 6Sense, Boston Consulting Group, Capacity, Constant Contact, and Pacific Western Bank for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2022!

SaaStr

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. Removing guesswork, friction and wasted sales effort, 6sense empowers sales, marketing, and customer success teams to significantly improve pipeline quality, accelerate sales velocity, increase conversion rates, and grow revenue predictably.

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36% of You Are Cutting Back on Sales Tools. But Most Of Us Aren’t.

SaaStr

So the B2B segment perhaps most impacted by the current tumult in SaaS and tech buying is sales productivity tools. Or that doesn’t need sales intelligence to fuel their outbound efforts. 36% of you are cutting your sales tools, back, at least cutting a few. The post 36% of You Are Cutting Back on Sales Tools.

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Five Predictions for 2022

Tom Tunguz

Here are my predictions for 2022: Web3 consumer products go fully mainstream with more than 35% of Americans, about 100m people, engaging with them by 2023. Or a personalized email to a sales prospect. Marketing, customer success, and sales software will be upended. The ML stack folds into the classic data stack.

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What Add On’s You Can — And Can’t — Charge For

SaaStr

For example, the average Salesforce customer will buy a fairly expensive stack such as DocuSign / Adobe Sign. I recently had a version of the same conversation with Ben Chestnut, CEO of Mailchimp, for SaaStr Annual 2022. When the ROI is super clear, it’s a much easier sale. Even if it doesn’t totally make sense.

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