Clouded Judgement

JUNE 5, 2023

When taxes are collected from individuals and businesses, those funds are deposited into the TGA. Likewise, when the Treasury sells government bonds to raise funds, the money it receives from those sales is also deposited into the TGA. —it withdraws funds from the TGA. —it withdraws funds from the TGA.

Payment Services 169

Payment Services Cloud Government Banking 169

SaaStr

JUNE 30, 2023

Don’t expect 100% support, at least not for folks at big funds that write big checks and serve on boards. Ask if they’ll still be there in 10 years, at the same fund. Bringing in an outside CEO at the growth stage is a complex topic, with complex answers. Do reference checks. But talk to as many as you can, at least a few.

Investment 165

Investment Startup 165

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Take a look at just some of the topics and mentors hosting Braindates: Core metrics to track for SAAS with Tarush Aggarwal, Founder & Ceo at 5X Pricing as a growth lever – How, what, why? First, you can join an existing Braindate on a topic that catches your attention. Happy Brain-dating! See you at SaaStr APAC.

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VP of Engineering Technical Cofounder Outsourcing Services CTO Coach 231

SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2021

Sign into Braindates now to start booking a session with these mentors, or to create a topic of your own! How to Participate As A Founder in Meet-a-VC: If you’re a startup or company raising your next round of funding, apply via this link. We also have limited slots available for VC office hours and topics. Build Your Agenda

Stax 277

Stax Cloud Startup Metrics 277

TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 21, 2023

Due diligence prep: You’re coming up on a funding round or looking at a potential exit. But what does the right team look like? A technical review can help you decide what team will work best both with you and for you. Your investors and buyers will be doing a technical review. Are you ready?

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review 390

SaaStr

MAY 5, 2022

Take a look at just some of the topics and mentors hosting Braindates: Lessons Learned to Bootstrapping to $1.7B Fundraising Optimised Cheatsheet: How to Nail Pitching, Save Time, and Navigate the VC Funding Process with KAYA VC’s Ana Wolsztajn. First, you can join an existing Braindate on a topic that catches your attention.

Scale 188

Scale Engineering Cloud Pricing 188

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A classic on founder compensation, always one of the most searched topics. 2 Cold Emails I Funded For Millions Cold emails to investors can work if they are personalized, compelling, and show early traction or metrics that demonstrate a clear opportunity. How does a CEO/founder/owner pick his salary? Even if you don’t want to.

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Sales Hiring Technical Advisors Compensation Outsourced Development 220

Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The platform introduced the TikTok Creativity Program to address issues with the (now defunct) TikTok Creator Fund, designed to reward creators for their high-quality and original content. It was introduced as a response to the limitations and criticisms of the TikTok Creator Fund. Tap Creator tools and then Creator Fund.

Payments 96

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 96

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So the other day I did a 20VC with Harry Stebbings, and one of the topics that came up was the Hopin founder ‘s $100m+ secondary that the CEO took out of the company. I guess that said it all. __ Dear SaaStr: What’s a Fair Amount of Founder Secondary in a Series B VC funding round? The response was interesting: “What do you care?

Startup 221

Startup Venture Capital Investment Scaling 221

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The select few with topic metrics, top brands, and top traction. Just because a VC partner works at a top fund — are you sure you want to work with that partner for the next 10 years? Any VC that wants to fund you today, will also want to fund you next week. The best of the best of times. It’s just crazy.

Branding 232

Branding Pricing Cloud Startup 232

SaaStr

MAY 17, 2022

The topics are usually very specific and focused, and the session leaders are often of incredible quality. If you want to get funded, or meet founders looking for funding, sign up for this program. Just sign up for any fund or firm you want to learn more about. #9. You’ll get an email shortly on this.

Mobile 211

Mobile Engineering SaaS Sales 211

SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2023

It may seem counterintuitive to seek out a sales leadership hire during this time of slowed hiring, but it’s the number one topic that many founders talk about and many SDRs, AEs, and sales managers ask about. . Founders may ask, “how do I find the right sales leadership hire?” While someone in sales may ask, “how do I become a CRO someday?”.

Sales Hiring 189

Sales Hiring Scale Leadership Sales 189

SaaStr

APRIL 19, 2024

He’s invested in startups as a VC since 2013 and has 10x his fund. Pricing Is Over-Discussed Founders want to know if there’s a sweet spot on pricing, but the topic is over-discussed. His first million came from a startup making implantable batteries from nanomaterials that sold for $50M after 12.5

Engineering 237

Engineering Business Model Pricing Scaling 237

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Here are 9 simple tips that are easy to implement — and almost 100% guaranteed to impact your odds of raising seed or Series A funding: If your existing investors have a strong brand and aren’t positive on you, it can be much harder to raise. Your existing investors are often your best source of leads for the next round of funding.

Branding 176

Branding Investment Metrics Data 176

SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2020

We did a deep dive on the topic with Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners and it’s a pretty incredible look at what’s happening in VC right now: A few summary thoughts: A lot of time is still being taken up with “triage” on existing portfolios. Q: Which VC firms are still reviewing fundable deals during the Covid-19 quarantine?

Business 208

Business Investment Metrics 208

Tom Tunguz

JULY 12, 2020

Second, the government should fund itself from taxes. If the government prints money to fund expenses, inflation will balloon. If you’d like to read more on the topic here are some places to start. When the economy is doing well, increase interest rates to slow lending, and cut rates to stimulate the economy.

Government 193

Government Finance Management 193

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 25, 2023

I won’t go into all of the detail here, but the TLDR is that as the government bank account (the TGA) has shrunk, government debt has also ballooned - the implication is that the government will have to raise money in order to pay off the interest expense on their debt (as well as fund other obligations).

Cloud 130

Cloud Government Banking Payment Services 130

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Dalio’s decades as an investor orient this potentially dry topic into a relatable and actionable guide to how to think about the US' next 50 years. Big Debt Crises and The Changing World Order trace Ray Dalio’s journey to understand macroeconomics throughout history. How Emotions are Made. A Man for All Markets.

Government 269

Government Finance Engineering Innovation 269

SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2020

Here are the Top 10 Most Popular Answers of the past 12 months: #1: “I’m tired of running my (very) successful (VC funded) startup after 5+ years. ” This is a really popular topic. #4: What’s on everyone’s mind? What are we most thinking about? What should I do? It never gets easier folks.

Venture Capital 209

Venture Capital CTO Startup 209

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 21, 2022

At one startup with product-market fit, Lee and the team paused product and engineering hiring, and instead funneled those funds into the sales and marketing teams to sustain the company’s acceleration. Thank you again to Lee for illuminating three significant and timely topics. Compensation.

Startup 182

Startup Outsourced Development Sales Hiring Compensation 182

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

There are two ways to participate in Braindates: First, you should join an existing Braindate on a topic that catches your attention. Next, you should also create your own Braindate topic and allow other attendees to sign up and learn from you. START BRAINDATING. Last Call for Meet a VC: OK this is it!

Construction 249

Construction Investment Strategy Marketing 249

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This article is the third of four installments in our new series, How Fintech Companies Can Simplify Their Funding Strategy. Read part 1 on Choosing the Right Funding Structure here. As you consider potential funding options, you may determine that corporate debt is a more appropriate option to start. Let’s get started.

Outsourcing Services 123

Outsourcing Services Software Review Scale Banking 123

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Your existing investors are often your best source of leads for the next round of funding. It’s OK to overindex on the topic you are most passionate about (product, sales, marketing, etc.). At a minimum keep them in the loop. Don’t just ignore them after they write a check. The converse is also true. It just has to be. Be yourself.

Branding 166

Branding Investment Metrics Data 166

SaaStr

MAY 6, 2019

“Early days: Why It Took Two Years to Fund This Company” with Shasta Ventures Managing Director. “ How to Get Funded When You’re Not an Obvious C an didate” Impact X Capital Partners Founding Member and Principal Yvonne Bajela and Backstage Capital Director Andy Davis.

Scaling 213

Scaling Investment Engagement SaaS 213

Kellblog

JANUARY 29, 2024

In our discussion, Dan and I hit many topics, including: My self-ratings on my 2023 predictions, including discussion of which are cycles, extrapolations, and pendulums. A deeper dive on the “retain is the new add” 2023 prediction, looking at expansion ARR as a percent of new ARR as proof. Fair use and large-language models (e.g.,

AI Search 89

AI Search AI Artificial Intelligence Generative AI 89

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2024

Max Altschuler is the Founder and General Partner of GTMfund , an early-stage fund focused on B2B SaaS startup backed by the world’s best tech GTM leaders. Max’s 2024 predictions, from topics like remote work to the mergers and acquisitions. He then took over as VP of Marketing for rapidly growing Outreach.

Venture Capital 81

Venture Capital Technical Review AI Acquisition 81

Kellblog

JANUARY 23, 2022

Have you ever been to a board meeting where 60 minutes were allocated on the agenda for discussion of a strategic topic? Two or three questions were asked by the one board member closest to the topic. Thus the typical, sub-$100M [4] startup board has 1-2 founders, one VC for each funding round [5], and one or possibly two independents.

Compensation 126

Compensation Entrepreneurship Finance Startup 126

SaaStr

AUGUST 31, 2021

It is, after all, a conference with founders talking about the scintillating topic of enterprise software. 6 – Get Funded! . While SaaStr Annual has massively grown over the past few years, the core of what makes it great remains the same – gather with your tribe, share that knowing nod, and learn from each other.

Startup 280

Startup Investment Enterprise Pricing 280

Kellblog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

This is a hot topic today because in this era of high growth, flush funding, and rapid scaling, just about everyone I know is trying to turn their marketing into a machine so they can push the levers forward and grow, grow, grow. This time, we took closer to 40 minutes and had some fun conversation and Q&A thereafter.

Marketing 121

Marketing Scale Scaling Startup 121

Kellblog

MAY 24, 2022

I have to say it was a combination of luck and foresight that I started talking with Allan Wille and Lauren Thibodeau about capital efficiency as a potential topic for their Metric Stack podcast many months ago. Because now, as the episode is coming out , capital efficiency is the hot topic of the day. And watch that burn!

Metrics 104

Metrics Venture Capital Benchmarks Finance 104

FastSpring

MARCH 23, 2021

Order refunds, action locking, and reversing affiliate commissions may not be the most exciting topics related to affiliate marketing. Order refunds occur when a customer requests a refund for an order, or they dispute a charge with their bank, and the funds are returned to the customer. Order Refunds.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods Payments Marketing Payment Services 148

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2020

A discussion with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Keith Rabois, Partner at Founders Fund about the latest on unicorn and decacorn valuations. Keith Rabois | Partner @ Founders Fund. One, it’s an important topic. A fun topic maybe I’ll hit with Keith if we have time, there’s maybe too much interest.

Investment 151

Investment Scale Travel Venture Capital 151

Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the latest installment of Zone of Genius, guests Julia Collins, founder/CEO of Planet FWD, Nyesha Arrington, award-winning chef, restaurateur, and entrepreneur, and Alvin Salehi, cofounder/chairman of Shef, sit down with the Cultural Leadership Fund to share their insights about our ties to food.

Leadership 66

Leadership Technology Trends Branding 66

IT World

MAY 6, 2022

That’s because when I first talked to Dell in the early 2000s on this topic, it was on the wrong side of the ESG effort. It sounds nice, but is also a clear indicator it’s just giving this important topic lip service. There are two kinds of companies that talk about sustainability.

Government 66

Government Technology Marketing 66

Point Nine Land

JULY 29, 2022

We’re excited to share the new version of the SaaS Funding Napkin. SaaS Funding Napkin?! Given the drastic change in the funding environment that started in February, creating the 2022 version of the napkin was particularly interesting. Ninety-five funding rounds are not a huge dataset. question that we asked this time.

SaaS 98

SaaS Investment Finance Data 98

Andreessen Horowitz

JULY 9, 2020

This holiday break episode of 16 Minutes on the News (#36) covers two timely and still developing-news topics: #1 The National Science Foundation could rebrand as the National Science AND Technology Foundation — as well as get up to $100B … The post 16 Minutes on the News #36: Funding Science & Innovation; Remote Work & Future (..)

Innovation 99

Innovation Technology Development Engineering 99

Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 22, 2023

Topics covered: 1:12: Why sports? What sparked each leader’s interest in sports 6:40: Shared experience, connection, and community within sports 9:35: Que on how his brand marketing experience translates to sports 12:35: Applying cultural context to sports branding 14:15: The influence of athletes on culture; what makes athletes cool?

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Leadership Innovation Branding Trends 53