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How do VCs value startup?
There is one common factor, that founders know, but often lose track of in their pitch: every VC, at any stage, is looking for outliers. Your pitch, your team, your…
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Is it recommended to require the credit card details upfront during the signup? Based on your experience and B2C SaaS history, what would be the best strategy for an online app to grow?
I don’t like asking for the credit card upfront. What I see time and time again is a short-term boost to short-term metrics, at the cost of longer term revenue…
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Every Marketing Initiative, Every Channel … Plateaus. Plan for It.
Once you hit Initial Traction in SaaS, say that first $1m-$1.5m in ARR, you’ll finally find something that works. One channel, often. E.g., partnerships. Or Facebook ads. Or an app…
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Is it frowned upon to do more than one accelerator as a startup?
It is, at least by some, viewed as a slight negative sign. But, usually both aren’t Top Tier accelerators 😉 So what most people do is just highlight the core…
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How can I avoid being screwed by my co-founder?
First, of course, you are already in trouble. If you are worried about your co-founder already, trouble will come. The best way to mitigate founder economic issues is a longer…
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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with InCountry and Y Combinator — July 19, 2019
Ep. 250: Peter Yared is the Founder & CEO @ InCountry, the startup that allows you to operate globally with data residency as a service meaning…
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What are reasonable termination clause time frames for an enterprise SaaS offering with an annual fee?
It doesn’t matter. On the face of it, there really should not be any termination clause in an annual contract, especially if the customer is paying a lower annualized rate…
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Blog Posts, Early, Sales
The Competition You Always Have: Headspace and Budget
A common VC-ism is that You Always Have Competition. This probably is mostly true, especially since 70% of the top SaaS companies are really just new versions of old, established…
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“Top lessons learned from our best and worst marketing experiments” Lucidchart Co-Founder and CEO Karl Sun (Video + Transcript)
Lucidchart has been recognized as one of the most mature Product Lead Growth business models in the market, driving over 700,000 registrations per month, combined with a hyper-efficient B2B business…
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My client pays but doesn’t use the product they signed up for at all. Should I cancel them?
No. Instead, what you should try to do is renew them, especially in the enterprise. I’ve had many customers, especially big old customers, get excited, plan and buy … and…
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Is it popular for SaaS to offer price lock guarantee?
It is popular in enterprise sales, especially as a “trick” to get a customer to sign a multi-year deal. Why would a customer sign a multi-year deal (especially one with…
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SaaStr Meet-UP in NYC on Sept 3!!
SaaStr is in New York right before a trip to Hubspot’s Inbound event and we’ll be doing a meet-up for 150 or so in SOHO on Sept 3. We’ll put…
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What are some strategies to justify to a potential acquirer a higher valuation for my company?
The easiest “strategies” to get a higher price in an acquisition — which admittedly are very hard to deploy quickly: Raise a venture round at a high price. This is…
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From Product Market Fit to Scale – Perspectives from Founder & Investor (Video + Transcript)
Join Rene Yang Stewart, Co-Head and Principal, Vista Equity Partners, and Monica Enand, Founder and CEO, Zapproved, as they discuss growing a company from product market fit to scale. Vista…
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What are the qualities of a good co-founder?
My list: Same values and commitment as you. No matter how smart you both are, you also have to share the same values and commitment. Are you both 100% all-in?…
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What are some strategies to justify to a potential acquirer a higher valuation for my company?
The easiest “strategies” to get a higher price in an acquisition — which admittedly are very hard to deploy quickly: Raise a venture round at a high price. This is controversial “advice” because it can backfire on you. But the reality is, many M&A prices are...
What are the qualities of a good co-founder?
My list: Same values and commitment as you. No matter how smart you both are, you also have to share the same values and commitment. Are you both 100% all-in? Are you both willing to go 18–24 months before initial product market fit? Are you both willing to do what it...
Why has Microsoft Teams overtaken Slack with 13 million daily users?
It’s an impressive statistic.But … it is difficult to know how seriously to take this without knowing true engagement, because Microsoft Teams is packed into so many editions of Office, etc.Just like Yammer was (and still is): Perhaps that means Teams will kill...
What skills do you look for in an entry level sales person?
If you are a founder hiring salespeople to manage yourself (i.e., you don’t have a VP of Sales or other sales leader yet) … your #1 criteria should be trust. Specifically, does your gut and time with him/her say you can trust her with a lead. Leads and potential...
Is Salesforce a feasible solution to manage leads within a small company environment?
If you aren’t sure you need Salesforce yet, that’s OK. You probably don’t need to be using Salesforce. Yet. Salesforce CRM/SFA in the end is a team management tool. If your team is tiny, it likely is overkill. But you’ll see once you have 20+ reps, it is extremely...
How to Price Your Product in the Early Days (Hint: It’s Actually Easy)
Just start with comps. With comparables. Software is very expensive to build, but for the most part, costs almost nothing to ship. It might cost you $0.10 a month in hosting charges per user for an app that isn’t server or storage intensive. So why is one app $5 a...
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