For Years, SaaS Outperformed Nasdaq. Now, It’s Really Underperforming
So it’s strange times in SaaS. On the one hand, many top leaders are growing at epic rates at scale: Databricks is growing 60% at $2.4 Billion in ARR Canva is growing 40% at $2.3 Billion in ARR. Klaviyo is growing 39% at almost $1 Billion in ARR Been a rough...
5 Interesting Learnings From Monday.com at $870,000,000 in ARR
So Monday.com hasn’t been totally immune to “macro” impacts. It’s seen its NRR come down from 2021 highs, and growth a bit down from its peak. But overall, it’s still one of the top performing public SaaS companies: $880m ARR Growing...5 Tips for Successful Upmarket Expansion with Thoropass CRO and Head of Demand Gen
Thoropass CRO Bryan Caplin and Head of Demand Generation Jenna Keegan share when you should move upmarket and 5 tips for how to move upmarket successfully.
The Single Digit Growth Club: One With Too Many New Members
So what do Salesforce and Asana have in common? They both have large installed bases They both are doing a big AI push, and are deep into AI enhancing their products They both are now projecting … single digit growth for next year. Less than 10% growth. They are...Lessons Learned Rapidly Scaling a Team from 2 to 1100 People with Remote CEO and Co-Founder Job van der Voort
What does it take to scale a team from 2 to more than 1,100 people in just a few short years? Hannah Seal, Partner at Index Ventures, chats with Job van der Voort, CEO and co-founder of Remote, about just that. Remote launched in 2020, just as the pandemic hit, and it...
5 Interesting Learnings from GitLab at ~$700,000,000 in ARR
So one Cloud and SaaS leader that has held up well in today’s environment is GitLab. They’re at almost $700m in ARR, growing 33%, with 129% NRR, and 22% free-cash margin. That’s the full package right there. Overall, everyone is still building a...Forgot the SaaS Gloom and Doom on Social. ‘Just Build’ with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares hot takes on 2024 and discusses what the theme for many SaaS companies this year is – just build.
How to Scale from 0 to 100 Employees with Speedinvest’s Markus Lang
Scaling a SaaS company from 0 to 100 employees isn’t easy. Markus Lang at Speedinvest shares the top 10 golden rules for companies to successfully scale.
Where SaaS Really is Today with Founder & General Partner of Craft Ventures David Sacks and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (Video + Podcast)
Jason Lemkin, SaaStr CEO and Founder, and David Sacks, Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures, share their predictions on SaaS in 2024.
9 Easy Sales Concepts So Many Get Wrong with Sam Blond, Former CRO Brex (Pod + Video)
Sam Blond former CRO at Brex shares nine easy sales concepts so many get wrong. From recruiting to demand to product, Sam walks through how to get it right.
A Tale of 3 Very, Very Different Competitors: Monday, Atlassian, and Asana in 2024
So the leaders in Project Management “Plus” are all over the place today: ⏫ Monday: Sells mainly to folks outside of tech — and because of that, it’s on fire. It’s up to an $11 Billion (!) market cap and Almost $900m in ARR, growing 34%...Unlocking the X-Factor: A How-To on Accelerating Business with AI with IBM
Dawn Herndon, VP of EMEA at IBM, shares how AI can accelerate your business and the different factors you need to consider as you build products.
5 Interesting Learnings from Asana at $700,000,000 in ARR
So the project management “plus” space is a broad one, and one with many leading players. So it gives us a chance to take a pulse check on many segments of SaaS. What can we learn, right now? Monday.com sells mainly to folks outside of tech — and...The 3 Secret Ingredients for Scaling to $100M ARR with Bitly CEO and CPO
Bitly CEO Toby Gabriner and CPO Kelsey Stevenson share lessons learned in scaling and things they could have done differently on the journey to $100M ARR.
