12 Things You’ll Look Back On in SaaS … And Regret (Updated)
A little while back on LinkedIn and Twitter we put together a list of things that later, once you are successful, even very successful, you’ll regret. It got a lot of engagement from the SaaS veterans out there, so I thought it would be worth digging in more on...Top 5 Lessons Learned from Databricks’ Journey from $400M to $1.5B+ with former VP of Product Nadim Hossain
Databricks had an incredible scale-up from $400M to $1.5B+ during former VP of Product Nadim Hossain’s time there. The company has gone from 1600 employees to over 5500 and most recently crossed the $2B ARR mark. Nadim shares the principles behind the SaaS company’s massive growth.
Dear SaaStr: As a CEO New to Sales, How Can I Get Better at Closing Deals?
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Get Better at Closing Deals? If it’s very early, hire 1 or ideally 2 sales reps who you’d personally buy from. You’ll all learn from each other how to close better, and faster. The #1 trick to making sure your first sales reps...Dear SaaStr: How Do I Craft a Winning Investor Deck for an Early-Stage Startup?
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Craft a Winning Investor Deck for an Early-Stage Startup? Here’s my #1 piece of advice: Get it all down to One Slide. "How to Create a Compelling Investor Deck: The Power of the First Slide" pic.twitter.com/AyyS7lHATz —...Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 5 Things I Should Know Before Starting a SaaS Startup?
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 5 Things I Should Know Before Starting a SaaS Startup? My Top 5: It will take you at least 24 months to really get anywhere. Everyone mentally budgets 10–12 months. It’s never enough. At least, not to get enough paying customers from Code...Dear SaaStr: Does It Make Sense For Your First Marketing Hire Be a Product Marketer?
Dear SaaStr: Does It Make Sense For Your First Marketing Hire Be a Product Marketer? No. Strong Disagree. It does not make any sense, 99 times out of 100. And you can see in this short clip, the CMOs of Zapier and HubSpot agree 😉 "The Importance of Hiring a...Why Customers Hate So Many Salespeople. And Why They Love Some. And How to Do Better Here.
Dear SaaStr: Why do customers hate salespeople? Disalignment. A truly great salesperson is a resource. They help you: They educate you on the product. They honestly answer your questions. They address your concerns, seemingly patiently. They help you pilot / test the...In The Early Days, What You Think is a “Sales” Problem is More Likely a Marketing Problem (Updated)
"You probably don't need as many reps as you think you do" @kylecnorton CRO @owner. "More likely you have a pipeline problem. Spend the money there until your reps' calendars are truly full." cc @samdblond pic.twitter.com/XqfgZOlafj —...What I Learned Selling My Company for $130M with Harry Glaser Founder of Periscope Data and ModelBit
Harry Glaser of Periscope Data and ModelBit shares his experience of selling his SaaS company for $130M and the challenges he faced during the process.
Dear SaaStr: What Do You Do When Your Startup is Not Growing Anymore?
Dear SaaStr: What Do You Do When Your Startup is Not Growing Anymore? First, be honest about why. You can blame it on macro issues if you want, but if growth has radically decelerated, it’s likely because you are less competitive than you were before. You...Dear SaaStr: A Big Tech Co Launched a Competitive Product. How Can I Tell How Serious They Are About It?
Dear SaaStr: A Big Tech Co Launched a Competitive Product. How Can I Tell How Serious They Are About It? In SaaS at least, I’ll give you one metric that is fairly reliable: How many dedicated sales professional do they have, just 100% selling the competitive product?...Should You Get a Booth At a Top Industry Event — Or Just Hack The Event?
So we’ve been doing SaaStr Annual’s since 2015, and we’re excited for the biggest and best SaaStr Annual 2024 ever, Sep 8-10 in SF Bay Area, as well as 5,000+ at SaaStr Europa 2023 in London in June. Now we sell a lot of sponsorships to these events...Just Between Two CEOs: Dev Ittycheria of MongoDB and Jyoti Bansal of Harness.io and AppDynamics
Two successful SaaS leaders talk about product alignment, freemium models, having an open-source product and other topics in SaaS we all want answers to.