Top 10 GTM Mistakes Founders Make Again … and Again with SaaStr’s Jason Lemkin
What are the biggest GTM mistakes founders make? SaaStr’s Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares the top 10 mistakes founders make again and again.
Dear SaaStr: Can a CEO be Late To Almost Everything?
Dear SaaStr: Can a CEO be Late To Almost Everything? As CEO, I was basically never late. This year, for the SaaStrAnnual.com, every year we have perhaps ~150 top CEOs speak. Some of the very best in SaaS. CEOs of Atlassian, Box, Slack, Blackline, Qualtrics, The Trade...
Dear SaaStr: If You Want to Buy Shares from a Founder That Has Left the Company, What Price Do You Use?
Dear SaaStr: If you have old founders who left the company and kept their shares, on what valuation you buy their shares? Generally speaking, there are two paradigms: Buy them out at Common Stock price (which is what they in fact own), based on the lastest option...
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.
Dear SaaStr: Is it Wise for Someone at 40+ to Think of Quitting Their Job and Becoming an Entrepreneur?
Dear SaaStr: Is it Wise for Someone at 40+ to Think of Quitting Their Job and Becoming an Entrepreneur? Age doesn’t matter — per se. You’re not “too old” to do a start-up until you think you are and feel you are. And in B2B SaaS, the domain expertise and...
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Make Sure My Board Doesn’t Fire Me?
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Make Sure My Board Doesn’t Fire Me? Founders are often guarded toward most VCs. Perhaps they should be. That’s a different, and longer conversation. And one thing founders tend to worry about is — can I be fired by my...
Dear SaaStr: Why Might the Founder of a Company Appoint Someone Else as CEO?
Dear SaaStr: Why Might the Founder of a Company Appoint Someone Else as CEO? Because you should always be asking yourself, if everyone in a senior role is the right person for the next stage. Including you. Most of your VPs won’t scale all the way from $1m to $100m in...
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...
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.
Dear SaaStr: Can I Position My Startup To Be Acquired By The Likes of Google, Salesforce, Adobe, etc.?
Dear SaaStr: Can I Position My Startup To Be Acquired By The Likes of Google, Salesforce, Adobe, etc.? No. But … Sort of. What I’ve learned being on both sides of acquisitions, and being a 2x acquired founder — is: There is a List. There’s an...
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.
Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR with Mailchimp Co-Founder Ben Chestnut
Ben Chestnut, Mailchimp’s Co-Founder, talks Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR and their $12B Acquisition with SaaStr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin
Dear SaaStr: Is It Normal for a Startup to Not Disclose Burn Rate and Other Details to its Employees?
Dear SaaStr: Is It Normal for a Startup to Not Disclose Burn Rate and Other Details to its Employees? It really varies, but in my ecosystem, I’ve seen more transparency over the years, which is good. Transparency builds trust: I’m 100.00% in favor of...
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