Dear SaaStr: What Are The Worst Realities of Being An Entrepreneur?
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Worst Realities of Being An Entrepreneur? The worst reality, which is also part of what makes entrepreneurship so visceral — is the true feeling of Failing With 100% Responsibility. It often doesn’t leave you until $20m, $30m ARR, or...Dear SaaStr: How do VCs Really Feel About Founder Salaries? I Was Told That a General Rule of Thumb is 75% of Market
Dear SaaStr: How do VCs Really Feel About Founder Salaries? I Was Told That a General Rule of Thumb is 75% of Market The 75% Rule once you are VC Funded for more than a few million dollars is a good one. But if you raise less than that — 75% may well be too...Lessons on Scaling Customer Success from $1M to $300M in ARR with Success Venture Partners
Learn what it takes to scale Customer Success at every stage of growth — from $1M to $300M+ in ARR — with founder and Managing Partner at Success Venture Partners and former VP of Customer Success at Motive.
Dear SaaStr: Why Do Many Startup CEOs Quit After Their Companies Are Acquired?
Dear SaaStr: Why Do Many Startup CEOs Quit After Their Companies Are Acquired? Five reasons: First, it’s very difficult for most founder-CEOs to work for someone else. They generally don’t mind working with others. They don’t even need to be “the boss”. But being told...Dear SaaStr: What is Your Worst Memory as an Entrepreneur?
Dear SaaStr: What is Your Worst Memory as an Entrepreneur? Let me make a short list: Having a critical co-founder walk out the door and never return. This happened to me once with a true co-founder, and once with a critical early employee (a critical COO). The...The Key To Unlocking Profitability and Growth in SaaS with Expensify’s COO Anu Muralidharan
How do you build a successful, high-growth company that is also profitable? Expensify’s COO, Anu Muralidharan, debunks the fallacy that profitability comes at the expense of growth.
Dear SaaStr: How Do Founder CEOs Typically Transition Out of the Role?
Dear SaaStr: How Do Founder CEOs Typically Transition Out of the Role? It’s a complicated question. Most founders that voluntarily step down tend to want to remain involved at some level, often as “Executive Chairman”. And the VCs and investors often like this. The...The Founder Playbook with Loom’s CEO & Co-Founder, Joe Thomas (Pod 669 + Video)
With Loom announcing its almost $1B acquisition by Atlassian, we thought it would be a great time to dig back on CEO Joe Thomas’s presentation at SaaStr Europa in June on how they got there. Joe Thomas, CEO & Co-founder of Loom, shared 5 hard-earned lessons...Dear SaaStr: What Is “Uncalled Capital” in a VC Fund?
Dear SaaStr: What Is “Uncalled Capital” in a VC Fund? This is worth understanding as a founder. In any venture fund of a material size (even just $50m+), the vast majority of the fund is not used for initial checks into startups. Yes, that’s right. ...The Secrets to Scaling and Growth in Uncertain Times with Monday.com Co-Founder and Co-CEO Eran Zinman
monday.com is a $700m+ company today, which is 100x bigger than it was just six years ago. Discover the Co-Founder and Co-CEO’s secrets to scaling and growth in an unpredictable market.
Scaling Beyond Founder-Led Sales with Atomico Partner Laura Connell
Discover what it takes to scale beyond founder-led sales on your path to Series B with Atomico Partner Laura Connell.
The 7 Best Pieces of Career Advice I Was Given
I’m not sure I’m a great giver of golden advice, but here’s my list of the best golden advice I’ve been given over the years. And the advice holds as well today as when it was given: Manage People — In General, and Earlier. The earlier in your career you can learn...Dear SaaStr: As a Founder, How Do You Deal With Stress In a Startup?
Dear SaaStr: As a Founder, How Do You Deal With Stress In a Startup? Dealing with stress is important, especially for founders, who do have to hide … some of it. Per the WSJ and Challenger, Grey, this year more CEOs have left their jobs than any year since 2002...2024 SaaS Landscape: Why 2024 Could be Pretty Darn Good for SaaS IPOs with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Video + Podcast)
SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin deep dives into the current state of SaaS and the Cloud and what to expect over the next year.