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 how...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.
Dear SaaStr: We Don’t Need It. Should We Still Go After Venture Capital, and When?
Dear SaaStr: We Don’t Need It. Should We Go After Venture Capital, and When? Raise venture capital if you can commit to years of insane growth Don't if you can't — Jason ✨🇬🇧SaaStr LDN June 4-5✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) April 30, 2024 There are only two...From $5M to $100M: How to Scale a Multi-Product Startup with Lattice CEO Jack Altman (Video + Podcast)
The secret to success for a lot of SaaS companies is going multi-product. Jack Altman, CEO of Lattice, shares how to scale a multi-product startup.
Dear SaaStr: Is It Ridiculous To Call Yourself the CEO When Your Startup is Tiny?
Dear SaaStr: Is It Ridiculous To Call Yourself the CEO When Your Startup is Tiny? I used to feel that way, at least a bit. I used to look at tiny little startups and wince when a founder went around talking about himself as “CEO”. But then I had to learn how to Sell...What’s New At WorkOS and What It Takes To Be “Enterprise-Ready” in SaaS with WorkOS CEO and Founder Michael Grinich
In this new SaaStr series called “What’s new at…,” Jason Lemkin chats with WorkOS CEO and founder Michael Grinich about what it takes to be Enterprise ready in SaaS, building vs. buying, and who the stakeholders are in a B2D motion.
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Biggest Problems You Face as a Startup Founder?
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Biggest Problems You Face as a Startup Founder? The list of problems is endless (this is one of the hardest parts of the job), but let me try to order a few of the biggest challenges roughly based on stage: Pre-Revenue: Finding a Truly Great...Dear SaaStr: What is The Biggest Difference Between Running a 10 Person Startup and a 100 Person Startup?
Dear SaaStr: What is The Biggest Difference Between Running a 10 Person Startup and a 100 Person Startup? The biggest structural difference is you have to hire all the VPs by employee 50–100. You won’t be able to scale this far without a full management team — VPs of...Hiring Your VPs: When Can You Compromise? (UPDATED)
Sometimes, you just have to lower the bar to get a hire done You've just run out of time, and you can't find someone great Only thing is I've never seen a single one of those hires work out — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 19, 2023 I...State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Podcast)
Bessemer Venture Partners share their annual State of the Cloud report, including a look back at the past year, current trends and benchmarks, plus tactics to improve efficiency and innovation.