Blog Posts, Customer Success, Exit Strategy, Featured Podcasts, Featured Videos, Leadership, Marketing, Marketing, Podcasts, Product, Videos
In some cases, weirdness wins the race. The lovably off-beat “weird” marketing automation platform Mailchimp was recently acquired by Intuit for $12 billion. At SaaStr Annual 2022, Mailchimp Co-Founder Ben…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Marketing, Podcasts, Product, Videos
The journey to $100M ARR may seem like a typical success story in Silicon Valley, but that doesn’t make it simple or easy. But what guideposts can you follow to…
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Blog Posts, Early, Marketing, Product, SaaS Product Pricing, Sales, Videos
Product-led growth (PLG) companies have become a major trend in the world of SaaS over the last few years. These companies are characterized by being product-led; in other words, conversion,…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Product
Zoom’s growth has slowed of late, not because it’s not an amazing app. But because as we returned to the new normal world, SMB sales finally came under pressure. So…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Podcasts, Product, Sales, Videos
As SaaStr Europa 2022 drew to a close, attendees took one more opportunity to ask Jason questions about topics like how to navigate the current market, the future of work,…
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Blog Posts, Early, Growth, Product
This post from Gorgias the other day, after it’s $700m valuation Series C, reminded me of a key mistake many founders make. They often wait too long to build a…
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Blog Posts, Customer Success, Early, Hiring, Leadership, Product
When software startups are in their early stages, most rely on their ARR as their primary indicator of success. However, according to Eléonore Crespo, co-founder of Pigment, it’s not all…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Featured Videos, Fundraising, Hiring, Human Resources, International Expansion, Leadership, Product, Videos
Knowing how to get funding as a start-up is an invaluable skill. You have the vision, but you need to communicate it effectively for investors to believe in it and…
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Blog Posts, Product
So in the Boom Times of later 2020 and 2021, almost every VC pushed SaaS companies to at least become a little bit of a fintech. Why? It seemed such…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Customer Success, Early, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Podcasts, Product, Videos
In this SaaStr Europa 2022 session, Matt Jacobson, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, interviews Miro’s Founder & CEO, Andrey Khusid, to get insight into how he was able to grow the company so successfully.
Blog Posts, Early, Leadership, Product, Videos
How do you create a product that becomes essential to your customers’ lives? In this SaaStr Annual session, Brex CEO & Co-Founder Henrique Dubugras and Mutiny CEO & Co-Founder Jaleh…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Hiring, Human Resources, International Expansion, Leadership, Marketing, Podcasts, Product, SaaS Product Pricing, Videos
At the SaaStr Europa 2022 event, Accel Partner Philippe Botteri interviewed PayFit CEO & Co-Founder Firmin Zocchetto to ask about his GTM strategy.
Blog Posts, Early, Human Resources, Leadership, Product, Q&A
Q: What makes a bad CTO? While there is no legal definition for CTO 🙂 or bright line between CTO and VPE, I’d suggest a start-up CTO really only has…
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Blog Posts, Early, Product
Dear SaaStr: Is Launching Your SaaS Product Too Early Really A Big Issue? This is a tough one. Wait too long, you run out of time and money in many…
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Blog Posts, Customer Success, Growth, Product
I remember the first time I had a “head of product” in SaaS. I’d known him for many years, and knew he was great … but didn’t really know what…
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