Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, ScaleThe founders named their startup JFrog because a frog is agile and always leaping forward. And yes, the company has been doing this from the start. JFrog is the pioneer…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Growth, Q&AQ: Why do many startup owners sell their firm and move on instead of planning on making it a big player like Google, Microsoft, etc.? I remember not long ago…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Exit, Exit Strategy, Leadership, Q&AEnd of an era. I am sad today https://t.co/oBGDoYcClM — Rashmi Sinha (@rashmi) August 11, 2020 Money matters. Money is part of why we do this, maybe more in the…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Growth, Q&AQ: Which merger and acquisition trends, if any, do you expect to unfold in the next 12 months? I expect more mega-mergers: $2b-$10b+ deals. Why? These are the Best of…
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Blog Posts, Exit StrategyQ: Who will acquire Zoom: Amazon, Oracle, Adobe, or IBM? Zoom currently has a $74b market cap. To acquire a successful public company, you have to pay a “premium”, i.e….
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, GrowthA few more existential thoughts & learnings if you get an offer to buy your start-up: 1. The “quality”/brand of the acquirer is less important than we tend to think. Selling…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Fundraising, SaaStr EventsSaaStr’s New New in Venture Virtual Summit is coming up on May 27th. This will be a 1 day, 2 track event with over 10,000 attendees. (and it’s FREE to…
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Blog Posts, Exit, Exit StrategyQ: Would you rather own 100% of a company worth 100 million or 10% of a company worth 1 billion? This is the greatest question for ambitious founders. I’ve thought about…
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Exit Strategy, Q&AQ: Why Would Microsoft Buy Wunderlist and Later Just Shut it Down? Because it was just a bet. And maybe even almost an experiment. Buying Wunderlist for $150m sure sounds like a…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Growth, Q&AQ: What are some of the most overlooked details or challenges when integrating two companies post-acquisition? I can make a long list of challenges and overlooked details in acquisitions, but…
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Career Growth & Advice, Exit Strategy, Fundraising, Metrics, SaaStr Events, VideosSince 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. Join…
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Blog Posts, Exit StrategySalesforce Essentials and Mission.org came by SaaStr HQ and did a pretty unique podcast interview with me. We talked a lot about exits. About selling your company, lessons learned, and…
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Exit Strategy, Fundraising, Hiring, International Expansion, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales Ep. 250: Peter Yared is the Founder & CEO @ InCountry, the startup that allows you to operate globally with data residency as a service meaning…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Leadership, Marketing, Marketing, Product, SaaStr Events, Scale, VideosJoin Rene Yang Stewart, Co-Head and Principal, Vista Equity Partners, and Monica Enand, Founder and CEO, Zapproved, as they discuss growing a company from product market fit to scale. Vista…
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