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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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Fundraising, Leadership, Metrics, SaaStr Events, VideosWant to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.
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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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Q&AWhat are the pros and cons of selling a company? It’s complicated. Having a “good exit” is a special thing. You will make some money, perhaps even life-changing money. It…
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Exit Strategy, Fundraising, Hiring, Podcasts Ep. 241: Dave Kellogg is a leading technology executive, independent board member, advisor and angel investor. In his most recent role, Dave was the CEO @…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Exit, Exit Strategy, Leadership, SaaStr Events, VideosTom Bogan, CEO of Adaptive Insights, a Workday company, will review the key principles to building a successful SaaS company. From team to vision to metrics to funding and more,…
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Career Growth & Advice, Exit, Exit Strategy, Leadership, SaaStr Events, VideosJoin Vlad Shmunis, founder, chairman, and CEO of RingCentral as he discusses RingCentral’s journey from a two-person startup to a $7B market cap global enterprise communications company (NYSE:RNG) — the…
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Blog Posts, Exit, Exit Strategy, Featured Videos, SaaStr Events, VideosListen to the story of how Craig Walker, Founder & CEO at Dialpad acquired TalkIQ for $50M in 2018. With one startup acquired by Yahoo in 2005, another acquired by…
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