Blog Posts, Exit, Exit Strategy, Scale
So as you’ve seen, acquisitions have picked up in SaaS. Slack was acquired for $27B — that’s 27x its $1B in ARR. Zoom and Shopify trade at even higher multiples:…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Fundraising, Scale
Let’s take a look at 3 recent transactions and valuations in SaaS around $1.5 billion – $2 billion: Coupa acquired Llamasoft for $1.5 billion, 18 years after founding, at $100m…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Scale
18 years to $100m ARR and unicorn exit You want it to be faster, but sometimes, it just takes longer Stay with it https://t.co/8EAqHBQy6S — Jason ✨BeKind✨ Lemkin ⚫️ (@jasonlk)…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Growth
It used to be there could maybe be one $1B+ player in a space Let’s see in workspace collaboration: – Wrike, $2.2B (new!)– Clickup, $1B– Asana, $6B– https://t.co/vwnFotwKzN, $2.7B– Atlassian,…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Growth, Q&A
Q: 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&A
End 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&A
Q: 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 Strategy
Q: 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, Growth
A 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 Events
SaaStr’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 Strategy
Q: 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&A
Q: 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&A
Q: 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, Videos
Since 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 Strategy
Salesforce 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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