Blog Posts, Early, Fundraising, Metrics
There was a very curious thing in Zoom’s financials leading up to its IPO that I am surprised no one commented on. But as a founder, it jumped out at…
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Blog Posts, Fundraising, Q&A
Cold emails to investors have their detractors. There are so, so many start-ups these days. Everyone with a checkbook is looking for signals which of the 1000s to invest in. …
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Blog Posts, Customer Success, Customer Success, Fundraising, Growth, Hiring, Product
Recently on LinkedIn and Twitter I put together a list of things that later, once you are successful, even very successful, you’ll regret. It got a lot of engagement from…
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Fundraising, Q&A
How do VCs decide which startups to invest in? VCs take different types of risks. More on those types, and flavors here: The Different Flavors of Risk Early Stage VCs…
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Early, 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, Early, Fundraising, Growth
I’ve watched many bridge rounds over time from a far, and took $500k in bridge capital at EchoSign myself when our seed round didn’t end up being quite enough to…
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Exit Strategy, Featured Podcasts, 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, Early, Fundraising, Growth
In my first start-up, I had some rough experiences with VC collusion. I remember I went to one top VC’s Monday partner meeting (which went well) in the morning, and…
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Company Culture, Customer Success, Diversity & Inclusion, Fundraising, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Podcasts
Ep. 237: Parker Conrad is the Founder & CEO @ Rippling, the startup that gives you back your time from payroll to employee computers, Rippling makes it…
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Company Culture, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales
Ep. 235: Andrew Filev is the Founder & CEO @ Wrike, the cloud based collaboration and project management software that scales across teams in any business….
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Fundraising, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales
Ep. 233: Godard Abel is the Founder & CEO @ G2, the company helping millions of business make better product buying decisions every month. To date,…
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Blog Posts, Early, Fundraising, Q&A
Fundraising … It is sales. It is selling stock. So be very careful with what advice you get. When you have more demand than shares to sell, yes you can…
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Customer Success, Early, Fundraising, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales, Sales
Ep. 231: Jason Reichl is the Founder & CEO @ GoNimbly, the first SaaS consultancy to focus on revenue operations. Currently growing 100% year over year, working…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Featured Videos, Fundraising, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, SaaStr Events, Scale, Videos
Brex Co-Founder and CEO Henrique Dubugras will talk about what he’s learned building the fastest-growing B2B company. Henrique started his first company at 16 and has now built two successful…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Engineering, Exit, Featured Videos, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Product, SaaStr Events, Videos
Join Zoom Founder and CEO Eric Yuan and SaaStr COO Mallun Yen as they delve into the secrets of Zoom’s success. Eric talks about the early days of Zoom –…
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