Company Culture, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Metrics, Podcasts Ep. 274: Robert Vis is the Founder & CEO @ MessageBird, the company that allows you to talk to your customers via Voice, SMS and…
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Blog Posts, Engineering, Growth, Leadership, Metrics, SaaStr Events, VideosWhen it comes to seamlessly scaling your applications, a top-notch engineering team will be your foundation. Next comes the decisions to build or buy your infrastructure, DNS, monitoring, and analytics…
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Blog Posts, MetricsThere’s a bit of a dirty truth in freemium and VSB (Very Small Business) recurring revenue apps: a lot of folks pay and don’t use. And thus, in many ways,…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Marketing, Metrics, SalesWhen a great SaaS business starts to come together, and crosses Initial Traction ($1-$1.5m), growing nicely (8-10%+ Month-over-Month Growth) … often times, the founders start to see the first bit of…
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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.
Customer Success, Customer Success, Featured Podcasts, Marketing, Marketing, Metrics, Podcasts, Sales Ep.264: Allison Pickens is the COO @ Gainsight, the company that provides everything you need to turn your customers into your biggest growth engine. To date…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Featured Videos, Leadership, Metrics, SaaStr Events, Scale, VideosStarting a company can be daunting, exhausting, and expensive, but with the right focus and idea – extremely rewarding; take it from Andrew Filev, Founder and CEO of Wrike. In…
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Blog Posts, Metrics, ScaleTwilio recently crossed into the $1 Billion ARR club, if not quite at record growth rates, then fairly close to it. 81% Year-over-Year growth at $1,000,000,000+ in ARR. The $1…
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Blog Posts, Early, Fundraising, MetricsThere 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, Growth, Marketing, Marketing, MetricsOnce you hit Initial Traction in SaaS, say that first $1m-$1.5m in ARR, you’ll finally find something that works. One channel, often. E.g., partnerships. Or Facebook ads. Or an app…
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Marketing, Marketing, Metrics, Podcasts Ep. 248: Joe Chernov is the VP Marketing @ Pendo, the startup that understands and guides your users allowing you to create products they cannot live…
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Metrics, Podcasts, SaaS Product Pricing, Sales, Sales Ep 245: David Skok is a serial entrepreneur turned VC at Matrix Partners. He founded four companies: Skok Systems, Corporate Software Europe, Watermark Software, and SilverStream…
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Blog Posts, Engineering, Exit, Metrics, SaaStr Events, VideosBuilding a company made up of distributed teams presents a plethora of complex challenges that can derail productivity and impact employee retention. But with it comes immense benefits and competitive…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Leadership, Marketing, Metrics, SaaStr Events, VideosJoin Tomasz Tunguz, Managing Director with Redpoint Ventures as he takes you through a quantitive analysis of 600 Freemium Soon companies. Want to see more content like this? Join us…
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Blog Posts, Early, Growth, Metrics, SaaS Product Pricing, SalesWe’ve talked quite a bit about the pros and many cons of raising prices on existing customers on SaaStr. Our general view, and experience, is that until you are fairly…
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