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Dear SaaStr: How Do You Know If Your Startup Idea Already Exists? Well, of course it already exists. You really think you’re the only person on the entire planet that…
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Dear SaaStr: What Are The Biggest Challenges For a Non-Technical Founder? Adding enough value the first year. If you can’t build it, can you: Sell it? That’s worth it. If…
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Dear SaaStr: Why Do So Many Startups Burn Through So Much Cash? Competition. For most software / internet companies, the gross margins approach 80%. That means for every $10 you…
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As the world becomes increasingly digital, cybersecurity becomes increasingly critical. After serving as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the New York Stock Exchange for twenty years, Jerry Perullo…
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In SaaS, I think one of the biggest traps you can get yourself into as a founder is doing Low ROI things for one minute longer than you have to….
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Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Common Misconceptions About Venture Capitalists? My learnings, from sort of the inside: That they are (mostly) successful. Most VC partners don’t return 1x in cash…
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A ways back, Forbes was kind enough to pick up a thread I did on Quora about my 5 favorite good days, and 5 most visceral bad days, in the early days,…
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Dear SaaStr: What Do You Have to Get Right in a Start-Up? So many folks I meet want to start a start-up. Â They have an idea they are passionate about….
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I know it still may feel like Summer now, but we’re all starting that year-end push now. Or at least, it’s time to. And how are you doing on year-end…
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Miguel Carranza, CTO at RevenueCat, shares ten learnings from firsthand experience in architecting an API & SDK that is currently on 5,000+ apps and has seen 3x growth Year-over-Year.Â
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Run toward bad news Sometimes you need a moment. That's OK. But after that, hiding makes it worse. Process it … Then: Address itShare itTalk about itMake a planAct on…
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So you had a great December, added a great VP or two last year, won some bigger deals, and in general — you’re feeling good. You’ve even got a decent…
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Everyone today wants to start a SaaS startup. Â They have an idea they are passionate about. Â They’ve worked under a great CEO and they’re ready — they think — to…
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The financial services industry – banking, lending, insurance – has long benefited from deep competitive moats that limited competition and stifled innovation. Now with digital finance, innovation is occurring at lightning speed. In this video, Eric Sager, COO of Plaid will make clear what digital finance has enabled thus far, and what else is to come.
Blog Posts, Other, Product
How the top key features in enterprise SaaS have changed over time: 2005: Custom ObjectsDashboardsAnalytics 2010: Custom ObjectsDashboardsAnalytics 2015: Custom ObjectsDashboardsAnalytics 2020: Custom ObjectsDashboardsAnalytics 2022: See Above — Jason ✨Be…
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