Dear SaaStr: What Do You Have to Get Right in a Start-Up?
Dear SaaStr: What Do You Have to Get Right in a Start-Up? So many folks I meet want to start a start-up. They have an idea they are passionate about. They’ve worked under a great CEO, and they’re ready — they think — to do it on their own...
Who Ya Gonna Promote? Don’t Wait Too Long.
We’re all starting that year-end push now. Or at least, it’s time to. And how are you doing on year-end stuff? Did you do all the performance reviews this year, I mean for real? I know you didn’t. At least, not for real. Did you get any routine...
Top 10 Learnings Architecting a High-Throughput Critical API With RevenueCat Co-Founder & CTO Miguel Carranza (Pod 564 + Video)
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.
How to Handle, and Share, Bad News
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 it Your team and investors will rally — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin 🇮🇱 (@jasonlk) March...
The Things You Have to Get Right When You Start a Start-Up
Everyone today wants to start a SaaS startup. They have an idea they are passionate about. They’ve worked under a great CEO and they’re ready — they think — to do it on their own this time. And maybe they are. What does it take? Well...
Non-Obvious Observations About the Future of Fintech With Plaid COO Eric Sager (Podcast #480 and Video)
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.
The #1 Thing That Makes Enterprise Customers See Value: A Great Dashboard
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 Kind✨...
Quality of Life: What Does It Mean For A Start-Up?
Recently, I spent several hours with a new but great friend who has been on a vaguely similar journey to me. This friend is one of the hardest working people in the industry. 20×7, near as I can tell. On jets. Investing at a breathtaking pace. Innundated...
Veeva: The Biggest Vertical SaaS Success Story of All Time (Video + Transcript)
As we gear up for SaaStr Annual 2024 in the SF Bay Area (Sep 10-12), we wanted to take a look back at some of our most iconic speakers and sessions from over the year, that we can still learn from today. Today, Veeva is at $35B Cloud juggernaut dominating pharma and...
The Best SaaS Founders Are (Somehow) Indefatigable
There’s now a whole group of companies I’ve invested in, and/or been an advisor/board member or other close relationship with … that are hitting or have recently crossed 4 Years Old. Interestingly, only a few have more ARR than I did 4 years in. But...![5 Security Changes Your Company Needs to Make to Land Enterprise Deals from Secureframe [Sponsor]](https://www.saastr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-28_11-37-47.png)
5 Security Changes Your Company Needs to Make to Land Enterprise Deals from Secureframe [Sponsor]
We defied all market odds and became one of the fastest growing software companies ever, bootstrapping our way to $20M ARR. And unlike most of today’s startups, we didn’t do it the traditional way.
A Founder’s Guide on How to Secure Your Company Like a Unicorn
In this quick guide, Johanna Ydergård, Head of Crowdsource @ Detectify, takes us into the mind of a hacker and shares how you can secure your company and users because a firewall just isn’t enough.
SaaStr Podcast #411 with Slack Chief Product Officer Tamar Yehoshua
SaaStr 411: Slack Chief Product Officer Tamar Yehoshua on Effective Product Design, Customer Development Processes, and Evolving Management Philosophies
SaaStr Podcast #400 with Splash CEO Ben Hindman and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin: “The Future of Digital Events”
In today’s SaaStr Insider episode SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin catches up with Ben Hindman, Co-Founder & CEO at Splash to talk about the future of digital events.
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