by Amelia Ibarra | Sep 26, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Early, Featured Videos, Other, Videos, Workshop Wednesdays |
How is AI going to impact the software and SaaS landscape of the next couple of years and also the next 5-10 years?
Kristina Shen, General Partner at a16z, shares some insights into the present and future of generative AI at this week’s Workshop Wednesday, held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. PST.
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Leadership, Other |
Dear SaaStr: What Were the Biggest Mistakes You Made as a Founder-CEO? I’ve made so many, it’s hard to boil it down to two. But let’s focus on the earliest days, in Year 1. The biggest two mistakes I made as a founder-CEO in Year 1, I not only...
by Jason Lemkin | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Leadership, Other, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Things Startups Just Have to Get Right? Let’s break it down. Let’s talk about what you don’t have to get right: Rockstar Founders? Not required. Yes, to build the next Slack, the next Amazon, the next Tesla, whatever, perhaps you need one of...
by Amelia Ibarra | Apr 5, 2023 | Blog Posts, Hiring, Marketing, Metrics, Other, Podcasts, Sales, Videos |
Not every leader is created equally. A bad experience with a revenue operations leader might taint your view of the position at all future companies, but that would be a mistake, as CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond learned first-hand. In this week’s CRO...
by Jason Lemkin | Jan 24, 2023 | Blog Posts, Early, Other, Product, Q&A |
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 has tried to do this? It’s the Fermi Paradox of Start-ups. Of course they have. But...
by Jason Lemkin | Nov 2, 2022 | Blog Posts, Leadership, Other, Q&A |
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 bring in, you get to keep at least $8 for payroll, etc. after paying off expenses. In the...
by Amelia Ibarra | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog Posts, Leadership, Other, Videos |
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 of Adversarial Risk Management has learned how to...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Leadership, Other |
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. Of course, this is true in all start-ups. But quickly, in SaaS, it becomes worse. Why? Because they are more functional...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 22, 2022 | Blog Posts, Early, Fundraising, Leadership, Other, Q&A |
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 what they invest. It’s hard! Most VCs you will meet are not...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 3, 2022 | Blog Posts, Leadership, Other |
A ways back, Forbes was kind enough to pick up a thread I did about my 5 favorite good days, and 5 most visceral bad days, in the early days, of getting from $0 to $10m in ARR. Let me expand on it here since the original answer. Maybe it will be cathartic for you. ...
by Jason Lemkin | Aug 23, 2022 | Blog Posts, Other |
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...
by Amanda Beaty | Jun 16, 2022 | Blog Posts, Engineering, Other, Podcasts, Product, Videos |
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.
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Leadership, Other, Q&A |
Everyone today wants to start a 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 …...
by Amelia Ibarra | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog Posts, Featured Podcasts, Featured Videos, Other, Podcasts, Videos |
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.
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 10, 2021 | Early, Leadership, Other, Q&A |
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...
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