The Best Stuff to Sponsor ASAP, Right Now, at 2025 SaaStr Annual. It’s May 13-15 2025!!
So I know we’ve just finished the 2024 SaaStr Annual, but we’ve learned a lot from it, even in Year 10. One is that some of the very, very best stuff to sponsor goes fast and often is N=1 in terms of availability. And 2025 Annual is earlier this year...
How to Implement a Customer-First Strategy and Structure with Dashlane’s CPO
Donald Hasson CPO at Dashlane shares insights on how to solve hard problems for customers and how to optimize for the best results for your business.
What’s a Mature SaaS Company at $240m ARR Really Worth? Maybe 3.6x ARR
So TechCrunch had a good story on a 19-year journey of Sharefile to an $875,000,000 exit. It was founded way back in 2005, back when my last SaaS startup was, so I have a dim memory of it. Fast forward to today, they’ve sold for a stunning $875 million. But...
Just Being Pretty Good at Venture Capital Isn’t Good Enough
So Carta has some of its latest data on VC performance and it’s pretty interesting: There’s a lot going on this chart but let me break it down from a founder perspective: The median 2017 fund is 7 years into a 10-14 lifetime — and is sitting at 1.8x...
Dear SaaStr: When Is the Best Time for a Co-Founder to Leave a Startup?
Dear SaaStr: When Is the Best Time for a Co-Founder to Leave a Startup? The best time to quit is the earlier of (x) 6 months from the time you’ve decided to move on or (y) at any time when the other founders ask you to. If you’ve truly decided to leave, then it’s...
From PLG to PLG+SLG – How Lucid Scaled to 70M+ Users
Stephanie Couzin VP GTM Strategy & Ops and Roderick De Greef VP Sales & GM EMEA, share Lucid’s transition from a PLG company to a PLG and Sales-Led company.
5 Interesting Learnings from Rubrik at $920,000,000 in ARR
So there have only been 3 SaaS IPOs since 2021. Just 3. But all 3 are pretty good ones: Klaviyo, blowing past $1B in ARR; OneStream, growing 37% at $500m ARR; and Rubrik, growing a stunning 35% at $920,000,000 in ARR. (Note: Rubrik’s ARR and growth numbers...
Dear SaaStr: In B2B Startups, How Useful is Cold Calling?
Dear SaaStr: In B2B Startups, How Useful is Cold Calling? Look, I hate getting those calls. Especially the really pushy, dumb ones from SDRs that barely know their own products. Do those work? I don’t know. However … cold calling, done by folks who have...
Should You Really Be Sending SDRs to “Man” Your Booths at Events?
So we’ve been doing SaaStr Annuals for a stunning ten years (!) and we have a ton of data. One thing I can tell you is sponsors and partners who staff their booths with junior folks that just stare at their phones all day typically don’t see the ROI of their peers...
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