Only 19% of You Would Have Raised Even More Venture Capital
Most startups aren’t able to raise venture capital, they just aren’t in the sweet spot. Growth isn’t on point, generally. Bootstrapping is more often not a choice — but the only option. If not forever, at least in the early stages. Ben...
Dear SaaStr: Should I Stay Solo or Should I Settle for a Co-founder?
Dear SaaStr: Should I Stay Solo or Should I Settle for a Co-founder? I think this is one of the Top 5 most important questions in start-ups. Possibly, Top 1 in ultimate significance. The answer for most of us: (x) most of us benefit from an A+ co-founder but (y) do...
Where SaaS Really is Today with Founder & General Partner of Craft Ventures David Sacks and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (Video + Podcast)
Jason Lemkin, SaaStr CEO and Founder, and David Sacks, Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures, share their predictions on SaaS in 2024.
Is 2024 The Year of Hitting Snooze?
So recently, for the first time ever, I called in some favors. Very minor ones, but just to get a little help as SaaStr goes into busy season. 1️⃣ I asked a CRO I’ve worked with for quite a while and got one of his prior roles for him if he wanted to do our...
Dear SaaStr: Can I Position My Startup To Be Acquired By The Likes of Google, Salesforce, Adobe, etc.?
Dear SaaStr: Can I Position My Startup To Be Acquired By The Likes of Google, Salesforce, Adobe, etc.? No. But … Sort of. What I’ve learned being on both sides of acquisitions, and being a 2x acquired founder — is: There is a List. There’s an...
Everything in Social Media is Harder Now. It Just Makes “Free Marketing” That Much Harder.
While not a huge deal, one of the bigger challenges of building SaaStr has been the changing winds of social media. SaaStr started as a blog and I never really thought of that as “social media”, but even then it was. Because you need the social part to get scale. Be...
Dear SaaStr: Would You Invest in a Start-Up With 6 Co-Founders?
Dear SaaStr: Would You Invest in a Start-Up With 6 Co-Founders? I’ve done it — once. At least with 5 true co-founders. And that startup did end up selling for over $1 Billion (!) — so it’s not a firm “No.” But it did have the exact issues you’d expect. The...
Do Your Q3 Team MeetUp in SF Bay Area — At 2024 SaaStr Annual!!
So the more founders I talk to about how often they do in-person team meetups now, the fewer really do them often enough. Companies that were distributed pre-2020 generally did and do a quarterly meet-up in person, to get everyone together, often at a rotated...
9 Easy Sales Concepts So Many Get Wrong with Sam Blond, Former CRO Brex (Pod + Video)
Sam Blond former CRO at Brex shares nine easy sales concepts so many get wrong. From recruiting to demand to product, Sam walks through how to get it right.
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