The Top 5 Secrets for Building Great Products with Leaders at Slack, Rubrik, and Grammarly
Chief Product Officers from Slack, Rubrik and Grammarly dive into the top 5 secrets to building great products and talk alignment, roadmaps and vision
The Catch-22 in Hiring Today
So there’s a catch-22 in hiring today. There shouldn’t be, but there is. There’s a general view among many in tech that they’re asked to do too much with too little. They’re now underpaid for too much work. And that every job is risky....
Dear SaaStr: What Happens When One Founder Invests Cash and The Others Don’t?
Dear SaaStr: What Happens When One Founder Invests Cash and The Others Don’t? In both my start-ups, I was the only co-founder that invested cash. It didn’t matter that much, but. First, you often can get reimbursed in the first venture round — if amount is small...
SaaStr Europa or SaaStr Annual: Which Should I Go To?
So both of SaaStr’s mega events are coming up. First up, and soon, is the 5th SaaStr Europa is coming back to London on 4-5 June. 4,000+ of us will get together there to share, scale and learn. From Accel to Lightspeed, from Box to Cloudflare, the Best of the Best...
58% of You Say Sales Cycles Are Even Longer in 2024
So not everyone is seeing tougher times these days. SaaS outside of classic “B2B’ is often holding up well. Klaviyo, Toast, etc. just had very strong quarters. More B2B2C there. And AI is obviously on fire, pulling up AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, etc. ...
What’s Happening in B2B SaaS in 2024 and Beyond with Zapier CEO Wade Foster and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
SaaStr Founder and CEO, Jason Lemkin, and Zapier CEO, Wade Foster, sit down with Casey Hill to discuss the future of B2B SaaS in 2024 and beyond.
Dear SaaStr: Should Founders Start Their Vesting at Date Of Incorporation So They Have Vesting Prior to Raising VC Capital?
Dear SaaStr: Should Founders Start Their Vesting at the point of incorporation so they have shares vested prior to signing a deal with investors? No. At least, don’t do too much of this. I got this backwards, as do most founders. We think “being vested”...
5 Interesting Learnings From Squarespace at $1.1 Billion in ARR
So with public SaaS companies continuing to grow, but revenue multiples often at relative lows, it can make sense in some cases to “go private”, invest in more growth for a few years, and try to IPO again down the road. Qualtrics did it, nCino just did...
The State of Subscription Apps with RevenueCat’s CEO Jacob Eiting and Growth Advocate David Barnard
RevenueCat’s CEO, Jacob Eiting, and Growth Advocate, David Barnard, share their annual State of Subscription Apps report.