The New CRO’s First Job Now is To Aggressively Raise Prices. Be Wary.
One of our top vendors just got a new CRO He got on the phone with us and said he was doubling pricing because "their costs are up". No heads up, just to make his plan. Now, we are looking at their competitor. Before … we weren't. Worth it for...
Dear SaaStr: How Would You Invest a 5 Million Dollar Payout From an Acquisition?
Dear SaaStr: How Would You Invest a 5 Million Dollar Payout From an Acquisition? Bear in mind I’m not a CFA, CPA, or professional financial advisor. But I have been through it. And so I know this is a more difficult question to answer than you might think. The...
ICYMI: Why The First Rule You Know About Building Software is Wrong: Rippling CEO Parker Conrad’s Theory of the Compound Startup (Pod 670 + Video)
The First Rule You Know About Building Software is Wrong. Discover why with Rippling CEO and Co-Founder, Parker Conrad, and Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund. In this session, Parker will explain step-by-step his theory of the compound startup and how it can help you scale your SaaS company.
Top SaaStr Content for the Week: SaaStr Miami Sessions You Might Have Missed, New Workshop Wednesday and lots more!
The top SaaStr content you might have missed for the week of March 24th, 2023.
73% of You Raised or Are Raising Prices in 2024
Are we through the endless price increases we saw in 2023? Apparently not. A stunning 73% of you are raising prices in 2024. That’s up from 54% in 2023. Personally, I’m a fan of only raising prices if you’ve earned it, and focusing on raising prices...
Dear SaaStr: Why Do Most Entrepreneurs Under Price Their Offerings Initially?
Dear SaaStr: Why Do Most Entrepreneurs Under Price Their Offerings Initially? Yes, most of us at first under-price and then slowly raise prices as we gain confidence. It’s because (1) we aren’t trained sales leaders, and (2) we worry most about not losing the...
Redpoint: Seed May Still Be Strong, But There’s No Bounce Back at Series A. And the AI Premium is 3x.
So Redpoint Ventures published some of the slides they recently presented to their Limited Partners (their own investors) here. There’s a ton of good data there, but this one slide stood out to me, because it was put together in a really clear fashion, better...
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Convince My Investor We’ll Double Their Investment By The Next Round?
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Convince My Investor We’ll Double Their Investment By The Next Round? It may be an odd & unusual question — but I think it’s a good one. If you are a VC / private investor, there’s a key meta question: why invest...
The Path to CRO with TigerEye, CircleCl, Lattice, and Notion
The path to Cheif Revenue Officer (CRO) is different for many people. Tracy Young, CEO and co-founder at TigerEye, sits down with three CROs to talk about how they navigated the journey to revenue leader. Jane Kim, former CRO of CircleCl, Laurabeth Harvey, President of Field Operations at Lattice, and Erica Anderson, Notion’s CRO, all share the key decisions or events that shaped their careers.