The Next Great SaaS IPO is Officially Coming: Klaviyo
So we’ve been saying for a while that the back half of 2024 could be good for SaaS IPOs, we just needed a few of the break-out winners to IPO to get the engine rolling again. The SaaS IPO window really closed in late 2021 with HashiCorp as the last great one to...
Stop Following These 10 Terrible Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (Video +SaaStr Podcast 682)
Bad advice is everywhere these days. Hundreds of thousands of experts are telling you how to succeed in SaaS. Many of those voices are incredible, yet terrible bits of advice pops up again and again.
On top of that, founders are full of excuses preventing them from scaling.
SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares the 10 worst pieces of SaaS advice, excuses, and mistakes founders make, and what to do instead.
When an Investor Puts Their Career On The Line For You
So VCs are seen by most founders these days as almost commodities. Folks with money that you get money from. And maybe that’s a good thing, in many ways. I see fewer and fewer founders care if VCs make money, and the Go Go days of 2020 and 2021 are probably part of...
Dear SaaStr: As An Employee, How Do I Negotiate My Compensation in an Acquisition?
Dear SaaStr: As An Employee, As an acquired employee, How Do I Negotiate My Compensation in an Acquisition? Unfortunately, as a non-CEO, non-founder of an acquired start-up … you have almost no ability to really negotiate. Especially below the VP level. Overall,...
SaaStr on 20VC: Mega Funds Will Come Back, Why Markups Have Corrupted VC, RIFs and More with Jason Lemkin and Rick Zullo
We were fortunate enough to return to 20VC to help support the new format with multiple guests, and the deep dive on venture was a good one Per Harry: “VC markups have corrupted VC. We will see a rise of mega-funds once again and RIFs should be an embarrassment...
The $100,000,000 Valuation: The Last Stop Before “IPO or Bust”
So a lot of founders and VC talk about “optionality”, and it’s an interesting topic. How much optionality do you give up when you raise venture capital? Your VCs may be hoping to make 50x-100x their investment, but they are expecting to make at least 3x. More on...
Dear SaaStr: When Should a CEO Walk Away From an Acquisition Offer?
Dear SaaStr: When should a CEO walk away from an acquisition? I’ve thought about this a lot. I’ve walked from acquisitions where I, to be honest, did want the money but still walked. And I’ve taken several offers, too, sometimes when it turned out to be the wrong...
7 Things as CEO You Can Do Today To Be a Better Manager (Updated)
My time as an investor is really the first time I’ve ever worked with CEOs who weren’t formally (or at least, informally) trained as managers. My bosses all came up through the ranks. I went from Director to VP to Founder to CEO. Most of my SaaS CEO...
Why SaaStr Annual, Dreamforce, Inbound and More All Seem To Be At The Same Time
So a niche question but one we get often enough that I though worth going into my depth on is: Hey, Why Are SaaStr Annual, Inbound, Dreamforce (and More) All At Almost The Same Time? First, FYI, for SaaStr it’s not our goal but that global pandemic did change things!...
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