Dear SaaStr: Does The VC Fund Pay for Legal Fees After The Term Sheet is Signed?
Dear SaaStr: Does The VC Fund Pay for Legal Fees After The Term Sheet is Signed? The traditional practice is that VC funds have the startup pay both their fees and the VC’s legal fees in the financing. A lot of folks get upset about this — but my advice is Be Zen and...
My App Stack: Miguel Carranza, CTO of RevenueCat
We’re kicking off a new series on SaaStr on what top SaaS and Cloud leaders (CROs, CMOs, and CTOs) use in their tech stack. First up is Miguel Carranza, CTO of RevenueCat. RevenueCat (where I was lucky enough to be the first investor) is the leading mobile...
Top 10 SaaStr Tips for Founders & CEOs
The blog Healthy Competition put together their favorite Top 10 SaaStr Tips for Founders & CEOs from all our content. It’s a great list and I thought I’d put it up here and add to it a bit: And a deeper dive on them here: The best CEOs respect &...
Top SaaStr Content for the Week with Cockroach Labs’ and Loom’s CEOs, monday.com’s Co-Founders, SaaStr’s Founder and more!
The top SaaStr content you might have missed for the week of August 13th 2023.
Dear SaaStr: How Long Do You Have as an SDR/BDR if You Aren’t Hitting your Quota?
Dear SaaStr: How Long Do You Have as an SDR/BDR if You Aren’t Hitting your Quota? In my experience, no matter what anyone says, most sales professionals are given three chances: 3 sales cycles to ramp up for an AE. 3 quarters for enterprise / field reps (even if...
Business Disputes: You Always Lose
As time goes on with your startup, then your scale-up, then maybe even your public company … you will have to deal with disputes. At first, they will be rare. Then more common. Then they will escalate, and in many cases, you’ll be pretty sure you are on the right...
A Look Back: The Secrets to Going Big, Going Multi-Product and Going Public with Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates (Pod 546 + Video)
Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates lays out the mistakes young companies will often make as they grow, and how he positioned Amplitude for growth and success.
The SaaStr MiniGuide to Pitching, Raising and Closing VC Funding
Ok here is basically a bible for you for raising venture funding. Trust me. There’s too much advice that is biased, or from the inexperienced out there. Raising venture capital is not a game. But it is a process. Here’s the insider guides to making it...