Everyone is being asked to make do with less, one way or another. Layoffs are back, and hiring freezes are even more back. And even if growth is strong, folks are getting more conservative. They want less spend for more output. And what often gets cut first, and...
So it’s early … SaaStr 2023 events really have just gone on sale. And attendance and buying patterns have clearly changed since the pandemic. More people attend events at the last minute now. But still, it’s one set of tea leaves to read. And so...
In any business, when you have a top-down model with someone at the top making decisions for the entire company, it doesn’t leave a lot of incentive for vendors to create something great. That’s why many companies are shifting from a sales-led to a product-led...
What does successful company growth look like? Lots of SaaS founders are preoccupied with employee headcount as an important growth metric, but this indicator is not always true. Anu Muralidharan, COO at Expensify, says, “When a company is small, every single employee...
Dear SaaStr: Why Are We Seeing Such a Big Drop in Startup Fundraising? Cooley is one of the top law firms representing startups, and so they have data that no one else quite has. They know exactly what venture deals are priced at, exactly how many are happening, and...
So I firmly believe the market has over-discounted SaaS and Cloud stocks, that they are trading just too low. They shouldn’t be at almost historical lows, given the still epic growth rates at so many leaders, from MongoDB to Cloudflare to Monday to ZoomInfo. ...
Your revenue targets aren’t changing, but the world around you is. Small tweaks at every stage of the revenue cycle can help you stay on target no matter what is thrown your way. Starting with inbound leads, Chief Marketing Officer at SalesLoft, Lauren Vaccarello,...
How do you enter a highly competitive marketplace, carve a niche for yourself, and then scale the business to $100 million+ ARR? Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund, joined Matt Plank, VP of Sales at Rippling, to unlock the secrets to exponential revenue growth. We...