by Jason Lemkin | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog Posts, Metrics |
OK, so this I think the first negative, or at least “bummer” post, I think I’ve ever written on SaaStr in 8 years. We’ve been through ups and downs in SaaS since 2012 (the start of SaaStr), flash crashes, multiple contractions, as well as the...
by Team SaaStr | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog Posts, SaaStr Events, Videos
Lan Xuezhao is the Founding Partner at Basis Set Ventures. Today she discusses how everything is changing in the current climate, the rise of war-time founders, having teams work remote, and the supply-chain reimagined Lan Xuezhao | Founding Partner @ Basis Set...
by Amelia Ibarra | Aug 2, 2020 | Early, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts |
Ep. 357: Therese Tucker breaks through the dogma behind what it takes to build a successful tech company. With stories based on the founding of BlackLine — to the company’s successful IPO – you’ll learn the most common myths behind success and why they may be holding...
by Jason Lemkin | Aug 2, 2020 | Blog Posts |
Our latest digital event, SaaStr: Enterprise attracted over 70,000 attendees across social media and 7,500+ to our mentorship and other sessions. Most of the videos are now up on YouTube here to watch, and we’ll transcribe them, edit them into podcasts, and more...
by Jason Lemkin | Aug 1, 2020 | Blog Posts |
This has been an incredible roller-coaster for us in SaaS and Cloud since March 15, for some even more than others, but an incredible amount of change for all of us. Some of you are in the “Covid Decimated” category (travel, IRL events, etc) and things in...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fundraising |
Tom Taulli Behind the Round with SaaStr: Chorus.ai Raises $45 Million This week Chorus announced its Series C round for $45 million, which was led by Georgian Partners. This brings the total amount raised to $85.2 million. Founded in 2015, Chorus operates a SaaS...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog Posts, Scale |
These are crazy times. The economy has contracted at a record rate of -33%. Yet, the Cloud is on fire during Work-and-Do-Everything-Possible-from-Home. Shopify grew 100% at $3 billion in ARR. Zoom is growing at rates we’ve never seen before in SaaS and...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 30, 2020 | Blog Posts, Early, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: Does the CEO need to know code? If yes, how much, or to what extent? I think the founder-CEO needs to be great at at least one core line function: Able to code and ship a sellable 1.0 (engineering); or Able to close first $1m in revenues (sales); or Able...
by Amelia Ibarra | Jul 30, 2020 | Early, Metrics, Podcasts, Sales, Sales |
Ep. 356: Pete Kazanjy is the Co-Founder @ Atrium, the startup providing proactive, always-on insights for sales operations, managers, and leaders. Stop asking questions. Start getting answers. Alongside Atrium, Pete is also the Founder of Modern Sales Pros, a...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 30, 2020 | Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Hiring, Leadership |
SaaStr has now passed 10,000+ pieces of content, and we’ve somewhat gone on a journey from the early days of a SaaS company, through the growth phases, to the Unstoppable phase, and now has time has gone on, even to the Decacorn phase. 🙂 We’re not quite...
