by Jason Lemkin | Jul 11, 2020 | Blog Posts, Early, Q&A |
Q: What are some great examples of “at first if you don’t succeed”? A few: Twitter started off as Odeo for podcasting–which failed–and most of the investors took their money back, but not all. Slack started off as Tiny Speck, a gaming...
by Amelia Ibarra | Jul 10, 2020 | Fundraising, Leadership, Podcasts, SaaS Product Pricing, Sales |
Ep. 351: Chris O’Neill (Google, Evernote) shares his lessons from previous downturns and how to chart a new course for growth in today’s changing market. This episode is sponsored by Lightmatter SaaStr’s Founder’s Favorites Series features...
by Amelia Ibarra | Jul 8, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts |
Ep. 350: Neha Sampat is the Founder and CEO @ Contentstack, a modern content management system bringing business and tech teams together to deliver personalised, omnichannel experiences. Atypical in our world, but Neha scaled the business to well over $1M in ARR...
by Team SaaStr | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fundraising, Leadership, SaaStr Events, Videos
What Nobody Tells You About Seed Investing with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder and Partner Aileen Lee Aileen Lee | Founder @ Cowboy Ventures Jason Lemkin | Founder @ SaaStr Jason Lemkin: … founders what, how things really work, what...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 7, 2020 | Blog Posts, Marketing, Product, Q&A |
Q: What is a strategy you have employed as a software company to keep sales up during COVID-19? My favorite strategy, looking across my portfolio of investments, is not charging customers that right now are struggling. We did a deep dive on how this turbocharged...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 7, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fundraising, Growth |
We’re approaching the age of 1,000+ Unicorns and despite a global pandemic, this remains The Best of TImes in Cloud and startups in general. But there’s a quiet cautionary tale to just think about. The two latest $1b+ acquisitions weren’t quite as...
by Tami McQueen | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog Posts, SaaStr Events |
We just crossed the 4,000 mark of confirmed SaaS founders and leaders joining us for SaaStr Enterprise on Wednesday, July 29th, for an action-packed day with speakers from the biggest Cloud / SaaS companies on the planet. If you have not yet checked out the...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Growth, Leadership |
They say CEO is a lonely job, and I guess in some ways that’s true, but in many ways it’s quite the opposite. If you do it right as a founder, there’s nothing more rewarding than getting to work on Monday. Checking in with the team. Being on a...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 4, 2020 | Blog Posts |
As YouTube views continue to grow during Shelter, what are folks watching this week on SaaStr — that they didn’t also watch last week? Let’s talk a look at the Top 10 for this week to catch up on over the holiday weekend! #1: “Lessons from...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Marketing, Marketing |
During these Shelter+ times SaaStr is focusing more on our digital events and assets … out of necessity. Our IRL events are in a holding patten, for obvious reasons. During this time I’ve re-learned a lot of things. Perhaps the #1 thing is people...
