Let me make a suggestion: Get great at an email elevator pitch. Many biases and prejudices seep into in-person VC pitches. If you don’t fit the mold, your odds go down. That’s not fair, or cool, or right. But it’s a fact. At least today. But a great email elevator...
Welcome to Episode 161! Brad Feld is one of the world’s leading VCs and Co-Founder of Foundry Group. Brad has made investments in the likes of Zynga, Makerbot, and Fitbit, just to name a few. Brad is also Co-Founder of Techstars, one of the world’s most prominent...
Post written by guest blogger Chris Cooper. As with any conference the size of SaaStr, you must make some important choices. Do you pack your schedule, filling every possible time slot? Or, should you cooly hang by the bar and network? Which session do you attend when...
Post written by guest blogger, Jen Igartua. A commitment to diversity, kickass content and… dogs. Last year, I attended SaaStr Annual for the first time. As a partner of a SaaS consultancy, the existence an event solely targeted to SaaS companies immediately drew me...
Budget — somehow, some way — 24 months just to get to initial traction. 6 months is not enough. You can’t budget 12 months and then “move on” if it doesn’t work out by then. It almost never “works out” after just 12 months. I know you have no savings, your...
It makes sense when it’s true. Otherwise, it’s a terrible idea. Co-CEOs are very confusing: Investors and media will be very confused. VCs get a bit spooked by co-CEOs. Who am I betting on? Employees will be confused. Who’s the boss? Both of them? What does that mean?...
Post written by Plato HQ. The excitement is palpable—in just a few short days, thousands of founders, executives, and VCs will be gathering in San Francisco to share their stories, exchange ideas, and meet like-minded folks at the SaaStr Annual event from February...
The main impact is it is harder to be a “tweener”. Rounds are bigger, but with bigger checks also come bigger expectations. $2m ARR is the new $1m ARR to show true early traction. Or, higher growth rates are expected before that. Put differently, there’s more pressure...
Welcome to Episode 160! Mark Mader is the CEO of Smartsheet, the company that allows firms the best way to plan, track, automate and report on work. To date, they have raised over $105m in funding from some of the best in the business, including Insight Venture...
Boy we’re getting close now to the 2018 Annual. There are so many great sessions, picking will be tough. But I wanted to highlight a baker’s dozen of super interesting sessions you might have missed that I think are pretty special / unique: The...
