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5 Interesting Learnings from UiPath at $600,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It was founded way back in 2005 as an outsourcing company, then developed Windows software to automate scripts and more, and turned this into a powerhouse for automating complex functions integrating Cloud and on-prem. 2005: Started as a tech outsourcing company. 2017: $30m rev. 2014: $500k rev. seed round. 2015: $1m rev.

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Clouded Judgement 8.16.24 - The Great Services-To-Software Rotation

Clouded Judgement

Today, IT budgets are roughly broken down into: ~50% headcount / personnel, ~25% software, ~15% hardware, and ~10% outsourcing / consultants. As software grows as a percentage, I think we see headcount / outsourcing shrinking. Let’s discuss why this matters. Consider a hypothetical budget scenario.

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Inflation and Deflation in Web2 and Web3 Startups

Tom Tunguz

For example, users burn tokens to execute a smart contract. allocations across community, investors, validators, and developer incentives. To succeed, the crypto company must distribute tokens to thousands of investors to hold, trade and stake. Just as tokens can be created, they can be destroyed. Trailing 2 Year Inflation Rate.

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5 Interesting Learnings from GitLab at $250,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

And the engine really never stopped running, evolving into a dominant DevOps Platform for software development. We’re getting used to seeing these super-high NRR numbers from the top developer-focused leaders, in many cases because utility pricing often encourages it (see also Datadog, Twilio, etc). First $100k customer in 2017.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Fastly. As It Gets Ready to IPO.

SaaStr

5+ learnings for founders: Developers control a lot of spend today. Customers than typically move to more fixed contracts once they exceed minimum commits. Yes, Fastly is a developer-focused platform with $100k+ price points. Even developer-focused products don’t sell themselves, folks. Make it easy, folks!

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5 Interesting Learnings from Asana at $600,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

5k ACV is their line for a material customer, and what they see as a “larger” contract. Back when CEO Dustin Moskovitz came to SaaStr Annual 2017 , they’d just crossed 20,000 customers). Asana still has tiny customers, and plenty of them. But they are focused on the “less tiny” ones. $5k

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GTM 128: The Death of Demos and Selling What Customers Actually Need with Fred Viet

Sales Hacker

We’re always in a rush to get to the outcome or the next step, but like, you know, it sounds cliche, but like that journey and that progression is where you’re actually developing all of the skills that will in turn serve you for that next chapter. Fred Viet: It’s more an advice that I receive. Are we aligned on the roadmap?