SaaStr
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
Andy had to completely reboot the team to reignite growth, pushing past $30m+ ARR by 2023 and selling to a top private equity firm. 3 Came from the Investment Bank They Hired. In my experience, hiring an investment bank to help you in any acquisition > $100m or so is critical. A great outcome — and a great comeback.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
It was the only SaaS IPO on 2023. But it’s clear that it’s still in the investing phase, and increasing spend in sales & marketing. So the latest SaaS leader to cross $1B ARR is Klaviyo. Klaviyo dominates marketing in the Shopify ecosystem and in ecommerce, and just keeps on scaling. The only one!
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SaaStr
MARCH 14, 2023
Q: What are some common mistakes that investors make when evaluating potential startup investments (such as Seed or Series A)? A few I’ve made and watched others around me make: Invest in good traction with a pretty good but not great CEO. Investing when you aren’t sure but someone else really successful is investing.
SaaStr
JANUARY 25, 2024
And 2023 was the year of the Work Out in venture. It got real in 2023, and that realness got normalized. And public SaaS stocks in many cases did really, really well in 2023. But the reality is I’m a bit more worried the venture drama in 2024 will be bigger than 2023. The drama mostly was behind us. So I thought.
Speaker: Donna Weber - Customer Onboarding Expert
Invest an hour with Donna Weber to learn why your customer onboarding is critical to your success. The truth is, onboarding is the most important part of the customer journey. When you set positive first impressions, establish trusting relationships, and quickly deliver meaningful outcomes, you create customers for life.
SaaStr
JANUARY 2, 2023
So I’ve been investing since 2013, and have done fairly well. Some of my top investments at seed stage include Pipedrive, Salesloft, Front, Talkdesk, Algolia, Gorgias, Greenhouse and more: But 2022 was a quiet time. My first year with no brand new investments, only follow-ons. So we’re behind. More here: www.saastrfund.com.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 20, 2022
In my own portfolio , more of my investments had a record month in October than a rough month. They aren’t perfect, but given how many CIOs they interview — over 2,200 for this survey — they’re one of my favorite sources for what’s happening in 2023. to $880 Billion in 2023 appeared first on SaaStr.
Speaker: Jamie Bernard - Senior Product Director at Launch by NTT Data
Storymapping emerges as an invaluable pre-investment tool, enabling smarter decision-making, more accurate resource allocation, and enhanced scope control. In today’s dynamic business landscape, successful product management hinges on a keen understanding of customer needs and market dynamics.
Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.
June 14th, 2023 at 9:30am PDT, 12:30pm EDT, 5:30pm BST This talk will also explore how retail tech can not only enhance the entire customer experience, but can ultimately lead to reduced associate burnout, powerful and effective leadership, and stronger, more outcome-driven teams.
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