SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

David Sacks – GP at Craft Ventures, and this week I thought I’d wrap it up with Part 2 stemming from a great session with Spenser Skates , CEO and CoFounder of Amplitude. Justin Stackany CEO / Startup Advisor & Former CCO Hungry generalists who are uncomfortable being bored and secretly enjoy a little chaos.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She has 20 years of experience in sales leadership and the talent acquisition industry. Jo-Anne Jaspen i s a passionate growth strategist, B2B revenue leader, mentor, and startup advisor. Kasey Jones – Cofounder, CEO + Growth Strategist at BetterGrowth. She is a regular speaker in some of the top sales conferences.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

To investigate, Ryan Law, former CMO and cofounder of Cobloom, performed an analysis of six recent churn reports or studies and found that there is no consensus on the average churn rate for SaaS companies. But is this purely anecdotal? How common is it for SaaS companies to meet this benchmark? Update Your Dunning Management System.

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. Our recurring billing services let SaaS companies focus on their business and customer acquisition instead of the nuts and bolts of billing. Spending too much on customer acquisition before product/market fit. Seeking financing from friends and family. You know it works.

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 10, 2020

Freemium, or offering some of your software features to prospects for free, is one of the most road-tested and time-honored acquisition models SaaS companies use to get customers on board. As we can see here, companies that offer only paid pricing or a free trial have seen their CAC rise exponentially since 2014.

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ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Spotify, on the other hand, added discounted tiers for Spotify Premium in a bid to increase acquisition and retention. And from that flows decisions about what and who to spend time on,” says David Heinemeier Hansson , co-founder and CTO of Basecamp. “[My The reason for this success? With money comes influence, if not outright power.

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