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Why Covid-19 Has Been Great for SaaS VCs. Or at Least, Their Portfolios.

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Our airlines are barely hanging on. Ok we are facing unprecedented times. As much as 33% of the U.S. is underemployed or unemployed, or has given up looking. Retail is imploding. Schools are closing everywhere. It’s simply terrible and unprecedented. And yet … and yet. these are the Best of Times for SaaS VCs.

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5 Interesting Learnings from SmartSheet at $1 Billion in ARR

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Growing Faster Than Others Due to “Non-Tech Customers” Smartsheet added a $850,000 restaurant customer deal, another big one at a top airline, and a third at a media and entertainment leader. And a few other interesting learnings: #6. And they grew a government contract to $1.6 million in ARR.

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Thanks to Asana, G2, Globalization Partners, Payhawk, and Salesloft for Sponsoring SaaStr Europa 2022!

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Global customers such as Amazon, Japan Airlines, Sky, and Affirm rely on Asana to manage everything from company objectives to digital transformation to product launches and marketing campaigns. Join these incredible companies to experience all the value of SaaStr!

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10 Tips to Help Manage the Burn

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This always gives your revenue a boost, at very little additional cost beyond a lot of time and a few airline tickets and hotel rooms. Be at all the top events in your industry — because your customers will be. Applying the above can often extend your cash runway 20%-30% right there.

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10 Learnings From Jeff Lawson (CEO Twilio) + Byron Deeter (Bessemer Ventures): “Adapt, Plan, Deliver”

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Both in unimpacted industries, but also in the heavily impacted industries. “Maybe even go solve a problem for the airline industry today. .” Times of crisis are actually great times to find hard problems to solve. We need so many customer problems solved now. Maybe don’t bet your whole company on that industry.

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2021 Planning and Global Economic Collapse

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Every airline without government support will collapse. We didn’t do the right things, we’re crossing 5m cases, and it’s too late now. Well, it’s not too late, but we lack the will to change things. So we’re gonna have to ride it out. And that will take another year. support ends shortly. Outside of the U.S.,

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Dreamforce, Arse-Kissing, and Behavioral vs. Attitudinal Loyalty

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The classic example of Behavioral Loyalty is say United Airlines. If you haven’t explored the difference between behavioral and attitudinal loyalty, it’s one of the most important things you can understand in SaaS customer success. No one loves United.

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