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Founders Today Just Need to Assume the Next Round Never Comes

SaaStr

And while AWS’s growth is down a bit, it’s still at epic levels, Azure isn’t even really down, and Google Cloud is growing faster than ever. It’s still close to the best times ever in SaaS for growth and customers, even with mixed signals in the economy. It’s very, very quiet at $300m+ valuations.

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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tom Tunguz

They prioritize revenue growth, market share and profit maximization differently. Maximization (Revenue Growth) - maximize revenue growth in the short term. AWS, Twilio, Heroku, etc. Competition based pricing works well in markets where the price and value of a particular type of product are well established.

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My App Stack: Shrav Mehta, Founder and CEO of Secureframe

SaaStr

I’m using Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive), AWS , Vercel , Slack , Figma , Notion , Salesforce , HubSpot , Secureframe , Clari , and Zapier. #2. Last week we had a great one with Luca Penati, CMO & CCO of BEE, check it out here. This week we have Shrav Mehta, Founder and CEO of Secureframe! #1. What’s your core stack of apps today?

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Why It’s Year 3 When You Lose Your Customers

SaaStr

Recently I was catching up with a good friend who used to be CEO of an enterprise-y SaaS social networking company — and the usage and engagement numbers of his business were just awful. Customers bought because they thought their organizations needed this functionality, and so they wrote the checks for Year 1, and even Year 2.

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Why Booths Work at Top Industry Events. But You Have to Put In The Effort.

SaaStr

At AWS Reinvent, if your customers are there. At Dreamforce, if you are in the SFDC ecosystem. At Shoptalk, if you are in eCommerce. At SaaStr Annual , if you are in SaaS and especially if you see to founders or revenue leaders. If a major event can draw in 10, 100, or even a 1,000 of your customers, you should be there.

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MQLs? Aligning Marketing Metrics with Revenue Goals

Sales Hacker

Previously, Amit led marketing efforts at startups like Tact AI (1st AI Assistant for Sales backed by AWS, Microsoft, and Salesforce), HP Inc (next-gen computing) and Spire AI (Human Capital SaaS). More for your eardrums : Amit Pande is CMO and EVP of Strategy at Aviso AI, a leading revenue intelligence platform.

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MongoDB’s Playbook for Breaking Into and Dominating a Market

OpenView Labs

As a newcomer with a fresh take on the database, they needed a way into an already crowded market. Francesca Krihely , current Senior Director, Developer Experience and Growth at Snyk, was Director of Growth Marketing at MongoDB when the company built its first developer community.