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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

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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Dream Teams: The Characteristics of Billion-Dollar Startup Founders

Tom Tunguz

Above is a chart comparing the number of “billion” dollar startups by the total number of founders and the share of technical founders. 70% of teams have at least one technical founder. 30% of teams have no technical cofounders. The full dataset is here. founders; the median is 2. 10% of founders have an MBA.

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The 3 Stages of Hiring GTM Executives

Sales Hacker

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. First bullet is definitely creative grinders. Share Last week we did Part 1 on SaaStr takeaways w. Doers with a ton of hunger and drive.

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What is flat rate pricing? Examples, definition, pros and cons

ProfitWell

“The problem with per-seat pricing is that it by definition makes your biggest customers your best customers. And from that flows decisions about what and who to spend time on,” says David Heinemeier Hansson , co-founder and CTO of Basecamp. “[My With money comes influence, if not outright power.

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Product Power Breakfast #2: Thomas Interviews Dave

Kellblog

A surprise cameo from Dharmesh Shah , cofounder and CTO of HubSpot (who I think Jason pulled up [1]) — thanks for coming! While it was definitely a romp in terms of structure (or lack thereof), it was high energy, full of great content, and fun.

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SaaS Churn: Myths, Benchmarks, and Strategies to Retain More Revenue

FastSpring

And in part three, we’ll conclude with a set of definitions you can use when talking about churn with others — and some additional resources. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks Part II: 5 Proven Strategies for Reducing SaaS Churn Part III: Churn Definitions and Additional Resources. Part III: Churn Definitions and Additional Resources.

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Helping builders build

Point Nine Land

Finally, if you’re building the next category-defining company in vertical SaaS, definitely give us a shout! It’s awesome to see other vertical SaaS founders in our portfolio investing alongside us in the newest additions to the family and sharing their learnings and insights after years executing on the ground.