SaaStr
OCTOBER 22, 2021
We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about how to get from $1m to $10m, $2m to $5m, $10m to $30m, etc. etc. One area we haven’t talked as much about is getting from say $100k in ARR to Initial Traction, or $1-$2m in ARR. A bit, but not as much. The reason is while I believe for a Given ACV, everyone sort of scales the same way after Initial Traction … we all find different ways to get to Initial Traction.
The Daily Egg
OCTOBER 16, 2021
Starting a business with no capital seems like an impossible feat. But, the truth is, all you need to start a business. The post 6 Easy Steps to Start a Business With No Money appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Tom Tunguz
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Reversing a problem is a common mental model for thinking about a challenge in a novel way. Especially in investing. Google’s share price is $2863.55 as I write this. Is it a good price to buy? The traditional way of thinking would lead one to build a bottoms-up model with a few assumptions and compare the output to the price. But that approach ignores some critical information: the price.
Predictable Revenue
OCTOBER 18, 2021
The goal of a cold call is attention + interest, not selling. That means we have to ask the question: How do I get this person to want to speak with me? The post Cold Calling in 2021 appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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SaaStr
OCTOBER 22, 2021
The topic of scaling is central to the mission of SaaStr: “Our goal is to help everyone get from $0 to $100m ARR with less stress and more success.” SaaS is not the right industry to aim for incremental, low single-digit revenue growth. This is an industry where stories of 17x growth – like ClickUp scaling from $4 million to $70 million of ARR, more from their Product Led Growth session here – are surprisingly common.
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Tom Tunguz
OCTOBER 19, 2021
We believe the 2020s are the decade of data. The trends are ubiquitous and plain. The number of data teams is growing as more companies rely on data for daily operations. In addition, the sophistication of these teams has progressed meaningfully in the last five years. During this period, there have been three main categories of data work: business intelligence, machine learning, and exploratory analytics.
Predictable Revenue
OCTOBER 21, 2021
If you're disregarding or underutilizing the social and emotional aspects of sales, your customers might be switching out to the competitors. We asked Dan Balcauski, the founder of Product Tranquility and a SaaS packaging and pricing expert, what companies and salespeople should be doing instead. The post Jobs-To-Be-Done Theory: Understand Your Customers Better appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Q: Dear SaaStr: What Do The Top 1% of Sales Reps Do … That The Other 99% Don’t? I have a pretty good sense what the Top 10% do, though I’m not not 100% sure about the top 1%. On the surface, they seem to be doing the same things the rest of the Top 10% do. If you don’t dig in, it can be hard to tell why the Top 1% perform the rest of the top decile.
The Daily Egg
OCTOBER 18, 2021
If you’ve always dreamed of being an entrepreneur, an online business can make it possible. Maybe you want to start the next. The post 8 Easy Steps to Start an Online Business appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments
Most integrated payments providers share a percent of the payment revenue with their software partners. But, oftentimes, that revenue share is only a fraction of the true income potential software providers can realize. If you want to maximize income opportunities from your payments program, check out Wind River Payments’ webinar-on-demand.
Intercom, Inc.
OCTOBER 18, 2021
The SaaS industry is full of advice on the perfect product metrics to gauge your users’ activation, engagement, and interactions. But how do these concepts translate into real product improvements? If you don’t know exactly what questions you want answered, these product metrics leave you blinded by the very data you hoped would open your eyes. So how do you go from simply plugging your numbers into cookie cutter formulas to answering key questions about your product and business, and providing
FastSpring
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Regardless of whether you believe that Epic Games or Apple won in the recent U.S. injunction, the ruling from U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers certainly captured the attention of the mobile development community. “When we heard about it, we just stopped what we were doing,” an app developer told us on a recent call. “It shut down our shop for a while.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Expensify: Founded in 2008 … 13 years ago. A long, tenacious path to $100m ARR, and then … Boom!! * 60% growth in Year 13 at $140m+ ARR!! * 119% NRR from SMBs!! * Super Profitable (35% EBITDA!!) #golong pic.twitter.com/4RJMDVQPMC. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) October 18, 2021. Expensify is one of those incredible companies that maybe was too early to market.
The Daily Egg
OCTOBER 16, 2021
Choosing to launch an LLC in Oregon gives you personal liability protection and tax benefits that will make your entrepreneurial journey even. The post 5 Easy Steps to Start an LLC in Oregon appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Pinterest is a great way to get your brand noticed online. After all, the world’s 14th largest social network boasts around 454 million active monthly users. Brands looking to boost performance on Pinterest should be keeping Pinterest image sizes in mind. Certain image sizes are more likely to catch the eyes of Pinterest users, and it’s important to understand how size can impact Pinterest success.
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 19, 2021
This is the first post in our new series on digital health go-to-market. For more digital health content, visit a16z.com/digital-health-builders and follow a16z Bio on Clubhouse. Digital Health is currently one of the fastest growing segments in the VC-funded … The post The New Go-To-Market Playbooks for Digital Health Startups appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Everyone today wants to start a SaaS startup. They have an idea they are passionate about. They’ve worked under a great CEO and they’re ready — they think — to do it on their own this time. And maybe they are. What does it take? Well … Let’s talk about what you don’t have to get right: Absolute Rockstar Founders? Nice, but Not Required.
The Daily Egg
OCTOBER 21, 2021
“Our reputation doesn’t mean a thing,” said no one, ever. People are not going to line your pockets with hard-earned cash if. The post Podium Vs. Reputation.com appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Unbounce
OCTOBER 21, 2021
You know the drill: You build a quick landing page and start promoting it. . The leads start rolling in, but there’s a problem: None of ’em are turning into paying customers. They’re just sitting there, waiting. Sounds familiar? You’re not alone. Too many businesses throw quick landing pages together, thinking only about the immediate next step (say, generating leads).
Nimble - Sales
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Here at Nimble, we pride ourselves on putting the R for Relationships back into CRM (Customer Relationship Management). We aim to help individuals and teams build and nurture the relationships they need to achieve their life goals. Nimble is the CRM built for the whole company, not just sales and marketing teams. We’re excited to […]. The post Nimble’s New Workflows Help Teams Ditch Spreadsheets and Collaborate Company-Wide appeared first on Nimble Blog.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 19, 2021
After our highest-rated SaaStr Annual 2021 ever, we’re back for 2022 in the SF Bay Area again at San Mateo event center. We’ll again use our festival-style format from 2021, just bigger, better and more refined: Outdoors + Open Air Again! 40+ Acres! 10,000 Founders, VCs + Execs. 100% Bigger 100% More Mentors + Workshops. 200+ Top Sponsors.
The Daily Egg
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Deciding to create an LLC is the right step for many small business owners. You enjoy the same personal liability protection as. The post 6 Easy Steps to Start an LLC in Georgia appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Neil Patel
OCTOBER 21, 2021
As a marketer, you know how valuable audience connection is. When you truly connect, you build trust and increase the likelihood of repeat purchases and interaction. These days, there are more and more ways for marketers to reach their target audiences. From TikTok to in-feed Instagram ads, marketers are encountering never-before-seen amounts of opportunity for connection.
IT World
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Zoho has expanded its Zoho One business software suite to include more than 50 apps, adding a wide range of capabilities around analytics, security management, and employee experience. The vendor launched Zoho One in 2017 with the goal of providing access to a wider range of the applications across its extensive portfolio. The app suite costs $37 per employee per month when subscriptions are purchased annually for a customer’s entire workforce; otherwise annual subscriptions are $90 per user per
SaaStr
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Casey Renner, partner at Openview, grabbed 3 of our great speakers from 2021 SaaStr Annual to do 3 fun, short walks-and-talks. All 3 are worth a watch! CEO of Algolia, Bernadette Nixon. First up was a walk-and-talk with one of my favorite CEOs, Bernadette Nixon of Aloglia. I was lucky enough to be the first U.S. VC in Algolia back in 2014, and it’s now a $2B+ search API giant.
The Daily Egg
OCTOBER 17, 2021
Both the LLC and S-Corp classifications give businesses and their owners some valuable benefits, but it’s essential to choose the option that’s. The post The Complete Guide to Understanding LLCs Vs. S-Corps appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Kellblog
OCTOBER 21, 2021
I’ve mentioned this idea a few times of late (e.g., my previous post , my SaaStock EMEA presentation ) [1] and I’ve had some follow-up questions from readers, so I thought I’d do a quick post on the subject. Back in the day at Salesforce, we called pipeline sources “horsemen,” a flawed term both for its embedded gender pronoun and its apocalyptic connotation.
Casey Accidental
OCTOBER 18, 2021
I have written about the Chief Product Officer role in the past, and why the job is so hard. I also wrote about being a product leader during a crisis. But not much is written about starting as a new product leader. So, I thought I’d write a post about my first year as CPO, and share some general lessons. First, a reminder of the situation I started in.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 19, 2021
I guess in some ways SaaStr is a digest of mistakes we all make in recurring revenue businesses, how to avoid them, or at least, make fewer. There’s one important mistake folks tend to make consistently in the early days. It’s the mistake of thinking anyone, any company, actually needs their product. And because they think anyone actually needs their product, they underoptimize their initial go-to-market strategies, or worse, don’t even really have a good one.
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