SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Ok the title here is a bit dramatic, but certainly seed investing is in an odd place in 2024. Harry and Jason did a deep dive on this and so much more here: Intro (00:00:00) Seed investing is broken due to limited founders capable of triple-digit growth. The best investments grow from $1 million to $10 million in 5 quarters or less.

CTO Hire 214

CTO Hire Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 214

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

Even if you have almost no capital, you can afford to fly to visit your top customers, prospects and partners more often. Less and you under-invest. That was great and created freedom from venture capital and many other benefits. 5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. on the balance sheet. More here.

Part-Time VPE 271

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 271

SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2024

Growth is still good for them, but they had no net new customers last quarter. HubSpots NRR has fallen to 100%, so to grow 23%, they must add 23% net new customers. Are brand-new companies that seem epic with no revenue really worth $1.5B Maybe if you have the ex-CTO of Github, but that’s still a super speculative bet.

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CTO Hire AI Venture Capital Scale 130

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

Now he’s a partner making investments on the VC side at Foundation Capital with over 20 years of operational experience. About Angus Davis & Foundation Capital [1:45]. SMB Sales & SDRs at (Smaller) Scale [18:20]. Angus Davis: Foundation Capital is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm.

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Payment Methods Scale CTO Coach SMB 55