SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

What’s the secret to SaaS success at YCombinator? Sam : We’re going to talk today about a lot of topics, but the general theme is, what’s the difference between good and great SaaS companies? The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Getting the team right is so key here.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

What does customer satisfaction look like for SaaS businesses? Unlike traditional businesses, most SaaS businesses operate the subscription pricing model. As a result, satisfying customers is key to any success in SaaS. Satisfaction in SaaS, therefore, isn’t simply about developing a nice product and launching it in the market.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

So let’s take a look back to a deep dive with the CEOs on what they learned building their first senior teams: ———-. As a founder/CEO, building your first management team is something that you often lose sleep over. What makes you feel that you need to level up your management, set up your first management team?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Developers act, think, and behave differently than your average customer. As an API-first company, WorkOS focuses on selling primarily to developers. Doing Business with Developers. Developers haven’t typically been the buyers in enterprise software, so why should you build for developers?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

sales team. I would argue it was one of the first SaaS companies of its time, but back then we called it an ASP, an application service provider. I did all sorts of things there from sales, to project management, to running the engineering team, hiring. This is where I got my chops in growing and scaling enterprise sales teams.

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SaaStr

MARCH 30, 2024

Then, you’ll have enough folks and experience to put a small team on a new initiative / segment / market. Micromanaging Your First (and Second) Management Team. Bad operational model / misunderstanding the burn rate. Your happy customers beget more happy customers in SaaS. NPS is A Great Core Metric.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2020

More on that here: The $2 Million Dollar Man/Woman: How to Think About Scaling Your Customer Success Team. More on that here: Two SaaS Metrics That Actually Don’t Matter That Much: Absolute Churn and Sales Cycles. Now some bonus tips: Build an enterprise-only sales team. You need human beings to do this. A lot more.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2023

Management teams must determine how to thrive in a downturn to position their businesses for profitable growth. The ‘Rule of 40’ is a valuable metric that can illustrate the degree of shift and what it means for companies fundraising and operating. However, management teams that pursued growth at all costs were punished severely.

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SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2021

I bet the freemium metrics appeared good, with positive growth and solid conversion rates. Hmmmm … well, to me, that’s not a bad place to be once a space, a category, gets to $100m+. But that’s not Disruption — in SaaS at least. Sometimes in SaaS, there are natural monopolies. Not usually.

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SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2021

Pomel focused his session on: Making your SaaS startup customer-centric: Hw event marketing has helped him integrate his engineering and sales teams. How many of you guys’ product rely on the highly functioning engineering team? Helping the engineering teams run smoothly and being super productive thanks to mentoring.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shopify is a huge opportunity for developers looking to expand into the micro-SaaS space. The Shopify App Store brings together Shopify app developers and Shopify shop owners for their mutual benefit. What is a business metric? Use Baremetrics to calculate business metrics for Shopify Apps 6. Table of Contents.

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SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2023

Mistake #1: Viewing Investors Only As Capital As founders build a team, they focus on obtaining complementary skill sets. Of course, building great teams and finding product market fit is critical, but don’t forget about product investor fit. As global investors, GGV Capital looks at SaaS companies in the U.S., Absolutely.

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

A quick look into Userpilot In a nutshell, Userpilot is an all-in-one product growth platform that enables businesses to increase product metrics at every stage of the user journey. Custom dashboards to track key metrics at a glance. Where Pendo falls short Steep learning curve: Installation is complex, requiring developer assistance.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Gorgias is the leading contact center for e-commerce and it’s been a fun one to track at SaaS, from 1,000 to 3,000 to now 7,000 customers. I considered the four companies and chose Gorgias based on my experience with their team during the interview process. 7 Tips to get 7,000 Customers. It seemed like the best investment! .

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2023

They can also help secure the data, reporting, process, and discipline a business need to evaluate progress so it can develop the accountability necessary to drive operational excellence. Fundamental metrics (like ARR, CAC Payback, or Burn Rate) will never stop being important; they’re industry standards for a reason.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2024

He previously built the pre and post sales solutions team at mParticle from zero to supporting hundreds of enterprise customers. Is there a lot of internal or customer work that needs to be done or managed by your team? As the lens of efficiency is further applied in SaaS, Customer Success is coming under greater scrutiny.

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SaaStr

JULY 11, 2023

What’s Actually Working For SaaS PR In 2023 … And What Isn’t Back when Jason wrote his SaaS founders’ guide to PR , he put out one of the most tangible and pragmatic guides to what makes hiring a PR firm truly worth it. Sketch out exactly how big the market is, and be prepared to back it up with independent metrics.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Collect customer data to calculate complex formulas for tracking metrics, monitor customer health scores, and resolve support tickets while continuously trying to improve retention and expansion.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

The SaaS industry has seen explosive growth in the past decadeand this is expected to continue this year. Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Customer acquisition cost. Monthly/annual recurring revenue.

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 9, 2025

So read on, and hopefully, your SaaS sales journey will be less about trial and error and more about steady progress toward success. Self-service sales model This is when customers explore and experience your product independently without needing hands-on help from your sales team. Heres a breakdown of each: 1.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 7, 2022

Have you ever had a sudden realization that you’re spending more on sales and marketing than research and development? If so, you aren’t alone –– the median enterprise SaaS company spends twice as much on sales and marketing than R&D. Your marketing team’s task is to turn a grey reality black and white for your consumers.

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User Pilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Want to track the different types of product metrics to get product growth insights ? Product metrics are critical for product growth managers to develop the right product strategies and drive continuous value for customers. However, it isn’t easy to choose the right product metrics from the many SaaS metrics available.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 2, 2021

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is a metric that has been growing with the emergence of Internet companies and web-based advertising campaigns that can be tracked. In this environment, the CAC metric is used by both companies and investors. What the CAC Metric Means to You. The first company (Example 1) has a poor metric.

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SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche. And then what’s your unique advantage as a company, as the team? Jyoti Bansal: Yeah.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

So how feasible do you think that works for a typical B2B SaaS business that probably our user-base is not too knowledgeable about [inaudible] on the internet for something specific in their day-to-day use case? Jason Lemkin: But usually your teams can’t do that. This always works. If you do Salesforce, try to do Pipedrive.

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User Pilot

APRIL 22, 2024

Product feature analysis is a powerful tool in the SaaS product manager’s arsenal. This analysis isn’t exclusive to SaaS; the principle applies when analyzing physical attributes for hardware products. Specify the metrics to track. Extract feature development insights. We cover: Types of product features.

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your SaaS business?

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Unfortunately, things only get more difficult when it comes to running the whole business as a Shopify app developer. This article will cover 10 business tips for improving your Shopify app’s development, marketing, and sales. 10 business tips for Shopify app developers 1. The Shopify QA team are your friends 6.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 20, 2021

You should approach this tactically with honed and consistent metrics. You need to measure and repeat so you and your sales team only put effort into promising prospects abroad. Develop a focused sales approach. You need to develop a buying persona for each stakeholder profile. What about size?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

I think it’s a challenge to folks that think we are in some sort of terrible downturn for SaaS and cloud. While Azure and Google Cloud grew at record rates, Shopify for example, its SaaS business only grew 10% last quarter. Colin here, CEO of a startup, B2B SaaS, and raising a seed round right now. Take the meeting.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 15, 2021

A key reason why customer engagement metrics are important to successful SaaS businesses. In this article, we will walk you through ten important user engagement metrics to measure. What are customer engagement metrics? What customer engagement metrics are important to track? Let's get started!

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User Pilot

AUGUST 26, 2024

Product data capture is essential for SaaS companies looking to understand user behavior, optimize user experiences, and drive product growth. From choosing the right data capture methods to navigating complex tools, SaaS companies must balance the need for detailed insights with the reality of technical constraints.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

In his excellent article, The Manufacturer’s Dilemma , the author Geoffrey Moore gives perhaps the most succinct economic premise of the shift to the SaaS model: “The ultimate consequence of all this is as simple as it is devastating: product is no longer king. Overcoming A Manufacturer’s Mentality In SaaS.

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Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, .

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Every SaaS company faces problemsproduct performance issues, low NPS, churn. This guide breaks down a simple, step-by-step RCA process designed for SaaS teams. This guide breaks down a simple, step-by-step RCA process designed for SaaS teams. software development) to identify causal factors of a specific problem.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Are you having trouble deciding on what feature adoption metrics you should choose to measure the success of the new feature? In this article, we’ll cover the key metrics you need to develop an informed feature adoption strategy and discuss how you can improve them. What is feature adoption in SaaS?

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SaaStr

MAY 24, 2023

Most of the time, a missing teams view or the ability to integrate with one more system isn’t the answer. Misconception #2: There Are No “One-Time” Costs Many founders say, “Well, our burn was $600k this quarter, but actually, it was $450k because we had legal fees, an employee separation, a new office deposit, and a team off-site.”

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