SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Company? You really need a great CTO, not just a good business team. You really need a great CTO, not just a good business team. A mediocre tech team, a part-time CTO, or even just a decent CTO just doesn’t get you there. Much better.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the latest installment of SaaStr’s What’s New series – where we sit down with the leaders in SaaS and Cloud for the inside scoop on what’s top of mind and what’s new, SaaStr CEO and Jason Lemkin chats with the CEO of ZoomInfo , Henry Schuck. So, what’s new at ZoomInfo? The Takeaway — There has to be a pathway.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Unparalleled Networking Opportunities SaaStr Annual brings together thousands of SaaS, Cloud and AI executives, founders, VCs, and industry leaders under one roof across our 40+ acre campus, May 13-15 in SF Bay! Finding and recruiting top talent is consistently ranked as one of the biggest challenges for growing SaaS companies.

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SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2022

OpenPhone and AgentSync are two SaaS businesses with very different growth strategies, but the same ultimate goal: to continue selling while simultaneously problem-solving for current customers. tip their toes in new growth strategies. That’s why the two brands are heavily investing in sales and customer success teams as they ?tip

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 31, 2023

channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution We often reference Dave’s work when talking to innovators. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Be sure to check out the entire presentation. Conclusion Startup metrics are an invaluable tool for founders and innovators.

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TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

These advancements allow for a more resilient and responsive supply chain, as well as a manufacturing sector that can swiftly adapt to new challenges and opportunities, thereby driving substantial corporate impact. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2022

Braze is yet another SaaS leader growing even faster past $200m ARR. Dramatically accelerating its new customer count at scale. But the past several quarters Braze has doubled its new customer growth, from 22%-29% to 48% today. A good yardstick for more enterprise-focused SaaS. You should aim for the same. more today.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As a growing SaaS company, there is a lot to think about in a day: How is my ARR doing? vary on how they handle sales tax and SaaS. As a SaaS company, you could even get flagged for an audit because of quick growth. SaaS company Basecamp discovered the nee d for these steps firsthand. “ Are we delighting our costumes?

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TechEmpower SaaS

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. Beyond merely retrieving relevant information or documents based on a query, LLMs can generate entirely new content or responses tailored to a user's specific request.

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TechEmpower SaaS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New features always require significant rewrites, and consequently a lot of time. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Developers seem unconcerned about bugs or system downtime. Developers become annoyed at testers for finding bugs. And it never hurts to get an outside opinion !

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TechEmpower SaaS

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. And if this description doesn’t resonate with Mark, he can ask for a new one, while providing feedback. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

What started as a simple WordPress blog in 2012 has now become the world’s largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs. And SaaStr Europa brings 2,500+ SaaS execs, founders, and VCs together to Europe every summer. We were the first major SaaS event back in the SF Bay Area. SaaStr is turning 10!

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 8 Signs a New VP Won’t Work Out. An updated classic SaaStr guide on how to know if that new VP you worked so hard to find, recruit and get on board … is really going to make it. And 3 Things Not to Worry So Much About.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Because as a SaaS founder especially, it can be hard to know. ” — Jason Riedel, founder/CTO of Aspireship. “When on New Year’s Eve, customers kept sending us signed contracts.” I recently asked on Twitter when folks knew their startup had something … great. 20% conversion.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

First off, note that clearly it is possibly to build a huge SaaS company without a traditional co-founder. It’s not the most common path, but now we can see that a number of leaders have done it: Zoom, Zscaler, New Relic, Fastly, Elastic, etc. At the Top SaaS Companies, Founder-CEOs Own ~15% at IPO.

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TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 21, 2023

Common Signs You Need a Technical Review We’ve already mentioned the most common signs that you might need a technical review: Slow or late delivery: “I’ve authorized two new developers, and we’re still behind.” Are you preparing to expand, take your business in a new direction, or take on new partners? And what causes that?

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SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

Juggling People, Processes & Priorities: CTO Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines. How to Design and Build a SaaS Platform Pressure Tested for the Enterprise. The Secrets to Vertical Growth: What It Really Takes to Build a $1B+ SaaS Company. How to Design and Build a SaaS Platform Pressure Tested for the Enterprise.

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SaaStr

JUNE 6, 2021

There’s so much incredible new content on the SaaStr YouTube Channel and podcast — check it all out here ! And with 20+ sessions from the recent SaaStr Enterprise to dig into alone, as well as an incredible new session with the CEO of Klaviyo. OK — now on to The Top 10. The 10 most watched videos of the week.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“Mastermind Masterclass: The SaaS Org Chart by Series with David Sacks” David Sacks, founder of Craft Ventures and Yammer, and ex-COO, leads us on a new Mastermind class on opening day. #2. The Top 10 will change as more folks register, but here’s the leaderboard for now: #1.

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SaaStr

MAY 16, 2021

But what they don’t have is a good enough founding team: Sometimes, if the prospective founder isn’t super technical, then the CTO/VPE isn’t really great. They’ve got a rent-a-CTO. Or sometimes they are great, but the team members are just not great enough for their new C-level roles (CEO, CTO, CMO, CSO, CBO, C?O).

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SaaStr

JULY 13, 2023

It’s too much to learn on the fly for most new VPs of Sales. This isn’t really a thing in SaaS at the moment, so if you can find someone who has been outbound for more than three or four years and you can smell the passion coming out of their pores, give them a path so they know they aren’t stuck with a second tier pack.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

The conversations are interesting and varied because they’re about new, exciting, different things. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Will you need to add arbitrary new pages?

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SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

These 18 women are powerful, relentless and are all making SaaS and tech in general a better place. They have impressive professional achievements, all the way from founding companies through to running international operations across continents all the way to funding the SaaS companies of the future. They are stars in tech in Asia.

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2023

So we’ve covered HubSpot on our 5 Interesting Learning series more than any other SaaS leader, but it’s for a reason. They’re a barometer of sub-enterprise B2B SaaS in many ways. Combining Strong Growth With A New Level of Efficiency. We all at least sort of know HubSpot. And what’s the latest?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There, Amplitude has become part of the core product stack for many SaaS and software leaders for product analytics. Some leaders like Slack have seen the same, but most Cloud leaders at scale with high NRR end up getting more and more of their revenue from their existing base, not new customers. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Wondering how your SaaS business got slapped with a multi-million dollar sales tax bill from one or multiple states? Probably because you, like so many other SaaS companies out there, didn’t even know you had to collect and remit sales tax. Sales tax laws across the United States are pretty inconsistent, especially for SaaS solutions.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

1,000 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue Leaders, and VCs will join us for 1.5 Braindates are 1:1 and small group networking sessions designed for you to share knowledge and network with like-minded SaaS leaders during SaaStr Europa. Straight from a SaaS CCO with Yellow.ai’s CCO with Shekar Murthy, Chief Customer Officer at Yellow.ai

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SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2019

In SaaS, if we look at the top SaaS companies that have IPO’d, the vast majority still seem to have the founder CEO as CEO. And the few that don’t generally had a founder that decided to bring someone else in themselves (often a CTO type): Salesforce: Yes. New Relic: Yes. The vast majority. Atlassian: Yes. Dropbox: Yes.

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SaaStr

JUNE 18, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: About 70% of SaaS Public Companies Are New Versions of Existing Categories of Software (Updated) Growth Slowed Down About 33% On Average For Everyone in Q1 The Top 20 SaaStr Tips to Getting a SaaS Start-Up Going When Should You Add a Second Product?

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SaaStr

JULY 4, 2022

2018’s Top 50 Acquisitions in SaaS. Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. You may be asked to own new stuff beyond just what your company / app does. Dear SaaStr: What’s It Like to Have Your Company Acquired by One of the Tech Giants? It’s a lot of change. The pressure is off.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

What makes a bad CTO? Is SaaS Sales really that lucrative? As the CEO of a startup, what should I tell my employees who keep asking for raises after they realized we just raised a new round of funding? (74k views). What were the signs you missed before you lost a major customer? (A A classic ) (72k views). 52k views).

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SaaStr

JANUARY 22, 2021

What does it mean to make your product the star in your SaaS growth strategy? Ciara Peter (Gainsight VP of Product & Design) and Mickey Alon (CTO & Founder of Gainsight PX) share their practical tips for product leaders looking to achieve business growth. Every year, millions of new products are created and launched.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 16, 2023

Mike Wiacek, CEO at Stairwell, Mo Jebrini, CTO at Mashvisor, and Michael Ermolenko, CTO at Inworld.ai, discuss with Helene Ambiana, Global SMB and Startups Marketing Director at Google Cloud, how they overcame the hurdles of scaling and reached their goals. . Accordingly, training programs to hone new skills should be introduced. .

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SaaStr

MAY 19, 2023

It’s a time when SaaS and Cloud spend are also at record highs , and many Cloud leaders are still growing at strong rates … yet many startups have stopped growing at all. What public (and private) SaaS companies are valued at as a multiple of revenue. Another month of progress, another set of new customers, etc.

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SaaStr

MAY 3, 2022

Ok we’re all gearing up for 2022 SaaStr Europa in Barcelona — join us there at the beach with 2,500 of your SaaS BFFs on June 7-8! Bonney Pelley, SVP, Strategy + Operations @ New Relic. Elias Torres, CTO @ Drift. But then after that it’s a spring to the 8th ever SaaStr Annual! Michelle Longmire, CEO @ Medable.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

. “That it was much easier to do more in order to keep that customer than to get a new “top” customer. We all know this, but we forget about it, especially when the Hot New Deal and the sales team’s wants and needs consumes all of management’s resources. ” — Ankit Sindhi, Founder, Spurt.

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SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s subtle, but in SaaS I’ve learned you under-invest if you have < 50% of your ARR in the bank. 5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. But in SaaS also, there’s a more subtle phase transition. This is pretty well understood today, but was fairly new to me. More here. It always works.

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