In today’s dynamic SaaS landscape of hyperfuncational SaaS, the journey of building a product that customers adore, while simultaneously scaling revenue to nearly $1B, is still quite a feat. During a conversation at SaaStr Annual with Jason Lemkin, founder, and...
There’s a mistake I see a ton of startups making today, in the of age of new efficiency in SaaS and pressure around making capital last: They are treating every customer the same for CAC purposes. And you just can’t if you are scaling. What do I mean? Well of course...
Dear SaaStr: I Don’t Know Marketing. Should We Try to Do It Ourselves or Hire an Agency? I’ve never seen a marketing agency get a startup qualified leads, especially at the earliest start-up phases. The only value I’ve really seen in agencies is helping you with...
Dear SaaStr: In B2B Startups, How Useful is Cold Calling? Look, I hate getting those calls. Especially the really pushy, dumb ones from SDRs that barely know their own products. Do those work? I don’t know. However … cold calling, done by folks who have...
monday.com is a $700m+ company today, which is 100x bigger than it was just six years ago. Discover the Co-Founder and Co-CEO’s secrets to scaling and growth in an unpredictable market.
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Take Over Customers From My Biggest Competitor? You can do it, it happens all the time. But you gotta put in the work. 95% of vendors and folks and sales reps don’t actually put in the world. You gotta do the 3 P’s: Patience. Persistence....
Rebecca Lynn General Partner at Canvas Ventures and Jake Heller CEO at Casetext, share the top 10 questions every SaaS founder needs to ask their customers.
Does SEO still work? As someone who has written relatively highly cited, highly linked, highly read, etc. content since 2011 … I’ll say … “Yes But” Yes But What do I mean? Well yes content marketing and SEO still clearly are the magic and...
As we gear up for 2024 SaaStr Annual in September in SF Bay Area, we’re taking a look back at some of the top sessions from years past. Tomasz Tunguz, now Managing Director of Theory Ventures (and then MD with Redpoint Ventures) is back at 2024 SaaStr Annual....
Dear SaaStr: How much should an entrepreneur worry about competition in an early-stage startup? You are going to obsess about competition. You won’t be able to help it. And mostly, it’s healthy. Founders that arrogantly dismiss the competition as “stupid”...