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SaaStr 693: The Secrets to Scaling and Growth in an Unpredictable Market with monday.com's Co-founder and Co-CEO, Eran Zimman, and SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
12 oktober 2023 · 47 min
Monday has gone from $7m in 2017 to over $700m in revenue today, showcasing the sheer power of compounding revenue. Did Monday's founders feel like they'd be 100x bigger in just six years since that first SaaStr conference they attended? Eran Zimman, Monday's co-founder and co-CEO, shares his secrets to scaling and growth in an unpredictable market. Monday hasn't missed a bit, but before we dive into their secrets, let's first learn where it all started and what they do today. Lees meer
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SaaStr 692: How To Perfectly Pitch Your Seed Stage Startup With Y Combinator's Managing Director Michael Seibel
6 oktober 2023 · 30 min
Discover the best ways for a seed-stage startup to pitch to investors and successfully fundraise from Y Combinator's Michael Seibel. Any founder you talk to likely remembers every investor who said no to them. Those founders hold a special kind of "not hatred," says Michael Seibel, Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator, but a special kind of something for those investors and a desire to prove them wrong. If you're a seed-stage startup, Michael shares the best ways for you to present your company to startup investors. Lees meer
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SaaStr 691: The 2024 SaaS Landscape: Why 2024 Could be Pretty Darn Good for SaaS IPOs with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
4 oktober 2023 · 23 min
SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin deep dives into the current state of SaaS and the Cloud and what to expect over the next year.
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SaaStr 690: From $5M to $100M: How to Scale a Multi-Product Startup with Lattice CEO Jack Altman
2 oktober 2023 · 25 min
One of the open secrets behind a lot of great companies is going multi-product. Jack Altman, CEO and co-founder of Lattice, firmly believes that many more companies should be multi-product, and many should go multi-product earlier than they think. Lattice has launched four product suites in the last eight years, and the ideas that drove their growth apply to most companies today. Lees meer
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SaaStr 689: The Latest 2023 Napkin Reveal: What it Takes to Raise Capital with Christoph Janz, General Partner of Point Nine Capital
27 september 2023 · 25 min
Given the massive downturn that started 18 months ago, many SaaS founders are nervous about what it takes to raise capital in SaaS in 2023. Christoph Janz, General Partner of Point Nine Capital, shares some answers about what it takes to raise capital in SaaS, overall investment activity in 2023, and how to develop a convincing AI strategy. Lees meer
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SaaStr 688: The State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners
25 september 2023 · 27 min
Discover Bessemer Venture Partners's annual State of the Cloud report, going through trends, benchmarks, and metrics that underpin the Cloud economy. Lees meer
Presented by:
Mary D'Onofrio, Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners
Janelle Teng, VP @ Bessemer Venture Partners
Caty Rea, VP @ Bessemer Venture Partners
The past twelve months have been relatively turbulent for Cloud founders. SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that's exciting everybody.
What does this mean for Cloud companies?
Let's find out.
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SaaStr 687: Building a Global SaaS Empire: Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
18 september 2023 · 31 min
Freshworks is a successful public SaaS company that has a humble beginning in the small town of Chennai, India. Founder and CEO Girish Mathrubootham shares five big bets that paid off as he scaled this multi-product company. Lees meer
Listen to discover Mathrubootham's key decisions in launching and scaling a company, which include:
*Betting on inbound while going global
*Hiring talent when talent is hard to find
*Going multi-product early on
*Layering a sales-led motion on top of a product-led motion
*Betting on AI and the future before it arrives
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SaaStr 686: What the Future of SaaS Holds for 2024 with David Sacks, Founder & General Partner, Craft Ventures, and Jason Lemkin, Founder & CEO, SaaStr
15 september 2023 · 41 min
Are you curious to learn what the future of SaaS will look like in 2024? Well, look no further. In this informative interview, two of the biggest pioneers of SaaS, David Sacks, Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures and Jason Lemkin, SaaStr Founder and CEO, team up to discuss the potential landscape for AI-focused SaaS over the next five years. From understanding what it takes to raise a Series A these days to discovering how AI will shape the industry, get a unique insight into the world of SaaS as two leading experts share their predictions and experience. Don't miss your chance to keep ahead of the competition – listen now! Lees meer
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SaaStr 685: Why Investors Love SaaS with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and QED Partner Amias Gerety on Fintech Beat
2 september 2023 · 35 min
SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin and Partner at QED Investors Amias Gerety chat on the Fintech Beat podstream about all things SaaS, money, and what makes a great founder. Lees meer
Some topics covered include:
What makes SaaS so great
How SaaS is fairing in the "macro" economy
Perspectives on fintech and SaaS and how they overlap
How an investor chooses what to invest in and when it's time to walk away
Fintech Beat is all about the intersection of finance, tech, and policy, and now they're touring outside the neighborhood of fintech and into the great big world of SaaS.
While the world of public tech stocks is defined by consumer-facing juggernauts like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, the world of venture capital is defined by the North Star of SaaS.
Let's dive right in.
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SaaStr 684: A Deep Dive Into G2, The Power Of AI, Going Multi-Product, And The 2023 Ecosystem
30 augustus 2023 · 25 min
G2 is a unicorn startup that's stayed in the game for over a decade. G2 CEO Godard Abel deep dives into his original vision for G2, going multi-product, selling with multiple sales teams, demand gen spend, and why AI is the most important thing right now. Lees meer
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SaaStr 683: How To Live Your Values While Building A Unicorn with Notion, Motive, and Incredible Health
28 augustus 2023 · 42 min
Discover how three breakout SaaS companies scaled from an idea to hundreds of employees and $1B+ valuations, all while living their values along the way. Lees meer
Notion COO Akshay Kothari, Motive CEO and Founder Shoaib Makani, and CEO and Co-Founder of Incredible Health Iman Abuzeid share the secrets of ensuring their company-centered values and purpose remained an anchor amidst hypergrowth. Moderated by Laura Weidman Powers, Operating Partner at Base10 Partners.
As we dive into these three highly successful companies, we'll talk about their values, the process of creating them, and the right time for founders to create their own values.
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SaaStr 682: The Top 10 Worst Pieces of SaaS Advice to Avoid with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
25 augustus 2023 · 22 min
10 Terrible Pieces Of SaaS Advice To Avoid If You Want To Succeed with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin Lees meer
Bad advice is everywhere these days. Hundreds of thousands of experts are telling you how to succeed in SaaS. Many of those voices are incredible, yet terrible bits of advice pops up again and again.
On top of that, founders are full of excuses preventing them from scaling.
SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares the 10 worst pieces of SaaS advice, excuses, and mistakes founders make, and what to do instead.
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SaaStr 681: Scaling to $5B with Cockroach Labs' CEO Spencer Kimball's Formula for Sustained Growth and Resilience
9 augustus 2023 · 39 min
Whether you're going from nothing to something or already scaling and thriving beyond $10-100M, healthy, sustainable growth in SaaS is on every founder's mind. Lees meer
Cockroach Labs' CEO Spencer Kimball shares hard-won lessons from scaling from $0 to $5B and his time as an angel investor for more than 80 different startups.
He'll walk you through the three stages of growth:
0-$1M — From nothing to something
$1M-$10M — Building, innovation, and customers
$10M-$100M+ — Scaling and thriving And what sustainable growth strategies you can implement (and pitfalls to avoid) wherever you're at in your SaaS journey.
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SaaStr 680: The Most Important SaaS Metrics of 2023 with monday.com Co-Founders and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin
6 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
Learn about the most important SaaS metrics for founders in 2023 with the CEOs of the most metric-oriented company, monday, and the founder of SaaStr. The godfather of SaaS and founder of the world's largest community for business software sits down with one of the most metric-oriented companies today to discuss the most important SaaS metrics for founders in 2023. Jason Lemkin, Founder of SaaStr, and co-founders and CEOs, Eran Zinman and Roy Mann of the wildly successful monday.com chat with Startup For Startup about ARR, NRR, CAC, and what it takes to beat the odds in a tougher environment. Lees meer
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SaaStr 679: Scalable, Low CAC Growth Tactics with Hypergrowth Partners Co-Founder Guillaume Cabane
31 juli 2023 · 21 min
Are you trying to unlock sustainable low customer acquisition costs (CAC) growth for your SaaS company? Lees meer
Then you need to hear what Guillaume Cabane, Co-Founder and President of HyperGrowth Partners, has to say on the subject. In this podcast, Guillaume shares the formula he used at Ramp, Gorgias, and Drift to reach explosive saas growth - showing you the secrets of smart scaling.
Don't miss out - listen now now for groundbreaking advice on generating fast CAC growth success!
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SaaStr 678: Raising Capital in 2023: What You Really Need To Know with Creandum Partner Peter Specht
26 juli 2023 · 36 min
Founders of 2023 ask themselves, "What does it take to raise money right now in this uncertain market environment?" Peter Specht, Partner at Creandum, shares a data-driven perspective and real-time insights into the market of very recent rounds and current VC expectations. Lees meer
Unfortunately, raising money isn't the same as raising in 2021. Specht walks you through what has happened in the last 12 months and the best practices for today.
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SaaStr 677: MongoDB at $1.5 BILLION in Revenue: An Epic Growth Story
22 juli 2023 · 17 min
Some SaaS and Cloud leaders have seen big impacts from the post-Covid hangover, but others keep accelerating. MongoDB is one of those that has never stopped. Lees meer
Instead of looking at those who are struggling, let's take a look at the epic growth story of MongoDB, a company crushing it in 2023.
MongoDB is at a stunning $1.5B in ARR, 29% overall growth, and is worth $29B. That's about as good as it gets in SaaS and Cloud!
While many less efficient public SaaS companies are trading at tough multiples of 3-4x ARR, and the average is about 6x ARR, MongoDB is almost 20x ARR.
Let's look at nine interesting learnings about this leading company.
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SaaStr 676: CRO Confidential: How to Grow Revenue Faster in the Second Half of 2023. Hosted by Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund
19 juli 2023 · 30 min
2023 has been a difficult year for many tech companies. Markets have been all over the place, layoffs occurred, and investors weren't funding as much as usual. However, Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund & Host of the SaaStr CRO Confidential Podcast, believes there are reasons to be optimistic for the rest of 2023. In a special workshop, Sam shares advice on how to spot bottlenecks, reallocate the right resources, and grow revenue in 2023. SaaStr Workshop Wednesdays are LIVE every Wednesday. Sign up for free. Lees meer
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SaaStr 675: Why You're Unfundable in 2023: The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS Part 2 with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
16 juli 2023 · 24 min
Many people at this year's SaaStr Europa wondered about the future of customer success, motivation during hard times, and how to grow in this new era of efficiency. Lees meer
SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin sat down with the audience for an Ask Me Anything session to answer some of the most pressing questions from the audience.
If you missed part 1, catch that here.
First up is a bootstrapped founder looking for advice in today's market.
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SaaStr 674: The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS In 2023: Part 1 AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
12 juli 2023 · 16 min
Startups come in all shapes and sizes on various stages of a timeline, yet it's not surprising how many have the same questions and concerns about how to scale from x to y to z, the right time to hire and fire, and how to keep a team motivated during hard times. Lees meer
At this year's SaaStr Europa, Jason Lemkin, CEO and Founder of SaaStr, took the stage to answer the audience's most pressing questions about the present and future of startups.
His answers didn't disappoint.
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SaaStr 673: How To Boost Your Net Retention Revenue (NRR) to Over 140% with Insider's CEO and CMO
7 juli 2023 · 31 min
Retention is the new acquisition. Lees meer
This paradigm shift has placed Customer Marketing in the spotlight as a pivotal function that helps companies achieve robust NRR metrics. Despite the revenue impact, Customer Marketing teams remain relatively lean and often struggle to secure the necessary support from cross-functional teams. Companies that have successfully unlocked the potential of Customer Marketing have seen a substantial increase in revenue.
Join Insider's Co-founder and CEO, Hande Cilingir, and CMO, Merve Nazlioglu, as they unveil ten game-changing tactics to accelerate your customer marketing programs on the path to achieving an outstanding 140% NRR.
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SaaStr 672: Go to Market Strategies That Led To Divvy's $2.5B Exit with Divvy's Former CRO, Sterling Snow
5 juli 2023 · 23 min
Struggling to find product market-fit? Lees meer
Join former Divvy CRO, Sterling Snow, and learn how the company went from 0 to a $2.5B exit in just four years using effective go-to-market strategies. Find out what the team did differently that set them apart from their competition and get your product off the ground in no time!
There are 6 primary operating models Divvy used to fuel incredible growth, culture, and results. The best part is they're dead simple and every team should be using them. Don't miss this session where Sterling will talk through the tactics, mistakes, and lessons learned.
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SaaStr 671: From Uncertainty to +$400M: How Braze Found Opportunity in Headwinds with Braze's Co-Founder & CEO Bill Magnuson
30 juni 2023 · 40 min
It's not an easy time to be a startup entrepreneur. Even as generative AI and LLMs present the potential for a technical paradigm shift, startups today must also grapple with the realities of financial market upheaval, ominous global power shifts, uncertain economic indicators, and disruption up and down the supply chain: It may feel as though "hunkering down" is the best that a founder can do. Lees meer
Bill Magnuson, Co-founder and CEO of Braze, has a different take, in which there's no time like the present era of change to uncover opportunities that can distinguish your business from competitors' as the skies clear. Having navigated through the early days of mobile and the multiple macro disruptions since to take Braze public and scale to a revenue run rate of $400+ million, Bill has put this strategy to the test.
Seeing opportunity in today's times requires a longitudinal perspective on the underlying forces of change that create growth opportunities and strategy that anticipates the evolution of those forces while positioning your business to best take advantage of the resulting changes over time..
Timing around disruptions is key, and they provide a key opportunity for innovators to build in response to the evolution of new skillsets, team structures, and business models, all of which create new buyer personas, and can be cultivated even while headwinds stall growth. Those who lean into disruptions with curiosity and optimism can emerge as stronger innovators with deeper competitive moats because they were out building with a growth mindset while everyone else was hunkered down.
Key takeaways from this talk include:
*How to think about second-order effects of disruption, and when their evolution may ultimately reward patience, creating room for the slower growth that is often forced by a difficult macro. *What to watch for in areas of macro disruption in order to identify differentiating opportunities in unexpected places.
*How evolving skillsets, team compositi…
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SaaStr 670: CRO Confidential: Why The First Rule You Know About Building Software is Wrong. Rippling CEO Parker Conrad's Theory of the Compound Startup. Hosted by Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund
28 juni 2023 · 40 min
The First Rule You Know About Building Software is Wrong. Lees meer
Discover why with Rippling CEO and Co-Founder, Parker Conrad, and Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund. In this session, Parker will explain step-by-step his theory of the compound startup and how it can help you scale your SaaS company.
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Shipping projects doesn't have to be a mess. Notion combines project management with your docs, knowledge base, and AI. So you can stop jumping between tools, and stop paying too much for them too. Get Notion Projects for free at Notion.com/SAASTR.
Vention provides technology leaders with the top engineering talent they need to accelerate their roadmap, innovate faster and more efficiently, and ultimately catapult their operation to new heights. Vention developers sync with clients' in-house teams, helping them get to market 30 percent faster and saving them more than $600,000 on average. Looking for the edge to outpace your competition? Vention is your partner. Learn more at ventionteams.com.
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SaaStr 669: From 2 Weeks of Runway to a $1.5B Valuation: The Founder Playbook with Loom Co-Founder and CEO Joe Thomas
23 juni 2023 · 27 min
June 2016: Loom was on its last legs. With more than one failed launch + fundraising attempt behind them, the co-founders were maxing out credit cards and had about two weeks of runway left before calling it quits. One idea changed everything: they took a chance on a single piece of their product — the video recorder. They decoupled it from the broader platform they'd been developing, launched it as a standalone offering on Product Hunt, and saw more signups in one day than the past six months combined. Today, the company has raised over $203M and counts 20M users in over 230 countries. Lees meer
Those first months of tumult aren't the only ups and downs CEO Joe Thomas and his co-founders have encountered in Loom's journey. And they're not alone; today's tech founders are navigating an increasingly difficult economic climate, shifting expectations from investors + employees, and the need to continue to innovate faster — all with fewer resources.
In this session, Thomas will share some of the lessons he's learned throughout the past year and beyond, including the need to make agility your superpower. He'll talk about the need to balance long-term planning with strategic short-term adjustments for when the curveballs come (because they will). Thomas will also share insight into how other founders — including customers/partners of Loom — are adopting new processes, emerging tools, and shifting workplace norms to adapt. With so much uncertainty still ahead in 2023, it's important for founders to learn how to take a half step back, reevaluate their game plan, and orient their short-term priorities around customers' needs.
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Slides for this session: https://www.slideshare.net/saastr/from-2-weeks-of-runway-to-a-15b-valuation-the-founder-playbook-with-looms-ceo-joe-thomas-cofounder-and-ceo-loom-492
Joe's 2021 Flywheel session on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/rbOoikTMfyI
The podcast version: SaaStr 445: Loom CEO Joe Thomas On How Speed & Simplicity Can Fuel Your Flywheel …
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SaaStr 668: Top 10 Mistakes Getting to $100M ARR with LaunchDarkly Co-founder and Executive Chair Edith Harbaugh
21 juni 2023 · 29 min
Learn directly from Edith Harbaugh, Co-founder and Executive Chair of LaunchDarkly, about the top 10 mistakes to avoid when scaling your SaaS company. Edith is an experienced startup executive and has firsthand insights into how to grow any SaaS business quickly and successfully. Don't miss this opportunity to get valuable guidance for scaling to 100 million in ARR! Lees meer
We'll cover how:
*Everything is up & to the right if you zoom out
Big changes every 6-18 months
Revenue is it's own funding
Hiring changes over time
Value your time and get leverage
A good Exec Recruiter is worth it
Pricing - no right answer
Creating category takes constant effort
Refresh Values
No playbook, just play pages
Watch the video, including Q&A: https://youtu.be/5ccWUwinkJg
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Shipping projects doesn't have to be a mess. Notion combines project management with your docs, knowledge base, and AI. So you can stop jumping between tools, and stop paying too much for them too. Get Notion Projects for free at Notion.com/SAASTR.
Vention provides technology leaders with the top engineering talent they need to accelerate their roadmap, innovate faster and more efficiently, and ultimately catapult their operation to new heights. Vention developers sync with clients' in-house teams, helping them get to market 30 percent faster and saving them more than $600,000 on average. Looking for the edge to outpace your competition? Vention is your partner. Learn more at ventionteams.com.
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SaaStr 667: The 2023 Mid-Year State of the Markets: Why Efficient Growth is Key with SaaStr CEO & Founder Jason Lemkin
16 juni 2023 · 40 min
Why are things in SaaS so different in 2023 than in 2022? Lees meer
And extremely different than 2021?
"I think for most of us during the crazy lockdown era, it was just nuts," Lemkin explains. "And this is, I know this sounds obvious, or maybe it doesn't, but as someone's been doing SaaS since 2005, this is the first time in the last 10 years that SaaS has gotten harder."
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/h1Hpag6gnOI
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Shipping projects doesn't have to be a mess. Notion combines project management with your docs, knowledge base, and AI. So you can stop jumping between tools, and stop paying too much for them too. Get Notion Projects for free at Notion.com/SAASTR.
Vention provides technology leaders with the top engineering talent they need to accelerate their roadmap, innovate faster and more efficiently, and ultimately catapult their operation to new heights. Vention developers sync with clients' in-house teams, helping them get to market 30 percent faster and saving them more than $600,000 on average. Looking for the edge to outpace your competition? Vention is your partner. Learn more at ventionteams.com.
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SaaStr 666: Scaling a SaaS Startup to $1B+ ARR: Insights from UiPath's CEO and Founder Daniel Dines
14 juni 2023 · 40 min
Discover the secrets to scaling a SaaS business with UiPath's CEO & Founder Daniel Dines, and Philippe Botteri, Partner at Accel. Lees meer
Learn 10 interesting lessons for driving a new category in SaaS to over a billion dollars in annual revenue and beyond. Sharing the learnings from the founding of UiPath in 2005 to its present-day success with over a billion dollars in revenue, watch to learn insights into how UiPath has achieved its monumental growth, and how you can apply these strategies to your own SaaS business.
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Shipping projects doesn't have to be a mess. Notion combines project management with your docs, knowledge base, and AI. So you can stop jumping between tools, and stop paying too much for them too. Get Notion Projects for free at Notion.com/SAASTR.
Vention provides technology leaders with the top engineering talent they need to accelerate their roadmap, innovate faster and more efficiently, and ultimately catapult their operation to new heights. Vention developers sync with clients' in-house teams, helping them get to market 30 percent faster and saving them more than $600,000 on average. Looking for the edge to outpace your competition? Vention is your partner. Learn more at ventionteams.com.
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Want to join the SaaStr community? We're the 🌎largest community for B2B software.
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SaaStr 665: CRO Confidential: Principles that Drove Wiz's $0 to $100M Journey with Wiz CRO Colin Jones
2 juni 2023 · 44 min
In 2020-2021, many SaaS startups faced a unique challenge. With teams spread across the globe, they had to find new working patterns to scale their businesses in a distributed environment. Wiz, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies focused on security solutions, was one of them. The company helps enterprises internationally with contextual and actionable insights to secure their cloud infrastructure. Lees meer
Today, Wiz is one of the highest-valued private tech companies, at $10 billion, as announced in Feb 2023. Wiz CRO Colin Jones shared with host Sam Blond how this traditional startup evolved, thrived and grew from 0 to $100 million in just two years.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/yDS8xKlAeXw
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Vention provides technology leaders with the top engineering talent they need to accelerate their roadmap, innovate faster and more efficiently, and ultimately catapult their operation to new heights. Vention developers sync with clients' in-house teams, helping them get to market 30 percent faster and saving them more than $600,000 on average. Looking for the edge to outpace your competition? Vention is your partner. Learn more at ventionteams.com.
SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 664: What You Need to Change at $10M to Scale to $100M with Sameer Dholakia, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
31 mei 2023 · 21 min
Building a company for $0-$1M in revenue differs wildly from $1-10M ARR. And scaling from $10M to $100M is wildly different still. Lees meer
Sameer Dholakia, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners with decades of operational experience, shares what you need to change as you scale from $10M to $100M ARR.
The short answer is almost everything.
Keep an open mind as you move into the next chapter of your company.
"Everything that got you to where you are isn't going to get you where you want to be," says Dholakia.
Watch the full video, including Q&A: https://youtu.be/ucgtUQiyEJE
Sameer's slides: https://www.slideshare.net/saastr/sameer-dholakia-saastr-workshop-wednesdays
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SaaStr Europa is back! And this time, we're heading to London for 2 fun-filled days of content, networking, and SaaS. Join us June 6th and 7th for SaaStr Europa 2023. Use code FAVE100 for $100 off tickets at saastrlondon.com.
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SaaStr 663: 9 Things I Wish I Would Have Told My 2013 Self: Lessons Learned from 9 Years with Heap's Former CTO, Dan Robinson
26 mei 2023 · 26 min
You'll never truly understand how to lead a SaaS company until you've done it firsthand. But it always helps to get advice from someone with experience. Lees meer
Dan Robinson, current Advisor and former CTO at Heap, shares nine essential learnings from nearly a decade of building a SaaS business.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/FXdPe6tGE3A
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SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 662: Things You Think as a First-Time Founder That Just Ain't So With Lattice Co-Founder & CEO Jack Altman and Saastr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin
24 mei 2023 · 22 min
At nine figures in revenue and 550 people, the CEO of Lattice, Jack Altman, has seen every stage of building a startup. Lees meer
In this week's Workshop Wednesday — held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. PST — Altman talks more in-depth about his viral tweet storm, sharing the eight things you think as a first-time founder that usually aren't true.
This episode is an excerpt of Jack and Jason's conversation. Watch the full video, including Q&A: https://youtube.com/live/2sNsZdFjWOE?feature=share
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SaaStr 661: VC AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Black Mangroves MD Arnaud Bonzom at SaaStr APAC 2023
19 mei 2023 · 22 min
People keep asking when we'll get out of this downturn in venture. The truth is: It's not a downturn—only a reset. For the people who haven't been raising capital or haven't seen this side of things since, say, 2018, they'll probably think this is a terrible time. Lees meer
Black Mangroves Founder and Managing Director Arnaud Bonzom, and SaaStr Founder and CEO, Jason Lemkin answer some of the bigger questions about venture investing in 2023.
This episode is an excerpt of Jason and Arnaud's AMA at SaaStr APAC 2023. You can watch the full session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JPEo8r2d3Oc
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SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 660: CRO Confidential: 3 Secrets For Early-Stage Startups To Acquire Customers With CoSell.io Co-Founder & Co-CEO Brendon Cassidy
17 mei 2023 · 42 min
In this week's episode of CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond wraps up the founder-led sales series with one of the most accomplished sales leaders in the world, Ben Cassidy. Lees meer
Cassidy was Blond's VP of Sales at Echosign and, before that, was one of the first sales leaders at LinkedIn. Post-Echosign, he was the first sales leader at Talkdesk, valued at $10+B. Cassidy is now a co-founder at CoSell, a.k.a. the relationship platform designed to organize your intro efforts.
The point of CRO Confidential is to help startups acquire customers, and Cassidy provides a unique perspective on founder-led sales as a current founder and highly talented sales leader.
So what secrets has Cassidy learned over the past decades of building businesses and acquiring customers?
Let's find out.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/3m5s7tskuB4
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SaaStr 659: The 9 Types Of CEOs VCs Struggle To Work With — With Founder and CEO of SaaStr, Jason Lemkin
12 mei 2023 · 13 min
We exist in a market where things are tougher. It's year two of the venture downtown, meaning it's flat, and the value of each dollar in the public market is at 5-6-year lows, making it hard for VCs to invest. Lees meer
Jason Lemkin, SaaStr Founder and CEO, shares nine types of CEOs that are hard for VCs to work with. Why does it matter what VCs think? They play a small role, but it's an important one. It matters today because happy VCs mean it's easier to get that next check.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/edPw60dHU5I
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SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 658: SaaStr CRO Confidential: Omni Founder Colin Zima on the Power of Leveraging Your Network for Sales and Recruiting
10 mei 2023 · 51 min
Omni Co-Founder and CEO Colin Zima and CRO Confidential host Sam Blond discuss how leveraging your network can supercharge sales and recruiting in the early days. You don't have to be a former founder or be part of YC to have a great network. Everyone will have friends, family, former college classmates, former work colleagues, or other sources. Colin encourages founders to find your particular "cheat code," whether that's your network or an amazing skill, and lean into it. Lees meer
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/9kQIke7x7F4
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SaaStr 657: Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta Shares His Top 10 Mistakes in 10 Years of Running Gainsight: Part 2
5 mei 2023 · 24 min
Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta shares his top 10 mistakes in 10 years of running Gainsight. Lees meer
This is the second half of a Workshop Wednesday session in which SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin chats with Nick about his top mistakes as a CEO. You can hear the first half in episode 656.
You can watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/dtdh2Dkhpig
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SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 656: Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta Shares His Top 10 Mistakes in 10 Years of Running Gainsight: Part 1
3 mei 2023 · 29 min
Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta shares his top 10 mistakes in 10 years of running Gainsight. Lees meer
This is the first half of a Workshop Wednesday session in which SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin chats with Nick about his top mistakes as a CEO. You can hear the second half in episode 657, which will air on May 5.
You can watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/dtdh2Dkhpig
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SaaStr Europa is back! And this time, we're heading to London for 2 fun-filled days of content, networking, and SaaS. Join us June 6th and 7th for SaaStr Europa 2023. Use code FAVE100 for $100 off tickets at saastrlondon.com.
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SaaStr 655: SaaStr CRO Confidential: Howard Lerman, Founder & CEO @ Roam On Roam's Unconventional Approach for Acquiring Their Early Customers
28 april 2023 · 48 min
In this episode of CRO Confidential, Roam Founder & CEO Howard Lerman sits down with Sam Blond to talk about Roam's unconventional approach to acquiring its first customers. Lees meer
Full video: https://youtu.be/dGj6VZoi0Kw
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you need to meet your goals? Meet Klarity with One-Click Prospecting by DemandScience. Let's make your job easier. Visit demandscience.comSage Intacct is a powerful cloud-based financial management system that delivers automation around billing, accounting, and reporting. Voted market leaders by G2, Sage Intacct is the ideal Finance Solution to scale your business. Visit us at sage.com/uk/intacct.
SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 654: Customer Marketing Strategies Guaranteed to Grow Your Business with Bitly CMO Tara Robertson
26 april 2023 · 29 min
Growing and scaling your customer base requires robust systems, teams, and playbooks that work in lockstep with one another. One of the most impactful teams, yet often least invested in, is customer marketing. From determining the ideal org structure to understanding clear KPIs, the playbook for customer marketing is still being written and is often misunderstood. In this session, we'll discuss key strategies that can be leveraged to build and scale a high-performing customer marketing team. You'll walk away with actionable insights and a clear understanding of how you can improve net dollar retention and unlock growth, regardless of your stage or size. Lees meer
Full video: https://youtu.be/8zgkk0DFQs8
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What if you could prospect in a single click? And what if that click came with accurate, intent data you need to meet your goals? Meet Klarity with One-Click Prospecting by DemandScience. Let's make your job easier. Visit demandscience.com.
SaaStr Europa is back! And this time, we're heading to London for 2 fun-filled days of content, networking, and SaaS. Join us June 6th and 7th for SaaStr Europa 2023. Use code FAVE100 for $100 off tickets at saastrlondon.com.
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SaaStr 653: 10 Things That Always Work in Marketing with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin: Part 2
21 april 2023 · 40 min
If you're looking for a marketing strategy to grow your SaaS business, SaaStr's very own Jason Lemkin has five things you can do today, this week, or this month that always work. Lees meer
And the great news is that almost everything costs little to no money.
Most SaaS companies need to spend more on marketing. To save money, many freeze marketing spend, which is cool for a few months, but if it becomes the norm, they won't have enough pipeline for the rest of the year.
No matter what, you need to do more marketing in the back half of this year. If you don't, your teams are going to starve. As the saying goes, "You can't cut your way to growth."
While many of these ideas seem basic, they aren't done enough. Instead of tackling all five strategies simultaneously, do just one thing better, and you'll get more leads.
This episode is the second half of Jason's Workshop Wednesday session. You can listen to the first half in Episode 652. You can watch the full session here: https://www.youtube.com/live/vc0nITbOlos?feature=share
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What if you could prospect in a single click?And what if that click came with accurate, intent data
you need to meet your goals? Meet Klarity with One-Click Prospecting by DemandScience. Let's make your job easier. Visit demandscience.comSage Intacct is a powerful cloud-based financial management system that delivers automation around billing, accounting, and reporting. Voted market leaders by G2, Sage Intacct is the ideal Finance Solution to scale your business. Visit us at sage.com/uk/intacct.
SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 652: 10 Things That Always Work in Marketing with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin: Part 1
19 april 2023 · 33 min
If you're looking for a marketing strategy to grow your SaaS business, SaaStr's very own Jason Lemkin has five things you can do today, this week, or this month that always work. Lees meer
And the great news is that almost everything costs little to no money.
Most SaaS companies need to spend more on marketing. To save money, many freeze marketing spend, which is cool for a few months, but if it becomes the norm, they won't have enough pipeline for the rest of the year.
No matter what, you need to do more marketing in the back half of this year. If you don't, your teams are going to starve. As the saying goes, "You can't cut your way to growth."
While many of these ideas seem basic, they aren't done enough. Instead of tackling all five strategies simultaneously, do just one thing better, and you'll get more leads.
This episode is the first half of Jason's Workshop Wednesday session. We'll share the second half in Episode 653. You can watch the full session here: https://www.youtube.com/live/vc0nITbOlos?feature=share
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Sage Intacct is a powerful cloud-based financial management system that delivers automation around billing, accounting, and reporting. Voted market leaders by G2, Sage Intacct is the ideal Finance Solution to scale your business. Visit us at sage.com/uk/intacct.
What if you could prospect in a single click? And what if that click came with accurate, intent data you need to meet your goals? Meet Klarity with One-Click Prospecting by DemandScience. Let's make your job easier. Visit demandscience.com.
SaaStr Europa is back! And this time, we're heading to London for 2 fun-filled days of content, networking, and SaaS. Join us June 6th and 7th for SaaStr Europa 2023. Use code FAVE100 for $100 off tickets at saastrlondon.com.
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SaaStr 651: Top Mistakes Founders Make with Series A with Black Mangroves, Square Peg, Vertex, and GGV
14 april 2023 · 27 min
Arnaud Bonzom, Founder and Managing Director @ Black Mangroves moderates a panel with Carmen Yuen, General Partner @ Vertex, Jenny Lee, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital, and Piruze Sabuncu, Partner @ Square Peg Capital on what founders should look out for when raising a Series A. Lees meer
In this panel, Carmen, Jenny, and Piruze will discuss the lessons learned at Vertex, GGV, and Square Peg on the common pitfalls to look out for when you are raising your Series A. For each pitfall, they will provide tips and tactics on how to overcome them.
This episode is an excerpt of the VC session. You can watch the full video: https://youtu.be/nFUUTXlnaa0
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What if you could prospect in a single click?And what if that click came with accurate, intent data
you need to meet your goals? Meet Klarity with One-Click Prospecting by DemandScience. Let's make your job easier. Visit demandscience.comSage Intacct is a powerful cloud-based financial management system that delivers automation around billing, accounting, and reporting. Voted market leaders by G2, Sage Intacct is the ideal Finance Solution to scale your business. Visit us at sage.com/uk/intacct.
SaaStr Annual will officially be back in 2023. Join 12,500 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue leaders, and investors. Annual 2023 will take place September 6-8, 2023 in the SF Bay Area. Podcast listeners can use code FAVE100 to save 100 off tickets. Use FAVE100 when you buy your tickets at saastrannual2023.com
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SaaStr 650: The Impact of Generative AI on Software With Theory Ventures Founder & General Partner Tomasz Tunguz
12 april 2023 · 22 min
Generative AI has taken the world by storm, and VCs and SaaS founders are looking at new opportunities it can bring. Even considering the more conservative fundraising market in 2023, there are opportunities for startups to get investor attention with AI. Lees meer
Tomasz Tunguz, Founder & General Partner at Theory Ventures, believes that with the right GTM plan and capital efficiency, it is still possible to get funding. It's simply a matter of watching your burn: "The main difference in the market between 2021 and today is that efficiency matters more than growth."
Full video with Q&A: https://youtube.com/live/xiYzzLe9BAs
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What if you could prospect in a single click? And what if that click came with accurate, intent data you need to meet your goals? Meet Klarity with One-Click Prospecting by DemandScience. Let's make your job easier. Visit demandscience.com.
SaaStr Europa is back! And this time, we're heading to London for 2 fun-filled days of content, networking, and SaaS. Join us June 6th and 7th for SaaStr Europa 2023. Use code FAVE100 for $100 off tickets at saastrlondon.com.
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SaaStr 649: Being a Rebel and Building a Movement: Non-Traditional Approaches to Scale with DoNotPay CEO Joshua Browder
7 april 2023 · 25 min
In a crowded and distracted world, it can be hard to break through with customers, the media, recruiting and investors. Capturing the zeitgeist is more important than ever in making you stand out. In this session Josh will share his story building DoNotPay and how building a movement has given his company an advantage and the non-traditional lessons that he has learned. Lees meer
Video: https://youtu.be/kORBMIxRLs4
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SaaStr 648: CRO Confidential: Cherishma Shah, Senior Vice President; Go To Market Strategy, Operations & Enablement at Guild Education
5 april 2023 · 56 min
Not every leader is created equally. A bad experience with a revenue operations leader might taint your view of the position at all future companies, but that would be a mistake, as CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond learned first-hand. Lees meer
In this week's CRO Confidential episode, Blond talks to one of the best revenue operations leaders on the planet, Cherishma Shah, where she shares insights into the Rev Ops role, why your startup might need one, and how to maximize impact with this powerhouse position.
Shah is the Senior Vice President of Go-To-Market Strategy, Operations, and Enablement at Guild Education and formerly held the same role at Brex, working alongside Blond.
1:40 Intro
2:57 How Rev Ops fills critical gaps in the sales org
4:35 Cherishma's background, how that led to Rev Ops, and what a great Rev Ops candidate looks like
8:45 How to define Rev Ops
12:43 When is the right time to hire dedicated Rev Ops
20:47 More on the ideal candidate profile
24:11 Mistakes Cherisma has seen startups make as they make the first Rev Ops hires or build out the function
28:26 Where should Rev Ops sit within the org
35:07 Biggest opportunities for impact on the business for first hires
38:33 Scaling the Rev Ops org
40:35 How to structure the Rev Ops team and how to measure impact
47:00 Tactical examples of success Cherishma and Sam have seen
Video: https://youtu.be/S5JpOvgNtSY
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SaaStr 647: Scaling The Top SMB SaaS Companies: What It Takes with GGV Capital Managing Director Jeff Richards and GGV Capital Partner Tiffany Luck
1 april 2023 · 31 min
The SMBTech economy is very different from enterprise software, and there is massive opportunity to capture it. There are over 400M small businesses worldwide. That's more than 90% of companies and 40-50% of GDP. Lees meer
In this episode, Jeff Richards and Tiffany Luck, Managing Director and Partner at GGVCapital, share what it takes to win as a SMBTech startup in today's economy.
Full video with Q&A: https://youtube.com/live/pcgXYRMX2XU
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SaaStr 646: The Secrets to Building a Global Platform and Ecosystem with Xero Global Chief Strategy Officer Damien Tampling
29 maart 2023 · 20 min
There is plenty you could go deep on when talking about what it takes to scale a business from 1m to 1bn+, but in this session you'll hear 30 years of experience doing exactly that - compressed into a handful of key focus areas that really matter - principles that have proven to make the difference when surrounded by options and chaos. Lees meer
Video: https://youtu.be/CQdAzSfhz54
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SaaStr 645: Why GUIDEcx is Betting Big on In-Person Events with SaaStr Head of Partnerships Poya Osgouei and GUIDEcx Co-Founder and VP of Sales Todd White
24 maart 2023 · 23 min
Significant strides in digital technology combined with the COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted the world of corporate summits, events, and tradeshows. Many businesses changed their strategy to incorporate virtual or hybrid events recently. Before the pandemic, hybrid and virtual gatherings accounted for only 18.9% of all events. But after the pandemic, the number shifted, with 59.5% of event planners stating that they will focus more on hybrid events. Lees meer
Is there still room for in-person events in 2023 and beyond? Further, can it drive value for your business? For Todd White, Co-Founder of GUIDEcx, the answer to both questions is a resounding yes. In this episode, Todd shares with SaaStr's Poya Osgouei why GUIDEcx finds live events so valuable, even beyond sales, and the playbook he uses to ensure his team gets the most out of events.
Watch the full webinar for even more about GUIDEcx and tips for successful events.
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SaaStr 644: Lessons Learned in Scaling Early-Stage to Hyper-Growth Companies: From VMware, AWS and Databricks with Databricks SVP and GM Ed Lenta
22 maart 2023 · 25 min
Back in the early 2000s, people didn't entirely accept that a virtual machine could be as good as a physical one. Of course, we all know how that turned out. Lees meer
Ed Lenta, the SVP and GM of Databricks, had the rare opportunity of scaling three hypergrowth companies — VMware, AWS, and Databricks. All of which were disruptors when they first came on the scene.
Is there a recipe or formula that will predict the success of a pre-growth, high-potential company? Lenta shares his lessons learned through scaling these early-stage companies.
Full video: https://youtu.be/FvYovHfm7rs
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