The Latest from SaaStr: When to Go Multi-Product in SaaS

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When to Go Multi-Product in SaaS

By Jason Lemkin · Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | Growth, Product

So a top theme across SaaStr CEO interviews since 2017 or so, and across our 5 Interesting Learnings series with public SaaS companies, is … when should you go multi-product?

I’m going to summarize a bunch of my learnings into 2 rough metrics, and then let’s do a deep dive across a bunch of SaaS leaders to see what we can learn.

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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

By Amanda Beaty · Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | Customer Success, Leadership

No matter how innovative a product might be, a business can only succeed if it enables its customers. But, as a business grows, teams may find that this success hinges on overcoming one final hurdle: building a financial stack.

Suzanne Xie kicked off her journey in SaaS as the Founder and CEO of Lightwell. These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace.

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FOCUS ON YOUR FINANCIAL STACK

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Carta: Seed Rounds Down More Than 20% in Q1’22

By Jason Lemkin · Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | Fundraising

This is more a note than a post, but I thought it was worth highlighting because there’s so much conflicting advice and commentary in venture today. Especially around seed rounds.

You’ll hear that while investing has slowed down for Series A-D+ rounds, it’s still on pace with similar valuations for seed. Because there are 1000+ more seed funds, and 1000s more seed investors, than just 2 years ago, that are ready to deploy capital.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

55 of the First Speakers at 2022 SaaStr Annual!!

By Jason Lemkin · Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | Blog Posts

It's almost time for SaaStr Europa, but we're also deep into planning SaaStr Annual Sep 13-15 2022 in the SF Bay Area. 10,000+ of us together, spread out across 40+ acres outdoors, festival-style again!

Take a look at just some of the epic speakers!

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ENHANCE YOUR APPLICATION’S FEATURE SET WITH THIRD-PARTY API INTEGRATIONS.

By Amelia Ibarra

A third-party API integration gets you more than just additional functionality for your application. Accusoft’s trusted developers and support specialists can help you save time and get to market faster.

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