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THE LATEST FROM SAASTR

By Jason Lemkin  · Friday, July 29, 2022 | Growth

So we’re in a bit of a weird world and time in venture capital.  The public markets are down 50%+.  The best of the best in SaaS and Cloud, truly the fastest growing and most iconic SaaS companies, from Snowflake to Datadog and more are way, way down.  Even though their growth is way, way up.

But what about startups?  Well … it depends.  Much like buying a home at the peak of the market, you can sort of ignore things if the value declines.

DEAR SAASTR

By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, July 30, 2022 | Fundraising

You've got your slide deck ready and you finally got a meeting with a VC. You've practiced so much you can pitch in your sleep. Are you ready? Not just yet.

What should you not say to a VC during a pitch meeting?

It's almost here - SaaStr Annual 2022.

We're taking over the Bay Area Sept 13-15 for the world's largest SaaS and Cloud community gathering. 

With 3 days of tactical content, workshops, networking, and limitless opportunities to connect with CEOs, Founders, VCs and Revenue Leaders - this will be the biggest, most networking focused SaaStr Annual yet. 

NEW PODCAST

By Amanda Beaty · Friday, July 29, 2022 | International Expansion, Marketing

Jason recently opened up an AMA on Twitter Spaces to answer questions about how to scale faster. Episode 577 of the podcast is an excerpt from the recording, and we've provided the full transcript.

Jason talks about going free, the value of building a brand, localization, and more!

GROWTH

By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, July 28, 2022 | Blog Posts, Growth

So you want to do better this quarter. Maybe last quarter was rough. Maybe it was fine, but you want to step up your game.  Maybe your marketing budget has even been frozen.

One thing you can do is spend a ton on new leads. You can also totally change your sales team.  Or finally launch that critical feature.

But what can you do now, with the team you have now, and the leads you have now, to do even better?

SAASTR ANNUAL NEWS

By Amanda Beaty · Thursday, July 28, 2022 | Blog Posts

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. At the 8th ever SaaStr Annual, ~200 of the best and hottest companies on earth will go BIG as partners/sponsors. Join these incredible companies to experience all the value of SaaStr!

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