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THE LATEST FROM SAASTR

By Jason Lemkin  · Thursday, August 11, 2022 | Product

So in the Boom Times of later 2020 and 2021, almost every VC pushed SaaS companies to at least become a little bit of a fintech.  Why?  It seemed such an easy way to bolt on more revenue to an underlying SaaS platform.  And indeed, sometimes it can be.  Shopify now gets 2x the revenue from payments and merchant services than it does from SaaS subscriptions.

But here’s the thing:  it’s often not a free lunch.  You pay in the gross margins.

EARLY

By Jason Lemkin · Friday, August 12, 2022 | Early

We'd all love to be able to go back in time and give our younger selves all the best advice. Jason shares 10 tips in this Founder's version.

We're getting close now!

Only 31 days til we take over the Bay Area for SaaStr Annual 2022, Sept. 13-15 at the San Mateo County Events Center.

Don't miss the opportunity to network with 10,000 SaaS Founders, CEOs, and VCs this September.

NEW PODCAST

By Amanda Beaty · Friday, August 12, 2022 | Fundraising, Metrics

Jason recently opened up an AMA on Twitter Spaces to answer questions about scaling and VC funding. Episode 581 of the podcast is an excerpt from the recording, and we've included the full transcript.

DEAR SAASTR

By Jason Lemkin · Friday, August 12, 2022 | Fundraising, Q&A

VCs often don't make as much as you think. Each general partner might make $5m here on a $1B exit.  And a non-true general partner might make quite a bit less.

SAASTR ANNUAL 2022

By Amanda Beaty · Thursday, August 11, 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!

DEAR SAASTR

By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, August 11, 2022 | Career Growth & Advice, Compensation

It’s a tough question because they really do deserve a lot.

You really want to give the early folks a ton. At least — the very best ones. But the pie only adds to up 100%

NEW PODCAST + VIDEO

By Amanda Beaty · Wednesday, August 10, 2022 | Company Culture, Customer Success

While there are universal truths that every SaaS founder should put into practice, each company’s journey is different. The key to success is patience, adaptability, and commitment to customers. These pillars helped propel Miro, a visual collaboration software company, to a valuation of $17.5 billion after raising $400 million in Series C funding.

In this SaaStr Europa 2022 session, Matt Jacobson, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, interviews Miro’s Founder & CEO, Andrey Khusid, to get insight into how he was able to grow the company so successfully.

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