The Latest From SaaStr: 5 Interesting Learnings from SmartSheet at $400,000,000+ in ARR

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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, March 19, 2021
 
     
 

We’ve done a lot of fun sessions together with Smartsheet over the years at SaaStr but haven’t taken a deep dive into its business.  It’s an interesting one, with a...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Friday, March 19, 2021
 
     
 

In today’s SaaStr podcast the team at Bessemer Venture Partners unveils the 2021 state of the cloud. Listen in as Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson and Mary D’Onofrio share the latest trends and predictions for the cloud marketplace.

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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, March 19, 2021
 
     
 

Recently, I met with a great SaaS founder doing about $1.5m in ARR.  She was telling me about her VP of Marketing who, in the Bay Area, she was paying...
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By Mark Faggiano · Friday, March 19, 2021
 
     
 

We defied all market odds and became one of the fastest growing software companies ever, bootstrapping our way to $20M ARR. And unlike most of today's startups, we didn't do it the traditional way.

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By Amelia Ibarra · Thursday, March 18, 2021
 
     
 

In this episode of the SaaStr podcast, SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin, chats with Sam Blond, Chief Sales Officer at Brex. Together they discuss the future of SaaS sales and buying cycles in a post-covid marketplace.

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By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, March 18, 2021
 
     
 

Q: How can a SaaS startup survive in a crowded market? Find a segment of the market to win in. Where you can build a 10x feature, and then a...
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