The Latest From SaaStr: How to Improve Any SaaS Metric: Obsess About It

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By Jason Lemkin · Tuesday, April 20, 2021
 
     
 

Q:  What core SaaS metrics should we obsess about? Beyond MRR growth + managing the burn rate — which really are all that matters … you should obsess over improving...
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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, April 19, 2021
 
     
 

Q:  What are some best practices to minimize employee turnover? A few thoughts: Hire great VPs that folks love to work for. This is how you scale. Hire VPs whose...
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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, April 19, 2021
 
     
 

A great VP doesn’t make the plan every single month But a great VP never hides the facts or allocates blame when they miss it — Jason ✨BeKind✨ Lemkin ⚫️...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Sunday, April 18, 2021
 
     
 

Joe Thomas, CEO of Loom, shares how a focus on user experience helped Loom build its flywheel and grow to 10 million users without paid marketing.

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By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, April 18, 2021
 
     
 

The 4 things that matter most are things that it’s often hard to take too seriously in the early days. Culture? Yes, there’s nothing more important.  But in the early...
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By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, April 17, 2021
 
     
 

So for 5+ years we’ve had a very specific set of speaker guidelines at SaaStr Annual and related events.  We’ve had a majority of women speakers since 2017, and aim...
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