The Latest From SaaStr: 5 Things I Did To Make My First Big Customer a Success. And 1 Key Thing I Didn’t.

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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, April 26, 2021
 
     
 

Q: What did you give to your first customer of your business? Everything I could. I did 24×7 support myself. I slept with a laptop next to my bed so...
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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, April 26, 2021
 
     
 

With all the SaaS companies raising big, later-stage rounds these days, seemingly every single day there’s a new unicorn and $100m+ round … you may wonder … why? I mean,...
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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, April 26, 2021
 
     
 

A curious thing happened on the way to SaaS in 2021+.  Everyone seemingly became an expert in churn. Your churn rate should be 0.123909% per month.  It should be net...
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By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, April 25, 2021
 
     
 

Missed some of the top SaaStr content of the past few months?  We got you.  It’s on YouTube! Here are the most popular sessions that 1000s of you were watching...
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By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, April 25, 2021
 
     
 

I personally was terrible at many growth tactics, growing Adobe Sign / EchoSign. I didn’t know much about anything other than direct sales at the time. I’ve sure learned a...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Sunday, April 25, 2021
 
     
 

Head of Experience Research at Asana, Beth Toland, shares how to make customer insights part of product development and strategy from ideation to delivery.

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