The Latest From SaaStr: 25 Proven Ideas to Lower Churn from Brex, Sendbird, ServiceNow, GitLab and More

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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, August 16, 2021
 
     
 

We put out a call on Twitter the other day for folks’ best tips on what has really lowered churn for them this year. A few of the best: “Hire more...
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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, August 16, 2021
 
     
 

Q: How do you re-negotiate an unlimited seat site license SaaS agreement as VP of Sales? Or even just a “bad” contract you gave to a very early customer that...
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By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, August 15, 2021
 
     
 

With over 300 speakers and 100+ sessions at this year’s SaaStr Annual, you’ll want to be in the audience to learn from the best SaaS experts. We recently launched the entire SaaStr Annual...
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By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, August 15, 2021
 
     
 

Q: What are the qualities of a good co-founder? Life hack: partner with someone better than you that still finds you charming. Jokes aside, starting something is hard, the only...
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By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, August 14, 2021
 
     
 

Q:  What is your opinion on the factors causing SaaS businesses to fail? My top list of what causes SaaS startups to fail: Not committing to 24 months to get...
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  Adopt or Ignore? How to understand product usage
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Infrastructure management can be tough. Here's how to simplify
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Building and maintaining your own cloud platform infrastructure is a huge investment that can divert resources from your most important goal: solving customer challenges. With Platform.sh, the modern Platform-as-a-Service, you can deliver faster solutions and deploy new code in real time. Learn more here

 
 
 

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