The Latest From SaaStr: You Need to Know Where You Stand With Your Investors. Your Investor NPS.

	You Need to Know Where You Stand With Your Investors. Your Investor NPS.

	By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, September 4, 2021

	One thing that constantly surprises me is that maybe 80% of venture-backed founders I know don’t know where they stand with their investors. The bottom line is every professional VC... Continue Reading The post You Need to Know Where You Stand With Your Investors. Your Investor NPS. appeared first on SaaStr.

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	Moving Upmarket and Serving Multiple Segments With Square’s Global Head of Sales (Podcast 478 and Video)

	By Amelia Ibarra · Friday, September 3, 2021

	Hear from Square's Global Head of Sales, Ashley Grech, on the challenges and learnings of Square’s work to move upmarket and serve multiple customer segments at once. The post Moving Upmarket and Serving Multiple Segments With Square’s Global Head of Sales (Podcast 478 and Video) appeared first on SaaStr.

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	5+ Ways to Better Motivate Your Salesteam

	By Jason Lemkin · Friday, September 3, 2021

	Q:  How can I better motivate my sales team? A few thoughts: First, make sure at least 1 or 2 of your first 5-6 reps are making a lot of... Continue Reading The post 5+ Ways to Better Motivate Your Salesteam appeared first on SaaStr.

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	Dear SaaStr: How Do VCs Mitigate Investment Risks?

	By Jason Lemkin · Friday, September 3, 2021

	Q: How Do VCs Mitigate Investment Risks? There are a number of slightly subtle things the best VCs do, and the rest really don’t: Getting other investors to carry their... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: How Do VCs Mitigate Investment Risks? appeared first on SaaStr.

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	10+ Signs of a Mediocre Hire

	By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, September 2, 2021

	Q: What do mediocre employees do that the best employees don’t do? My list of what mediocre employees do: Unable to hit deadlines. This is different than missing a few,... Continue Reading The post 10+ Signs of a Mediocre Hire appeared first on SaaStr.

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	Join One Great SaaS Discussion a Day on SaaStr University!!

	By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, September 2, 2021

	We’ve added a new daily discussion topic on SaaStr University and folks are already getting a big benefit out of it. Recent discussions include: What’s your top tip for dealing... Continue Reading The post Join One Great SaaS Discussion a Day on SaaStr University!! appeared first on SaaStr.

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Adopt or Ignore? How to understand product usage By Amelia Ibarra

You can’t build a product that people love without understanding why they love it. Pendo gives you deep visibility into which features users adopt and which they ignore, and lets you guide them past friction points and toward value with targeted in-product messaging based on those insights. Try it for free. 

Infrastructure management can be tough. Here's how to simplify By Amelia Ibarra

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.