The Latest From SaaStr: Dear SaaStr: How Do You Know When it’s Time to Leave Your Current Company and Move On?

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By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, November 18, 2021
 
     
 

Q: How do you know when it’s time to leave your current company and move on? Let me add just one specific criterion / thought: -> Move on when people...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Wednesday, November 17, 2021
 
     
 

Reaching unicorn status is goal #1 for many startups. In this podcast, Tope Awotona, CEO at Calendly, Bernadette Nixon, CEO at Algolia, Steve Sloan, CEO at Contentful, moderated by Casey Renner, Partner at OpenView, discuss how high-growth companies can strive for profitability — while growing responsibly to reach unicorn status.

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By Jason Lemkin · Wednesday, November 17, 2021
 
     
 

Unicorns and even Decacorns are all we talk about in SaaS today. Does it make sense?  Can the market really support 300+ SaaS and Cloud Unicorns? Well maybe.  Why?  There...
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By Jason Lemkin · Wednesday, November 17, 2021
 
     
 

Hopefully, sometime over the next few weeks, you’ll finish up your model and planning for next year.  If not, please try to do it before 12/31 … 🙂 I’m working...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Tuesday, November 16, 2021
 
     
 

You’re the founder of a nicely growing SaaS startup that has just raised a Series A, Series B, or Series C funding round. You need to hire rapidly to seize the opportunity. But how much should you hire, what roles should you hire, and what should the org chart look like when you’re done?

David Sacks, co-founder and general partner at Craft will share what works from the 20 unicorns he's invested in, including AirBnB, ClickUp, Slack, SpaceX, Twitter, Uber, and Wish.

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By Jason Lemkin · Tuesday, November 16, 2021
 
     
 

We’re getting excited for the third annual SaaStr Scale on December 15.  It’s all digital, and all free. The top sessions so far (click on them to register) are: #1...
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  Propel Your Hiring Efforts in 2022
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 Join Checkr Forward for fresh perspectives and clear solutions to propel your hiring efforts into 2022. Get tangible takeaways and best practices to tackle the return to work and challenges of hiring at scale from speakers like Dr. Bernice King and Ashton Kutcher. Watch now.


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Shortcut is built by software teams, for software teams to make project management even easier. They bring the flow to your software team's workflow. Plan, collaborate, build, and measure success with Shortcut. Try it today to take the management out of your team's project management. 


 
 
 

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