The Latest from SaaStr: The Private Equity Math of 1+1=3 in SaaS Acquisitions

By Jason Lemkin · Monday, April 11, 2022 | Exit Strategy, Growth

So public Cloud and SaaS stocks continue to be under a lot of pressure, with many Cloud leaders trading for half of what they were trading at just a few months ago.

But there’s one pocket of excitement: Private Equity deals.

Read the full article: The Private Equity Math of 1+1=3 in SaaS Acquisitions

By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, April 10, 2022 | Early

Mistake #1: Not budgeting 24 months to get to a viable business. Most founders assume 6–8–12 months is enough. It almost never is, especially in B2B/SaaS. It almost always takes 24 months from “go”, or longer, to build a real business in SaaS.

Read the full article: The 5 Biggest Mistakes New Founders Make When They Start a SaaS Business

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By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, April 9, 2022 | Hiring

Hiring has never been easy in SaaS.  In the old days, it was hard just because there weren’t enough seasoned candidates.  Today, it’s hard because there are 1000x more SaaS startups before. It’s always been hard.

But it’s not necessarily harder — it’s just different.  And key to winning the best talent is knowing what they really care about, not just what you think they care about.

Women in Revenue had a great recent 2022 Annual Report you should download here on how things have, and haven’t, changed in the workplace since Covid, The Great Resignation, and more. 

Read the full article: Women in Revenue: Transparent Comp is #1 in Evaluating Job Offers

By Team SaaStr · Saturday, April 9, 2022 | Leadership, SaaS Product Pricing

In the run up to SaaStr Europa 2022 in Barcelona on June 7-8, we’re taking a look at some of the top all-time SaaStr Europa sessions.

Olivier Pomel, CEO and co-founder of Datadog, was kind enough to join us in Paris at the first SaaStr Europa together with Jean-Baptiste Coger, Co-Founder at PlatoHQ, when they were at about $50m ARR.  Fast forward to today, Datadog is at a stunning $1.2B in ARR!

We can look back at how Datadog scaled in this incredible and honest deep-dive.

Read the full article: A Look Back: Olivier Pomel, CEO of Datadog: How to Build and Sell a Product that Customers Love (Video + Transcript)

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