TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Caryn Marooney is general partner at Coatue Management and sits on the boards of Zendesk and Elastic. Bottom-up SaaS: A framework for mapping pricing to customer value. Bottom-up SaaS: A framework for mapping pricing to customer value. Should your SaaS startup embrace a bottom-up GTM strategy? Why call it that?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

I highly recommend that every member get involved with their local chapter board and participate in regional and global events to significantly enhance their EO experience.” — Felix Wendlandt, EO Shanghai “EO has already been extremely beneficial to me. The trust and respect we have for each other is wonderful.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

Having earned “scars and stripes” at various startups, Heskins recently joined “tech for good” company Big Lemon as a part-time head of growth, but still offers her services to other teams as a SaaS and early-stage startup marketing consultant. Why have you decided to focus on SaaS startups?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As a revenue leader at large and small technology companies, I’ve spent the last 15 years attending a lot of quarterly board meetings. This is all necessary because the board meeting is such a high-stakes event. As a wise mentor once told me, no one ever gets a promotion from a board meeting, but people sure do get fired afterward.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

But in my experience it’s surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda. Is she getting enough board exposure? Is she feeling motivated?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

A new company recently emerged that is targeting a popular startup niche, wanting to exclusively help early-stage SaaS (software-as-a-service) companies with their financial needs. And it’s doing it as part of a partnership with Stripe, one of the world’s largest, and most valuable private fintechs. How it’s different and the same.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. In SaaS, it’s not much different. Any new local business could try this.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. That enabled us to bring Rob Bailey on board as the CEO and it was the best decision we could have made at the time. I think it’s fair to say that Rob managed me as a board member more than I managed him.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Beyond volatility: How semiconductor companies can thrive with a focused sector strategy. Beyond volatility: How semiconductor companies can thrive with a focused sector strategy. Build a solid deck for your quarterly board meetings. Build a solid deck for your quarterly board meetings.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster? So, why do public SaaS firms with usage-based pricing see faster growth ? Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster? From dorm rooms to board rooms: How universities are promoting entrepreneurship. Fifteen U.S.-based

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

150Birds is a freelancer- aggregator -cum- SAAS-platform that provides professional marketing services with a flexible team made up of freelancers. Strategic guidance: The experts help clients develop the most profitable marketing strategies. The SAAS works on a simple revenue model. 150Birds – Startup Review By Feedough.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

They are an open-source & SaaS provider of eCommerce solutions. They did it by creating a blog, discussion board and hub for eCommerce advice and information. I have board meetings, company pitches, internal partner meetings, etc. They created inbound link juice on topics that drove more traffic to their site.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Current management, which includes CEO Mark Schoen and CSO/founder Jakob Schreyer (pictured below), will also stay on board post-transaction. We want to be at the heart of its SMB strategy.” Orderbird will continue to operate as its own brand, becoming a central part of Nexi’s push into the SMB segment.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2025

Whether you’re just starting or scaling up, Puāwai brings strategy, content, and collaboration together, powered by intelligence that gets smarter and personalised the more you use it. Our AI learns your strategies and adapts to your unique tone of voice, turning everyday tasks into smarter outcomes.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Most board meetings are “update meetings” where management downloads its status to a group of investors. These outside board members spend most of the board meeting trying to reacquaint themselves with the company’s business and critical issues. So most board meetings become bored meetings.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast and delightfully simple” experiences, according to seed-stage investor John Chen of Fika Ventures. SaaS needs to take a page out of the crypto playbook. “It’s attention.”

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. That bridged the trust gap between SaaS claims and clinical reality. Post-round, the same metrics framework became our quarterly board template, saving hours of prep. The outcome?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

. “Every enterprise is either already rearchitecting themselves to be built around learning systems powered by AI, or they should be,” said Lonne Jaffe, managing director at Insight Partners and now a board member at Run:AI.”

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 24, 2015

Over dinner, a veteran product manager argued most SaaS products’ onboarding practices miss a crucial step: create value for the user in the first session. After that conversation, I signed up for many brand-name SaaS products pretending it was for the first time, and I couldn’t help but agree with him.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

I began my career at Oracle in the mid-1980s and have since been around the proverbial block, particularly in Silicon Valley working for and with companies ranging from the Fortune 50 to global consulting companies to leading a number of startups, including the SaaS company I presently lead. Wait ‘til we go public!”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Others investing in the burgeoning startup are Des Traynor, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Intercom (amongst other angels). Butter also supports various third-party integrations, such as for white boarding, note taking, etc. Acapela, from the founder of Dubsmash, hopes ‘asynchronous meetings’ can end Zoom fatigue.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

After Anaplan, which SaaS company will private equity target next? Ron Miller and Alex Wilhelm studied the transaction to see “if Thoma Bravo is paying a premium for this company,” but they also looked at the larger question — is this “the beginning of a trend of private equity taking aim at vulnerable SaaS firms?”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

The relatively recent shift to cloud computing promised to lower costs and boost productivity, but “ cloud-first strategies may be hitting the limits of their efficacy , and in many cases, ROIs are diminishing,” writes Thomas Robinson, COO of Domino Data Lab. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

” With AI use cases being a central part of Intel’s next-generation growth strategy, these will be essential for building AI-based systems based on Intel’s processors, he said, adding that Aries Smart Retimers for PCIe are also featured in multiple reference designs and commercial platforms from Intel. ” . “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Steven Kramer, board member and former EVP of Hybris, said via email that over the past two decades, the e-commerce industry went through several waves of innovation. As such, Nacelle will invest the new round into its go-to-market strategy and expand its customer success, partner relations and product development.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

New Accounts: Key Metric for SaaS Startups As a fintech startup, we track a lot of metrics, but what really matters for a SaaS company is the number of new accounts. It’s important because it helps us understand the efficiency of our marketing strategies and the return on investment for each customer.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

. “Instead of us investing individually because obviously , we have somewhat limited capacity in terms of how much time we have as founders because of our respective companies, why don’t we collaborate on a strategy together and co-invest together ?” Fund of micro funds but more than money. ” MAGIC Fund 1 was $1.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Endgame , enabling software companies to turn customer observations into go-to-market strategies, announced Tuesday it raised a total of $17 million in back-to-back seed and Series A funding rounds. As part of the investment, Upfront Ventures Partner Kara Nortman and Menlo Ventures Partner Naomi Ionita will join Endgame’s board of directors.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Twitter Spaces: SaaS marketing with MKT1 founders Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich. London for a Twitter Spaces conversation with Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich , founders of MKT1, a partnership that advises SaaS startups. Founders: How well do you really understand seed-stage financing? Image Credits: MKT1. EDT/10 p.m.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The company launched just six months ago, has already booked $6 million of sales and is claiming astonishing conversion rates across the board, with 250 brands already using the platform, and corraling more than 1,000 influencers onto its platform. “I was head of growth and then VP of Marketing for a company called Bellhop.

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HPA

MARCH 14, 2023

Elate’s all-in-one platform helps businesses define strategies and track execution across disparate teams. As a result, Elate customers are able to build, deliver, and report on their strategy more quickly and efficiently. He is a serial entrepreneur and brings strong expertise in founding and scaling B2B SaaS businesses.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Gibson, who previously served as general partner focused on crypto, web2, SaaS and devops) will lead the firm’s early-stage investment strategy. Months after the departure, Tan said that Ohanian isn’t leaving the firm altogether but is instead stepping into a board partner role at Initialized.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. 4 key strategies for succeeding at international expansion. Marjorie Radlo-Zandi. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Hence, it’s really important to calculate how much it will cost to get a new customer on-board to keep the business profitable for the long run. This cost includes marketing and sales costs and salaries paid to the employees to get the customer on board. For example, Spotify spends enormous amounts on getting new free users on board.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Businesses usually plot their growth strategies on spreadsheets, but Drivetrain wants to provide a faster alternative for financial planning and decision-making. During his six years at the firm, Goel evaluated hundreds of SaaS companies and served on many of their boards.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Hamed highlights 3 tools for visibility into revenues: SaaS business models , which mean recurring revenue; CAC:LTV ratios and other calculable analytics – which allow lenders to understand what amount of revenue a marketing input will generate; and. A better way to fund SaaS companies. Six Paths to Financing a SaaS Business.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. “A To help TechCrunch+ readers take on this challenge, we are looking for experts to participate in a survey about tactics and strategies for startup recruiting in Q1 2022.

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