TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

How to grow a SaaS company efficiently in a recession. Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, says entrepreneurs need to resist the urge to become defensive in these sessions. “In Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Thanks very much for reading, and have a great weekend.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Like many startup founders, CEO Jon Lee has experienced the frustration first hand of trying to gather this financial data, and he decided to start a company to deal with it once and for all. The company has decided to concentrate its efforts for starters on SaaS companies and their requirements. For now, the company is 100% remote.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Azalea Garcia, EO Puerto Rico “Joining the MyEO Forum for SaaS Founders has provided a unique blend of learning, accountability, and community. The exchange of ideas and experiences with other SaaS founders has broadened my perspective and equipped me with actionable strategies to elevate my business.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

And many of the best women founders. million to launch a SaaS software company and we took $2.5 If your first chance at being a startup founder coincides with your first child it’s really difficult for either gender. Please watch this. She has a quote from literally every major VC from whom you’d want to hear.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

What advice would you give your past self? Most founders I speak to agree that the startup journey is generally discouraging, overrun with unsolvable challenges and many many mistakes. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. However, some founders let their preconceptions of IP concerns hold them back from starting a company,” said Dr. Galym Imanbayev, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. White (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Black entrepreneurs face a unique set of challenges, but Captain founder Demetrius Gray raised $107 million after his Y Combinator experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. I’m thankful to the founders of the companies that I invested in where the business has been on a crazy growth trajectory over the past year or two. Startup Advice'

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

It offers information on loans and grants and is accompanied by a quiz that provides specialized answers for founders regarding their capital needs and wants for expanding their businesses. It’s best known for its fellowship program that provides education grants, networking opportunities and business advice to women entrepreneurs.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6% of founders raise VC; the other 99.4%

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

3 views: How should founders prepare for a decline in startup valuations and investor interest? Investors are pushing founders to be lean, but at the same time, offering them $10,000 to take PTO for a week and try their hand at entrepreneurship. Consumer fintech trading revenues don’t measure up to SaaS ARR (April 2022).

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bearing those factors and others in mind, Ben Parr, president and co-founder of e-commerce marketing platform Octane.ai, shared his e-commerce predictions for 2022 : Personalization and zero-party data become critical. After talking to marketing leaders for a year, here’s my advice for CEOs. Instead, it chose the SPAC route.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Zach Wright, the founder and CEO of Grapevine Software , a cutting-edge Virtual Office platform designed to centralize communication, knowledge sharing, and team alignment for distributed workforces. As a founder, what keeps me motivated is the process of constant learning. Startups take time.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 31, 2023

” That was the email one of Ethena’s founders sent to me and Melanie Naranjo on 8/21/21, a bit over two years ago. Hunter Walk: One of my favorite things to do for founders is speaking with people who are considering joining their startup. Thanks Melanie for sharing some advice with me/us. Try new things.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. Startup Advice' You’ll get empathy.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Tetra Insights co-founders Michael Bamberger and Panos Rigopoulos raised a $5 million Series A last year, and the duo said cold outreach was a key part of their strategy. SaaS startups that incrementally improve will stack small wins that have the potential to alter the company’s trajectory. million seed round a year later.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Founders hate them because they’re dilutive. But given that I’m not likely to back 99.999% of the people reading this (I do 2-3 deals maximum per year as a VC) I’m really just trying to offer honest advice. It applies to all startups – not just SaaS. The days of easy money may be slowing down.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Sharon Lou, venture partner at Indelible Ventures , considers this as one of the top mistakes that founders commit when raising funds.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. That may seem strange advice for a new startup, but the economy is volatile and things change very fast.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. Reach out to the founders, not the staff. Tags: Start-up Advice. I acknowledge it was a mistake. We were hot. Until we weren’t.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Sandhya’s specialism is early-stage SaaS. We’re covering The Impact of Gen AI on Enterprise SaaS Today. Listen to this episode [link] Spotify | Apple The Impact of Gen AI on Enterprise SaaS Today Here are some of the key takeaways from the episode if you’re in a rush! For bootstrapped founders, we want $1m MRR.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021. Early-bird pricing: We offer two pass levels — Founder and Innovator. Plus, don’t miss the sweet discount when you buy a ticket for both events.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

According to Sean McDermott, founder and CEO of RedMonocle, CISOs should meet executives where they are. So much so, Lightspeed Ventures handed the startup a term sheet even though its founders weren’t looking to raise. “You already know why cybersecurity investment is essential to your role.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startup pitching has become an existential drama, in part because so many founders exaggerate the size of the total addressable market (TAM) in which they hope to compete. It is almost guaranteed you’re going to be wrong,” said Aydin Senkut, the founder and managing partner of Felicis Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The reality is that you need to standardize many things in a company if you’re to scale quickly, which is why many founders depart at the time of the transition. Those were the early days of SaaS and you might remember that even Salesforce.com has major outage problems. Tags: Startup Advice. This seldom works.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A founder with a startup focused on selling groceries online should begin their pitch by describing the total money projected to be spent on groceries online over the coming years. First-time entrepreneurs frequently ask my advice about when they should start meeting with prospective financiers. Predict The Trajectory.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Her advice skips straight past basic best practices to explain alignment and partnership strategies, recommendations for nurturing community, and other PLG tactics. “A performance-rata clause will look different for each investor on a founder’s cap table. Dear Sophie, Both my co-founder and I have E-2 status.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Advice is not a new concept, but Intro is putting its spin on access to in-demand experts through personalized one-on-one video calls. Raad Mobrem, founder of Intro. Raad Mobrem, founder of Intro. Image Credits: Intro. Image Credits: Intro. The latest funding gives the company $12 million in total funding to date.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The VCs who founders love the most. Managing Editor Danny Crichton spearheaded the development of The TechCrunch List earlier this year to help seed-stage founders connect with VCs who write first checks. ” The VCs who founders love the most. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In this exclusive interview, Younghak Ahn , the CEO and Founder of EVENTUS shares insights into his journey, the platform’s mission, and their ambitious plans for the future. “We created an educational SaaS that enabled real-time two-way communication between teachers and students through IT.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Dominic Wollrych, co-founder and chief executive officer of Lawpath, said he decided to create Lawpath while working for a large law firm, where he realized that many legal services are inaccessible to small businesses. LawVu, a cloud-based platform for in-house legal teams, raises $17M NZD from Insight Partners.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

If you are an early-stage founder who’s seeking clarity about apportioning equity — or if you’re biting your nails over how much to raise — read this primer. It’s also a useful overview for early employees and co-founders who may be new to startup financing. Senior Editor, TechCrunch. yourprotagonist. EDT/10 p.m.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

ET, I’m hosting a Twitter Space with Silicon Valley immigration lawyer Sophie Alcorn, who writes the “Dear Sophie” advice column for TechCrunch+ each Wednesday. For better or for worse: Managing founder-CEO tension inside a startup. Previously, the co-founders of MongoDB hired him to be their CEO. PT/11:30 a.m.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Disrupt is renowned real estate where trailblazing founders, CEOs and VCs come to share their perspective, advice and wisdom. It’s an opportunity for early-stage founders to learn from the best. Don’t miss the Startup Battlefield 200 companies exhibiting at the show or the epic Startup Battlefield pitch competition.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The company, headquartered in France, has developed a SaaS-based visual e-merchandising platform with tools for creating 3D images for e-commerce. We set out to build a SaaS e-merchandising platform to create unlimited visuals via a desktop so you can showcase your products.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

based tech founders are welcomed with open arms. Bas Godska , founder, Acrobator Ventures. Digital health, education, B2B SaaS. More overlooked founders than opportunities. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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