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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). I like technical founders so this wasn’t an issue.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. two founders in a garage?—?(HP The most connected and high-potential founders start with wads of cash. We live in a hostile world and it’s now a tech-enabled hostile world.

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How should SaaS companies deliver and price professional services?

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He focuses primarily on investments in software and technology-enabled business services. Should SaaS founders be raising capital now? Gartner recently forecast that SaaS revenue worldwide could surpass $140 billion by 2022, which would represent a 40% increase over 2019’s roughly $100 billion.

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15 Years of Founders’ Co-op

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Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year. But as a “company town” where most engineers come for a well-paying job, not as founders seeking like-minded peers, our region’s entrepreneurial support systems are surprisingly weak. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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3 tips for SaaS founders hoping to join the $1 million ARR club

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David Cancel, a five-time entrepreneur and author of the book "Conversational Marketing," is CEO and founder of Drift. Video and messaging enable remote work. Building a SaaS company from the ground up is never easy. More posts by this contributor. But is it right for your company? 3 key secrets to building extraordinary teams.

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Founderpath secures $145M in debt and equity to help B2B SaaS startup founders avoid dilution

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Companies that have high recurring revenue and visibility into future performance — such as SaaS startups — in particular can benefit from debt financings, Alex points out. . The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Enter Founderpath.

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Singapore’s KNN3 wants to enable social discovery for decentralized apps

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The blockchain data space is already quite crowded, co-founder Thomas Yu admitted, but there’s still room for more specialized services. Nansen and web3 development platform Alchemy come in the form of centralized SaaS products. services and is now building a decentralized identity system using KNN3’s tech. In the U.S.,