Software-as-a-Service news & blogs
The SaaS Playbook
- 📕 Jumping on VC Treadmill; Q2 2021 Private SaaS Company Multiples; How to Steal talent from Bi…
- 📕 Transitioning from product led growth to enterprise sales; Headers to 2x your homepage conve…
- 📕 SaaS pricing experimentations; Conquering one vertical at a time; What you should be asking …
- 📕 How to handle acquisition interest; A tiered approach to ABM campaigns; Building “exce…
- 📕 Gamification gone wrong; 2021’s Unicorn stampede; The 10 - 20 - 30 presentation format…
- 📕 What separates Unicorns from VC backed failures; The framework for a better business story; …
SaaStock
- 3 Hurdles to Fundraising as a Founder
- Second time CEO: Lessons in building Pitch vs 1st time round with Wunderlist
- How to build a massive SaaS business selling to SMEs
- Lessons from 47 leaders in Growth, with Arthur Nobel (Knight Capital)
- How to scale your SaaS Business with a Self-Service Knowledge Base
- Deconstructing the Raise with Andy Bruckschloegl, CEO of Ryte
SaaStr
- Time To Staff Up Your First Directors and Managers? Hire Half. And Promote Half.
- 7 “Little” Things That Almost Caused My Startups to Fail
- The CEOs of Upwork, Checkr, Expensify, Loom, Neo4j, and More Join SaaStr Annual this September!
- Maybe Slow Down the Most Critical Hires. When You’re Not Sure.
- 5 Interesting Learnings from LinkedIn at $10 Billion in ARR
- Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop Shares the Cutting Edge Techniques for Building Trust i…
- The Top 20 SaaStr Tips to Getting a SaaS Start-Up Going
- 25% of The Cloud 100 Is Growing 100%+ at $100m ARR. Woah.
- Busting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine’s Founder CEO (Video + Transcript)
- Want to Raise Money from VCs? De-risk Things
SaaS Metrics
- 8 Steps to Finding the Perfect Gaming SaaS • saasmetrics.co
- Secure Your Internet Connection with this Free VPN • saasmetrics.co
- The Current State of Immersive Learning • saasmetrics.co
- Construction Project Management Tips For 2021 And Beyond • saasmetrics.co
- Social Trading, a safe way to start • saasmetrics.co
- The Evolution of Slot Machine Technology • saasmetrics.co
- Is Cryptocurrency The Best Way To Handle Online Transactions? • saasmetrics.co
- Detailed Guide about Extended Car Warranties • saasmetrics.co
- Benefits of the Toto sites for the Gamblers • saasmetrics.co
- How to Measure SaaS Customer Success • www.cobloom.com
SaaS Finance
- Making the Shift to Subscription Learning: A New Age Education Mantra • www.chargebee.com
- Summer 2021 Product Updates: Solving Complexity for Uninterrupted Growth • www.chargebee.com
- Building a Successful SaaS Partnership Program with Recurly’s Jenna Wyer • blog.chartmogul.com
- Hosted Payment Page – When & Why Should You Use It? • www.chargebee.com
- How to Analyze the Cost of Your First Sales Team • www.thesaascfo.com
- New feature: See How Currency Fluctuations Impact Your MRR • blog.chartmogul.com
- Keep your Team Aligned on Revenue Goals • blog.chartmogul.com
- Everything you need to know about Headless Commerce • www.chargebee.com
- Should You Consider a Free Trial For Your SaaS Product? • www.chargebee.com
- What is ARR? It’s not as simple as you think • blog.chartmogul.com
Customer Success
- Why BI Software is Simply Not Enough for Customer Success Teams • blog.totango.com
- 5 Stages of CEO Acceptance of Customer Success • www.gainsight.com
- How to Use ChurnZero to Share Customer Success Data Across Your Organization • churnzero.net
- 8 Steps to Creating an Effective Email Onboarding Sequence • blog.hubspot.com
- 5 Best Practices for Hiring a Customer Success Manager • blog.totango.com
- How to Create a Social Media Crisis Management Plan [Free Template] • blog.hubspot.com
- 6 Customer Service Recovery Strategies to Add to your Toolbox [+ Examples] • blog.hubspot.com
- CS Careers and Compensation Skyrocket in 2021 • www.gainsight.com
- The Ultimate Guide to Customer Segmentation: How to Organize Your Customers to Grow Better • blog.hubspot.com
- ChurnZero Shortlisted for 2021 SaaS Awards • churnzero.net
SaaS news articles
- Go-to-Market Strategy Principles for First Time Founders in SaaS & B2B Software Industry • houman-asefi.medium.com
- Building a 1000-Person Tech Company That Raised $80 Million • medium.com
- Why We Invested in Swift • kalaari.medium.com
- Key SaaS growth metrics and Saas KPIs • medium.com
- What Are the Factors That Affect the SaaS Product Development Cost? • medium.com
- Software Walkthrough • medium.com
- Estimating the Cost of Embedded Business Intelligence Solutions • medium.com
- Pennylane’s Product Team 6 Key Principles • medium.com
- Insight: SaaS (1) Why do I choose the US over China in the SaaS market? • medium.com
- Cloud Security Basics CIOs and CTOs Should Know • www.informationweek.com
SaaS blog posts
- Expanding my horizons • justinjackson.ca
- What Watching Gamers Fail for Days Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship • thebootstrappedfounder.com
- How to Kill Your Business • thebootstrappedfounder.com
- Conversations are at the Core of Engagement • thebootstrappedfounder.com
- The Myth of the Immediate Payoff • thebootstrappedfounder.com
- Say Thank You • thebootstrappedfounder.com
- Competition Isn’t Always a Business • thebootstrappedfounder.com
- Selfish vs. Selfless: Self-Promotion in Communities • thebootstrappedfounder.com
- The Great Game of Risk Played in Category Creation, and Why the Winning Strategy is Aggression • www.tomtunguz.com
- Properties of an Interesting Problem • thebootstrappedfounder.com
SaaS podcasts
Indie Hackers Podcast
- #219 – How to Make Your Business Model a Win-Win-Win - with Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez of Every
- #218 – Making Money and Being Happy with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri of My First Million
- #217 – How a Near-Death Experience Turned a VC-Backed Founder into a Bootstrapper with Kyle Gawley …
- #216 – The "Hardcore Year" Approach to $10k/Month in Revenue with Andrey Azimov of Sheet2Site
- #215 – Why You Don't Have To Be "A Business Person" To Succeed - with Dan Cederholm of Dribbble
- #214 – Getting A Big Exit By Being A Small Player In A Small Pond with Chris Bakke of Interviewed
- #213 – An Indie Hacker's Process to Reach $10K MRR
- #212 – Actionable Steps for Building the Right Business with Arvid Kahl
- #211 – Making 5-figures a Month as an OnlyFans Creator with Aella and Savannah Solo
- #210 – How to Take On Huge Incumbents as a Solo Founder with Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal
SaaSClub.io Podcast
- 292: SaaS Sales Outreach: Do Things That Don't Scale to Stand Out with Zandra Moore
- 291: Userflow: Bootstrapping a No Code SaaS to 7 Figures with Esben Friis-Jensen
- 290: Findigs: Focusing on Progress Not Perfection to Hit $2M ARR with Steve Carroll
- 289: Subly: Bootstrapping a SaaS from Zero to 60,000 Users with Holly Stephens
- 288: IPinfo: Bootstrapping a Side-Project to a 7-Figure SaaS with Ben Dowling
- 287: Dover: How to Get Customers without a Product or Website with George Carollo
- 286: How to Create SaaS Buyer Personas and Produce Better Content with Adrienne Barnes
- 285: Paperform: How a Developer Bootstrapped a SaaS to $1.5M+ ARR - with Dean McPherson
- 284: Hard Lessons on Finding SaaS Product/Market Fit - with Rohith Salim
Inside Intercom Podcast
- BrowserStack’s Mark Rudden on hypergrowth in a global pandemic
- Rewind: How Yelp drove down churn by building up customer success
- IBM's Arin Bhowmick on designing ethical AI
- Rewind: Matt Rogers on scaling your SaaS business
- Rewind: Coda’s Shishir Mehrotra on rethinking docs from scratch
- Celebrating Pride: Being out while the world is in
- How Intercom is preparing for a return to the office
- Rewind: Guru's Rick Nucci on using automation to scale your customer experience
- Intercom on Product: Accelerating your strategy after COVID-19
- Rewind: Lean UX author Jeff Gothelf on why design must have a seat at the table
Notion - The Pain of Scale
- GTM12 - The Secrets of Customer Success, with Rav Dhaliwal, Investor & previous CS leader Slack, Zende…
- GTM10 - Building Effective Boards and the Operator Chair, with David Quantrell, Chair and Board Member
- GTM09 - Building and Leading in Customer Success, with Pat Phelan, Chief Customer Officer, GoCardless
- GTM08 - Cyber Leadership, with Jonathan Gill, CEO, Panaseer
- GTM07 - Mastering Data Solutions Marketing, with John Kreisa, CMO, Couchbase
- GTM06 - Hiring GTM Leadership Talent, with Dan Hyde, CEO, Erevena
- GTM04 - OpenSource Founder, with Amandine Le Pape, COO & Co-Founder, Element
- GTM03 - HR Tech and the Future of Work, with Jason Corsello, Founder & GP of Acadian Ventures
- GTM02 - Marketplaces and eCommerce, with Kamal Kirpalani, VP Sales & GM Americas at Mirakl
- GTM01 - The Sales Discipline and FinTech, with Jennifer Bers, Ex VP Sales at Onfido
Podcast Archive
- 41: From bootstrapped to venture-funded w/ Derek Homann
- Never going solo again
- 40: A new hire, outbound sales and finding new use cases for your product
- I got micro-acquired
- Basecamp | Hiring | How to have a calm company
- 39: Want to buy our business ideas?
- Time to get a job
- 38: We sold one of our businesses
- PART 2: SaaS sales + getting to revenue quickly w/ Landon Bennet of AdReform
- PART 1: Finding and closing bigger SaaS customers w/ Landon Bennet of AdReform