SaaS startup
also referred to as: saas startups
5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 12, 2019 by Jeff Roberts · across every show →
Everything said about SaaS startup, oldest first
Mar 12, 2019 negative
Specialized SaaS point tools are overkill for day-one startups, says Roberts
“Ultimately at the very, very early stage of a SaaS startup, most of those tools are overkill. The actual need is for relatively basic functionality as you're trying to get your business off the ground and validate that you actually have something that's worth …”
Jul 10, 2023 bullish
Jul 10, 2023 neutral
Maruthavanan: 85% of SaaS Startups Never Cross $1M ARR
“85% of the SaaS startups that start out do not cross a million dollar in ARR? This is statistics from Nathan's Database that he puts together where he tracks the entire SaaS universe. There are about 32,499 startups as of yesterday. And out of them, about 4766…”
Jul 10, 2023 neutral
Maruthavanan: Three Core SaaS Scaling Levers Are Value, Positioning, and Pricing Increases
“Within that, the three most important and the powerful levers are solve a high value problem, make sure that you are positioning in an existing category, and be very deliberate about the pricing, sorry, deliberate about the positioning, and make sure that you …”
Jul 2, 2024 positive
Chellappa: Founders should lead sales and close the first 10 accounts
“I'm a firm believer that this, that the founder should be doing sales, and doing some other marketing for the first two years. They should be the one closing the first 10 accounts. If you're not doing the, I closed the first 40 accounts, because we were bootst…”