Tag: SaaS
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Note: This is not investment advice. “They watched their fathers get up at the crack of dawn, work all day, and then spend all night going through invoices, setting schedules, and other mundane business tasks.” From these humble beginnings sprang a $9 billion company. Yesterday, ServiceTitan went public on NASDAQ.…
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On Monday, I spoke with a wonderful founder we’ll call Jim. He was telling me how he sells to big companies. His approach was totally different from most startups — and brilliant. Why Startups Fail to Sell to Enterprises Most startups try to get big companies to use an out-of-the-box…
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“You have to meet these LedgerUp guys, they’re crushing it!” With an intro like that, I knew I had to take the meeting. I was chatting with a great YC founder, and he told me about his batchmates, Joseph and Bailey. He was super impressed with how their bookkeeping software…
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+ Accounting, AI, Bookkeeping, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, SaaS, SF, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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$3.2 billion. That’s the valuation Retool hit in just 5 years. Today, I watched their YC Demo Day pitch. Even on Demo Day, Retool was a clear winner. What Retool Does Retool makes it easy to build internal software tools using no-code. That lets companies build the tools they need…
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$60 billion a year in global cloud spend. A lot of that is wasted. But my latest investment, North, is changing that. “Plug it in and if you don’t see savings in 5 minutes, fire us.” That’s founder Matt Biringer on a recent podcast. North really is that fast. And…
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No one is more over-advised than founders. So rather than tell you how to run your company, let me show you a fantastic early stage startup in action: Fathom.video. The Problem For months now, I’ve been struggling with taking notes at my meetings. I’ve tried tons of different AI notetakers,…
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Sales platform Apollo is valued at $1.6 billion. But in 2016, it was a little company called ZenProspect. This morning, I watched their YC Demo Day pitch. Founder Tim Zheng clearly shows us why salespeople need ZenProspect. Then, he shows us some incredible traction. Let’s dive in… A Clear Value…
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“Every waking moment I’m not spending with my family or in church, I’m thinking about this. Most of my sleeping moments too.” That’s Zach Barney, Founder and CEO of Mobly. Mobly makes it easy for outside sales teams to capture info about leads and turn them into customers, fast. Ever…
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Let’s say you work construction. You lay down the pipes, then your co-worker pours the concrete. Oops – the pipes are in the wrong place. Now what? You have to waste a whole day jackhammering all that concrete out, then start over. But there’s a way to avoid mistakes like…
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I hadn’t heard from one of my companies in over a year. I was starting to get worried. Turns out, they were busy. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! When I heard from the founder yesterday, I was stunned. The little seed stage SaaS company I backed in the summer…
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Tremendous 