The Day in SaaS 02.07.22: Flexport at $9 Billion; How Structure Your First 25 Sales Reps; How to Have a Great Board Meeting
Flexport Is Silicon Valley’s Solution To The Supply Chain Mess—Why Do Insiders Hope It Sinks? Flexport raises at $9 billion — as it sees a big, big boost from Covid.
7 Pieces of Advice Entrepreneurs Never Hear. That They Need to Hear. A SaaStr piece on the top things founders should heed. That they don’t.
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Structure My First 1-25 Sales Reps? How to sequence the right reps in the right order.
Top Post & Vids of the Week: Boast.ai Co-Founder, GitLab CEO, 6sense CMO, Outreach CRO, and More!
Dear SaaStr: How Do You Stay Calm as a CEO in Tougher Times? Or Even Just in General? A simple leadership guide here.
The 10 Keys to A Successful Board Meeting: How to Make Them Great and Not Something Everyone Dreads from Ajay Agarwal, Bain Capital Partner. SaaS VC veteran Ajay Agarwal adds a deep dive on how to have a great board meeting. His related talk with Sendgrid CEO here below:
5 Interesting Learnings from ZoomInfo at Almost $1 Billion in ARR. Our latest in the series — how ZoomInfo is growing 60% (!) at $1 Billion in ARR.
Session Registration Open for SaaStr Build 2022: Sign Up to Hear HubSpot’s GM, Amplitude’s CEO, AWS’ Head of Customer Success and CircleCI’s CEO. An incredible line-up for the FREE SaaStr Build 2022 on March 16!
Dear SaaStr: Should We Allow Refunds in a Multi-Year SaaS Contract Paid Upfront? Do what it takes.
San Diego's Platform Science raises $115 million for connected truck fleet technology. On the heels of Samsara’s epic IPO, Platform Science raises $115 million.