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SaaS 101: Measuring Customer Health blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

This graphic is from Frederik Pfisterer of Solarize.de. He used an an "onion shell model" to explain to his investors the role SaaS plays in an agentic world. We agree.

I just published Build Pipeline with SDRs blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

Strategic Buyers Are Taking Over SaaS M&A and Private Equity is Gone blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

Q3 Private SaaS M&A Data Shows Downshift blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

Very solid week for SaaS multiples. The space is starting to regain the respect it deserves. High growth SaaS now trades at 8.8x while the whole SaaS corpus (74 companies) trades at 5.3x. Data curtesy of softwaremultiples.com

The VC with the most SaaS IPOs since 2017 blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

Software multiples are holding strong today while chip stocks are down hard. The overall SaaS market is at 5.2x and high growth is at 8.7x.

Strategics Don’t Pay More than Private Equity blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

Software multiples continue their climb: 5.1x for overall SaaS and 8.7 for above median growth SaaS. Data from softwaremultiples.com

How to PR. “Whether or not you engage a PR firm, always ask yourself, “What’s my message?” Position yourself either as the leader or against the leader in your industry.” -Behind the Cloud by Marc Benioff

SaaS M&A Multiples Now at 8x on Median blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

SaaS is ripping today, driven by the acquisition of Braze by Salesforce at ~6.8x ARR. Great multiple for a great business, with nice 26% YOYG but still burns cash (-9% operating margin). Data is from softwaremultiples.com

Bifurcate SDR teams into inbound and outbound only if your flow is strong enough. Only separate the SDR team if you’re getting enough inbound deal flow to staff at least two SDRs on the task full time. Otherwise, the same SDR’s should handle both.

“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” -Founders At Work by Jessica Livingston

Data from the Most Robust SDR Survey We’ve Seen blossomstreetventures.medium… #b2b #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #AI #technology

The Best SaaS AE and SDR Survey Data We’ve Found blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI

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Cold Emailing VC blossomstreetventures.medium… #saas #software #venturecapital #startup #tech #technology #AI