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CAC Efficiency: How to Optimize Your SaaS Startup's Customer Acquisition Costs
What to impact your SaaS startup's profitability? Increase customer acquisition cost (CAC) efficiency. Here's how to do it.
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What Is Delinquent Churn and How to Reduce It
Credit cards are convenient for buying things online, yet there are a surprising number of ways they can fail. A card can reach its...
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Take the Money or Run? 3 Reasons to (and Not to) Take VC Money
When your company is poised for exponential growth, you may have a shot at convincing venture capitalists to take a gamble on you, your...
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Alternatives to Venture Capital: Debt Capital vs. Private Equity [Infographic]
You've built a company and have shipped a product or service. You also have revenue. At this point you might be looking for funding to...
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Net Promoter Score: What is a Good NPS Score and How to Calculate It
Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a key metric that companies can use to measure a customer’s perception of their brand. It’s often looked at...
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Email Marketing: Onboarding, Retention and Reactivation of ‘Zombie’ Customers
Lifecycle emails are one of the most powerful items in your SaaS marketing toolbox. They are one of the best methods for engaging with...
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SaaS Pricing: When to Use a Freemium Model
A freemium pricing model can work for some SaaS businesses. Is it right for your startup?
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Why Audience Testing is an Important Step in the Tech Startup Naming Process
After you have dedicated hours or even days of your time brainstorming names and crossing off every possibility, you have at last found...
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Book Review – Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
It started with six pieces of Lego. Dan Lyons, former Newsweek technology editor, as well as writer on the HBO series Silicon Valley (and...
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Startup Funding: When to Bootstrap vs. Raise Equity
When is bootstrapping best, and when is it best to raise equity? Here's a guide for making this critical startup funding decision.
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When to Hire a Content Marketing Manager for Your Startup
Every business lives or dies by the way it communicates. Whether it’s advertising, press releases, social media, email marketing, or blog...
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SaaS Entrepreneurs: Thank You for Joining Us at SaaStr Annual!
SaaStr Annual 2019 has come and gone, but the long-lasting energy it created is proof it's still a valuable event for tech entrepreneurs.
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Equity Compensation for Startup Employees: Top Mistakes to Avoid
Equity compensation is a great recruiting tool and an effective employee retention strategy for startups and early-stage companies. You...
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Going Global: Localization and Translation for Startups
Early-stage startups are most likely to targeting customers in their own country or region. As they grow, however, most startups start...
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Cold Email Marketing: SaaS Strategies for Customer Acquisition
Many SaaS companies have huge success using cold email marketing to grow their business, while others end up frustrated with little to...
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Strategies for Raising Capital to Build a Startup Team
Start planning to build your early startup team, how you'll compensate them, and your strategy for raising the capital you need.
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Capital-as-a-Service: A Funding Model to Help Startups Grow
What is Capital-as-a-Service and how does it work? We explain this beneficial funding solution for growing Saas startups.
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SaaS Pricing Strategies for Fast-Growing Startups
Your initial SaaS pricing strategy can lead to a bright future or a failed startup. But like a product, pricing should get better with time.
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Attending SaaStr Annual 2019? Meet Up with Lighter Capital
Be sure to stop by our booth to learn how we can enable your innovation. We also have planned extra excitement and fun! Learn more.
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Book Review – The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
Four companies are at the top of the pyramid for technology and digital media: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Each one is very...
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How BombBomb Successfully Markets to Both Niche and General Audiences
SaaS startups can find new customers, enhance their marketing, and grow their business by focusing on a specific industry niche. Doing so...
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When to Hire Your First Employee (And Who to Hire First)
There are several sets of questions that face every startup entrepreneur in the early days of their business adventure. These include:...
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What Should a Business Plan Include?
When you’re setting up a new business, it’s one thing to have a good elevator pitch or a convincing story to tell at a “speed-dating for...
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SaaS Annual Contract Value (ACV) Explained
What is ACV and what's a typical ACV for a SaaS business? We explain average contract value, how to calculate it, and more.
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