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Dear SaaStr: What Are The Biggest Problems You Face as a Startup Founder?

SaaStr

Why do I need 50 engineers to do what 3 engineers use to do? Why does my marketing team need 15 people? Once you cross 10% market share in your core niche / segment — start investing in the next one. More here: From Initial Traction to Initial Scale (~$10M in ARR): The Hardest Phase. A bit more here.

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How to Navigate Strategic Change for Growth with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

Typically, you have to have some kind of sales team or sales engine to run before you can hire someone to run it. Venture capital is a niche niche niche asset class only designed for outliers. But it can be distracting for engineering, product, and GTM teams. Is that a good approach?

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12 SEO pitfalls to avoid during a website platform migration

Search Engine Land

Without proper SEO planning and execution, a platform migration can lead to a significant loss of organic traffic, revenue and market share. Whenever possible, SEOs should join the process early on, leaving ample time and opportunity to: Align with product and engineering. Map out technical and content requirements.

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7 Pieces of Advice Entrepreneurs Never Hear That They Need to Hear with Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

The best engineers and CTOs build and release better software faster than the competition. A truly great Head of Marketing or Demand Gen will get you more leads than the rest. That placeholder for the VP of Finance never gets the financials done, and the VP of Marketing talks and talks but hasn’t ever worked with a sales team.

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3 Things We Learned Bootstrapping ClickUp to $20M ARR in the World’s Most Competitive Industry

SaaStr

We didn’t hire engineers from Google or Facebook; we hired for work ethic and growth potential. The second is the more popular route for startups: Artificial Product-Market Fit. Execs and investors make loads of cash, you generate tons of PR overnight, and you eat up market share by literally purchasing users.

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The modern search landscape: How and where to reach your target audience

Search Engine Land

Over 80% of searches worldwide occur on Google based on the latest search engine market share data. The following are just a few examples of the variable nature of users’ search engine consideration sets, and the platforms that should be on every search marketer’s radar. Traditional search engines.

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Is Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy Tsunami-Proof?

ConversionXL

What is a sales-led go-to-market strategy? A sales-led go-to-market strategy is a growth engine that leverages a sales team to reach their target customers. Perfect for hyper-niche solutions. To put yourself on higher ground, the next best SaaS GtM is a marketing-led GtM. The marketing-led GtM strategy.